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  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

in what situation—to guide their decision making around innovation. Managers typically grow impatient when we tell them this. "Theory?" they say. "That sounds like theoretical. That sounds like impractical." But View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • 27 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

practices require a certain level of competency and numeracy in the workforce.” The need for a skilled workforce to implement these management practices provides one explanation for why management differences aren’t so easily smoothed over through market competition,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • November–December 2023
  • Article

Network Centralization and Collective Adaptability to a Shifting Environment

By: Ethan S. Bernstein, Jesse C. Shore and Alice J. Jang
We study the connection between communication network structure and an organization’s collective adaptability to a shifting environment. Research has shown that network centralization—the degree to which communication flows disproportionately through one or more... View Details
Keywords: Network Centralization; Collective Intelligence; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Communication; Decision Making; Networks; Adaptation
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  • June 2008
  • Journal Article

Strategic Alliances: Bridges Between 'Islands of Conscious Power'

By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Strategic alliances range from unstructured collaborations, through consortia and joint ventures that superimpose new governance structures on existing firms, to transactions that restructure firm boundaries and asset ownership. In this paper, we draw on detailed... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Strategy; Theory
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  • 31 Jan 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Jesper B. Sørensen
  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

Summing Up What is the right mix between intuition and analysis? Several clear themes characterized responses to this month's column. Dominant among these was that the best way to reach a decision depends on a number of factors, including... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

partaking of many in strategy making. The paper contributes to theory by relating the current findings to the literature on the connection between commitment and performance and on the strategic management literature that focuses on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Teaching

Overview

Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

decision theory in which we were advised to construct decision trees, mapping outcomes, attaching values to each one, and estimating probabilities that various combinations of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • March 2015
  • Teaching Note

CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence

By: Leslie John, John Quelch and Robert Huckman
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence (515010). The case finds Helena Foulkes, Executive... View Details
Keywords: Medication Adherence; Affordable Care Act (ACA); Marketing Strategy; Communication Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social Issues; Information Technology; Value Creation; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Insurance Industry; Public Relations Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 26 Jan 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others

Keywords: by Rafael Di Tella & Ricardo Pérez-Truglia
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

challenges facing those who wish to use game theory to assist in strategic and tactical decision making. Purchase this overview: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/707475-PDF-ENG Merger of Equals: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

of the "long tail" principle argue that lower transaction and search costs will lead to a shift away from hit content and cause more fragmentation in consumers' choices. This perspective is in sharp contrast with the more established View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

Authors:Yonca Ertimur, Fabrizio Ferri, and Stephen R. Stubben Abstract We document the frequency of implementation of non-binding, majority-vote (MV) shareholder proposals and analyze the determinants and consequences of Boards' decisions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

missions. Three, it could have simply rejected the new national security mandate. In reality, it didn’t play out in any of those ways. “Nothing in prior theory led us to expect what we observed—in essence, structural ambidexterity... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-139.pdf Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl, and Danny Yagan Abstract We highlight and explain eight lessons from optimal tax View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The existing theory of modularity explains how modular designs create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

advertising agency industry: What accounts for the shift from bundling to unbundling of services and the slow pace of change? Using Evans and Salinger's (2005, 2008) cost-based theory of bundling, we develop a simple model of an agency's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Partners - Case Method Project

CA 25 of 65 Carol Green Dennis The Harker School San Jose, CA CA 26 of 65 Lionel Green Renaissance Valley Academy Hemet, CA CA 27 of 65 Willa Greenstone Westridge School Pasadena, CA CA 28 of 65 Charles Hanson Menlo School Atherton, CA Subjects: World Economic History,... View Details
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

how recent increases in competition among raters led to "friendlier," poorer-quality ratings. As Becker explains, "The related theory goes back to the early 1980s (especially to an influential paper by economists Benjamin... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services