Developing Strategy
From the Editor: Disruption Everywhere?
The Fall 2015 issue of MIT SMR highlights two themes: developing tomorrow’s leaders, and disruption.
In addition to a focus on developing tomorrow’s leaders, we also cover disruption, including a deep dive into Clayton M. Christensen’s Theory of Disruptive Innovation.
The Fall 2015 issue of MIT SMR highlights two themes: developing tomorrow’s leaders, and disruption.
The increasing popularity of platform strategies masks a difficult truth: They are hard to execute well.
Coworking spaces can open the door to serendipitous encounters that inspire different ways of thinking.
Leading companies are using an array of detection and response techniques to become more resilient.
Customers want employee interaction, convenience, and fast transactions in their self-service technology.
Organizations need to help executives look beyond individual units toward the broader enterprise.
New business executives face a choice: What kind of companies do they want to lead?
Effectively coordinating supply chains will increasingly require new approaches to data transparency.
How well does Clayton M. Christensen’s theory describe what actually transpires in business?
Talented young professionals exhibit a new approach to both their careers and organizational loyalty.
Corporate learning programs should focus on the CEO’s strategic agenda rather than how learning is delivered.
How can companies counter negative perceptions of CSR efforts and have a credible dialogue with stakeholders?
Innovation flourishes when companies are geographically close, but knowledge poaching can thrive, too.
This year’s winning article is “Combining Purpose With Profits,” by Julian Birkinshaw, Nicolai J. Foss, and Siegwart Lindenberg.
Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private partnership in the health industry, presents five lessons in managing collaboration.