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- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small unit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
ambitious 20-year growth plan to transform her family's one-branch community bank into an institution with a substantial presence in southeastern Alabama. Harris Johnson was pleased, so far, with the results. Strategically they had...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 1978 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
McGregor's Ltd. Department Store
President has decided to restructure the discount scheme. Every staff member would be affected, good or bad. Information would have to be tailored to each group--worst off would be managers. Task is to write to managers/supervisors.
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retail Industry
Raymond, Thomas J. "McGregor's Ltd. Department Store." Harvard Business School Case 379-059, November 1978. (Revised January 1995.)
- March 2000 (Revised October 2004)
- Background Note
Adding Voice to the Web: A Note on Start-ups
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
A study of start-up companies that have leveraged the technology of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony to develop applications that are positioned to have an impact on the offerings of traditional telecommunications organizations.
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- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Kiatpongsan%20Norton%20PPS_31f17547-5033-401c-8ed2-ccc9b6a2b433.pdf Working Papers Bitcoin By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore Abstract—Bitcoin is an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network n 2015, the Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications reflects on his four years leading the company and considers strategic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2013
- Case
First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents an ethical dilemma as it considers a loan to an arms manufacturer.
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Social Entrepreneurship;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Ethics;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Florida
Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes." Harvard Business School Case 413-073, March 2013.
- December 1995
- Case
AT&T USADirect In-Language Service: India
By: John A. Quelch
AT&T managers are assessing demand for a soon-to-be launched new operator-assisted, in-language international telephone service from India.
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Communication Technology;
Demand and Consumers;
Emerging Markets;
Product Launch;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States;
India
Quelch, John A. "AT&T USADirect In-Language Service: India." Harvard Business School Case 596-013, December 1995.
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
literature and a community of scholars, has a narrow and a broad definition. The narrower definition includes researchers such as myself who do primary archival research on the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- May 2017
- Article
Sacred versus Pseudo-sacred Values: How People Cope with Taboo Trade-Offs
By: Philip E. Tetlock, Barbara A. Mellers and J. Peter Scoblic
Psychologists have documented widespread public deference to "sacred values" that communities, formally or informally, exempt from tradeoffs with secular limits, like money. This work has, however, been largely confined to low-stakes settings. As the stakes rise,...
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Tetlock, Philip E., Barbara A. Mellers, and J. Peter Scoblic. "Sacred versus Pseudo-sacred Values: How People Cope with Taboo Trade-Offs." American Economic Review 107, no. 5 (May 2017): 96–99.
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
future aggregate commission payments across brokerage firms; that these votes are responsive to actions that brokerage-house analysts take to communicate with client investors; and that brokerage firms use...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
enterprises, this account of managerial responsibility is also meant to address debates about the role and purpose of business firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50371 forthcoming Revolutionizing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2006
- Book
Reflections from the Frontiers, Explorations for the Future: Gordon Research Conferences, 1931-2006
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich, Nancy Ryan Gray and Leah Shaper
Daemmrich, Arthur A., Nancy Ryan Gray, and Leah Shaper, eds. Reflections from the Frontiers, Explorations for the Future: Gordon Research Conferences, 1931-2006. Chemical Heritage Press, 2006.
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Working PapersStrategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
entrepreneurial communities and four recent trends in entrepreneurial activity. The characteristics that make entrepreneurship thrive, said Stevenson, include: resource mobility; reinvestment in the...
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by Kenneth Liss
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
Case 608-016 Cambrian House builds Internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
place. The researchers chalked this up to gradual workday fatigue; it takes effort to notice and document violations and communicate (and sometimes defend) them to an...
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- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
around the world. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Advanced-Leadership-Pathw/an/313116-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-702 Havas: Change Faster As of 2013, Havas was the sixth largest global advertising, digital, and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
amenities, like a kitchen. And if you still prefer a hotel room, competition from Airbnb means you'll pay a lower price for it." Airbnb's rapid growth Airbnb, an online community marketplace where...
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- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
Summing Up The title of this wrap-up and the one that accompanied this month's original column basically just deletes "Wikileaks." The original title was my mistake. The intent was not to direct attention to Wikileaks in a...
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by James L. Heskett