Boards & Corporate Governance
Using Scenario Planning to Reshape Strategy
A new approach to scenario planning can help companies reframe their long-term strategies.
Volume 58, Issue #4
Summer 2017 Issue
We turn our attention toward the future in this issue and how to build a successful one for your company.
Collaboration
How to Catalyze Innovation in Your Organization
Executives can foster innovation by understanding and tapping the power of employee networks.
Michael Arena, Rob Cross, Jonathan Sims, and Mary Uhl-Bien
Business Models
Building a Winning Business Model Portfolio
Business model diversification requires careful assessments of each model’s strategic contributions.
Paolo Aversa, Stefan Haefliger, and Danielle Giuliana Reza
Create Your Company’s Future
Recently, MIT SMR readers have been looking for information on scenario planning — a trend that may reflect current social, political, and economic uncertainty. This trend led to our Summer 2017 special report on creating your company’s future.
Martha E. Mangelsdorf
Collaboration
Mastering the Make-in-India Challenge
Some multinationals have a winning India strategy that involves both local and global value chains.
Ram Mudambi, Haritha Saranga, and Andreas Schotter
Digital Marketing
Supply Chains Built for Speed and Customization
Thanks to technologies like 3-D printing, a new supply chain model is emerging.
ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang
Collaboration
Don’t Give Up on Corporate Culture
Readers contest the view that corporate culture becomes less important in distributed organizations.
Reported by Bruce Posner
Collaboration
Developing Innovative Solutions Through Internal Crowdsourcing
If managed well, internal crowdsourcing initiatives can open up a rich source of innovation.
Arvind Malhotra, Ann Majchrzak, Lâle Kesebi, and Sean Looram
Analytics & Business Intelligence
A Data-Driven Approach to Identifying Future Leaders
Some companies are using assessment tools to help identify employees with leadership potential.
Stacey Philpot and Kelly Monahan
Leadership Skills
The Missing Piece in Employee Development
Companies want managers to help employees develop and improve — but many managers don’t know how.
Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur
Collaboration
The Question Every Executive Should Ask
Kaiser Permanente’s CEO says leaders need to ask how well employees’ intelligence is put to work.
Bernard J. Tyson, interviewed by Paul Michelman
Digital Marketing
The Power of Consumer Stories in Digital Marketing
Sharing consumers’ positive stories about a brand can be a highly effective marketing strategy.
Renée Richardson Gosline, Jeffrey Lee, and Glen Urban
Global Strategy
Rethinking the East Asian Leadership Gap
Western multinationals looking for East Asian leaders may need to explore their cultural biases.
Winter Nie, Daphne Xiao, and Jean-Louis Barsoux
Collaboration
The End of Corporate Culture as We Know It
In the age of networked enterprise, strong cultures may turn from assets to liabilities.
Paul Michelman
Disruption
The Best Response to Digital Disruption
Companies with bold strategies in response to digitization will come out as winners.
Jacques Bughin and Nicolas van Zeebroeck
Platforms & Ecosystems
Choosing Scope Over Focus
New digital technologies are changing the rules of competition by expanding the boundaries of what a company can handle and introducing new sources of advantage.
Richard A. D’Aveni
Innovation Strategy
Seeing Beyond the Blockchain Hype
The transformative potential of blockchain is real, but so are the challenges to its implementation.
Christian Catalini, interviewed by Paul Michelman
AI & Machine Learning
The Jobs That Artificial Intelligence Will Create
Instead of eliminating human workers, AI may create new jobs requiring updated skills and training.
H. James Wilson, Paul R. Daugherty, and Nicola Morini-Bianzino
Developing Strategy
The Flare and Focus of Successful Futurists
Forecasting is recognizing how current patterns may impact the future — and it’s a learnable skill.