Rothaermel synthesizes and integrates conceptual frameworks, empirical research, and practical applications with current real-world examples to help students make sense of a fast-changing and complex world. It is industry-leading in diversity and inclusion by featuring leaders with different backgrounds and companies that today’s students can relate to and thus internalize the knowledge acqui…
TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Pt. 1 The McKinsey Way of Thinking about Business Problems 1 Building the Solution 2 Developing an Approach 3 80/20 and Other Rules to Live By Pt. 2 The McKinsey Way of Working to Solve Business Problems 4 Selling a Study 5 Assembling a Team 6 Managing Hierarchy 7 Doing Research 8 Conducting Interviews 9 Brainstorming Pt. 3 The McKins…
Based on the award-winning article in Harvard Business Review, from global leadership expert John Kotter.It’s a familiar scene in organizations today: a new competitive threat or a big opportunity emerges. You quickly create a strategic initiative in response and appoint your best people to make change happen. And it does—but not fast enough. Or effectively enough. Real value gets l…
Why do some failures inspire breakthroughs and others breakdowns? Most new products fail. So do most businesses. And most of us, if we are honest, have experienced a major setback in our personal or professional lives. Drawing on cutting-edge research in science, psychology and economics, The Up Side of Down argues that failure is how people and businesses learn. But you have to learn…
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out—with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they’ve faced. The contributors share surprisingly personal anecdotes an…