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- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples...
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Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
their actions. They must learn to see their decisions and actions as working hypotheses that they can only validate by collecting feedback on their impact as expeditiously as possible. Leaders will be blindsided if they rely only on their...
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- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide whether to recommend an investment in ABB India. The decision pits economic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?
percent higher than before the introduction of the law by 1980. The authors interpret these patterns as “counter-mobilization” bolstered by local news accounts, which eroded the magnitude of Black voters’ gains. What’s more, when the...
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by Rachel Layne
- Web
Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
partnership with indigenous communities, greenandtapped.org, which will enable them to be self-sustaining. A graduate of American University, Arias-King has authored two books on transitions to democracy. This fund is to be awarded to...
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- December 2003 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance
Describes political and economic forces that influenced the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Outlines the stakes for various government and industry participants in the...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Investment;
Policy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Emerging Markets;
Standards;
Business and Government Relations;
Networks;
Research and Development;
Technology Adoption;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Technology Industry;
Japan;
Europe;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance." Harvard Business School Case 804-103, December 2003. (Revised October 2005.)
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
behavioral research from CEOs, policymakers, and high-stakes decision makers." —Francesca Gino "It's always been obvious to social scientists and business scholars that there are lots of things that you can't learn in the laboratory, but...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
climaterising.org Visualizing our Changing Climate with Probable Futures 28 FEB 2024 | Climate Rising In this first episode of our series on adaptation, host Mike Toffel sits down with Spencer Glendon and Alison Smart of Probable Futures. They discuss how Probable...
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- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
its leaders distribute authority and delegate decision-making. Too often, leaders only communicate how digital transformation will improve the company’s performance. Instead, they must develop a narrative—a human-centric story—for how...
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- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
any bearing on private sector financing choices. The authors first consider the government financing problem in isolation, arguing that the government may try to "borrow cheap" by issuing short-term Treasury bills, which embed a...
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- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
structure and liquidity policies—for tax or agency reasons—appears to be a key driver of their decision to simultaneously raise and pay out capital. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48383 Online...
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Auditing Oligopoly and Lobbying on Accounting Standards
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
its broader marketing strategy, and intraorganizational and interorganizational cooperation and coordination among entities involved in implementation. Building on the results of a survey of the CRM-implementation-related experiences of 101 U.S.-based firms, in this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2020 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples
Facing a significant decline in revenues in 2016, David Gwilliam, Head of Transformation at PepsiCo UK introduced a new way of working (“Responsive Working”), which encompasses a set of work practices and some new team structures. The work practices comprise a set of 9...
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SLAM Teams;
Turnaround;
Groups and Teams;
Employees;
Training;
Decision Making;
Planning;
Performance Improvement;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United Kingdom;
Europe
Edmondson, Amy C., and Nancy Boghossian Staples. "Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 621-076, December 2020. (Revised October 2021.)
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
which led author Warren Bennis to say, “You are the author of your life.” Ibarra postulates two types of authentic leaders: “low self-monitors” and “high self-monitors.” Low self-monitors tend to say...
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by Bill George
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on financial market...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
There’s a feeling among many business leaders that culture is both everything and nothing. That it’s squishy and can’t be quantified. That it’s nice to have until something more urgent gets in the way [read: all the time]. Author James L....
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by Avery Forman
- 10 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Don’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations
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by Judd B. Kessler & Alvin E. Roth
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
their decisions as “working hypotheses” based on the best information available. "Digitally mature organizations leverage design thinking, lean start-up, and agile methodologies to power innovation." We’ve heard for years about the need...
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