Harvard Business Press

Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: A book review by Bob Morris

June 21, 2011

Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Jeanne W. Ross, Peter Weill, and David Robertson Harvard Business Press (2006) In their Preface, Ross, Weill, and Robertson suggest that, until now, research and executive education have failed to…

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Open Business Models: A book review by Bob Morris

June 21, 2011

Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape Henry Chesbrough Harvard Business Press (2006) I nnovation requires an open mind…and the courage to challenge “the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom.” In preparation for my…

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Open Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2011

Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology Henry Chesbrough Harvard Business Press (2003) A “new vision” of the innovation process In preparation for my second interview of Henry Chesbrough, I recently re-read his Open Business Models…

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The Thought Leader Interview Series: Henry Chesbrough

June 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Henry Chesbrough by Rob Norton. It is the latest in The Thought Leader Interview Series featured by strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. To read the complete interview, please click here. [Photograph…

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The Innovator’s Solution: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2011

The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor Harvard Business Press (2003) Note: I read and then reviewed this “business classic” when it was first published and recently re-read it. I am even…

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The Innovator’s Dilemma: A book review by Bob Morris

June 16, 2011

The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Clayton M. Christensen HarperCollins (2003) A brilliant analysis of a multi-dimensional paradox Having just re-read this business “classic,” I admire it even more now than I did when it…

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Value Migration: A book review by Bob Morris

May 11, 2011

Value Migration: How to Think Several Moves Ahead of the Competition Adrian J. Slywotsky Harvard Business Press (1995) Note: I recently re-read this book before beginning to formulate questions for an interview of Skywotsky. With all due respect to current…

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CEOs Should Be More Like NFL Quarterbacks

May 4, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Roger Martin for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please…

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One Page Talent Management: A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2011

One Page Talent Management: Eliminating Complexity, Adding Value Marc Effron and Miriam Ort Harvard Business Press (2010) A comprehensive analysis of “the most powerful, repeatable processes that create successful talent” The claim by Marc Effron and Miriam Ort that they…

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Gregory S. Berns: An interview by Bob Morris

April 16, 2011

  Gregory Berns occupies the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics, serves as Director of the Center for Neuropolicy, and is a professor in both psychiatry and economics at Emory University. He earned an A.B. degree at Princeton University (his major was…

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