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  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

research on the link between the personal disposition of an entrepreneurial firm's founder, the firm's strategic orientation, and its performance outcomes. Also, there is lack of cross-national research on entrepreneurial firms' strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

to exit? If Costolo didn't think so, would he be able to convince his co-founders who all had different personal risk profiles? This was going to be the biggest decision in the life of FeedBurner and its co-founders. Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

Imagine a retail chain that offers customers not only the lowest prices but also personalized customer service. Employees receive above-average wages and 20 times more training than the average American retailer. Sounds like a recipe for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

levels—whether in a strategic planning meeting, or in Salzwedel's recent visit to a regional office to explain in person the content of and motivation for the company's new strategic plan. Anderson and Salzwedel were pleased that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

learned to ride a bike, he was not the first person to ever ride a bike. His learning got him from being a non-bike rider into the population of bike riders. In this case, performance is improved by acquiring necessary skills or knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

http://www.people.hbs.edu/rgreenwood/shipsIA.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 513-703 Tyra Banks: Personal Branding No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 11 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

different countries. Klump's experience is a reminder of just how complicated, on a personal level, globalization and managing across cultures can be. On the one hand, the world seems small and interconnected, thanks to high-speed... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

trustworthy. New technologies do help, but there is still no substitute for face-to-face interactions. It’s a human reality we all need to thoughtfully build into our work processes. There is a leader at a major automaker who realized there was no way his company could... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that most startups... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

about and acknowledging his own contributions to organizational underperformance or other work problems is critical to getting employees to improve and generating positive business results. He notes his approach reduced his employees' defensiveness and says it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

also show how these same principles and tactics can be applied in everyday life, whether you are making corporate deals, negotiating job offers, resolving business disputes, tackling obstacles in personal relationships, or even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

  Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

variety of valuation approaches, from techniques widely used in practice to methods less frequently seen in practice today but likely to be increasingly important in the future years. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002072.html... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

brand in the U.S.; a competitive offering of private label and exclusive brands; and, following the execution of One Macy's and My Macy's, a fresh, unique foundation for future growth. However, the company still faces significant... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

but impressive digital empire, riding waves of viral content. CEO Ben Huh prided himself on his ability to go from idea to implementation in just a few days, but this just-in-time method made strategic planning difficult. Profitable from day one and with $5 million of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

fail—despite companies' powerful brands and other border-crossing advantages? Seduced by market size, the illusion of a borderless, "flat" world, and the allure of similarities, firms launch one-size-fits-all strategies. But... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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