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- 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18
case in each chapter illustrates key concepts and helps students place the material in the context of real-world practice. And deep integration with MyAccountingLab provides students numerous opportunities to review and hone their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taisho Japan
By: Tom Nicholas and Hiroshi Shimizu
Japan experienced a transformational phase of technological development during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We argue that an important, but so far neglected, factor was a developing market for innovation and a patent attorney system that was...
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Nicholas, Tom, and Hiroshi Shimizu. "Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taisho Japan." Business History Review 87, no. 1 (Spring 2013): 121–150.
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2021
- Working Paper
False Signaling and Personal Moral Failings: Two Distinct Pathways to Hypocrisy with Unequal Moral Weight
By: Jillian J. Jordan and Roseanna Sommers
Moral engagement is a key feature of human nature: we hold moral values, condemn those who violate those values, and attempt to adhere to them ourselves. Yet moral engagement can make us appear hypocritical if we fail to behave morally. When does moral engagement risk...
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Keywords:
Moral Engagement;
Hypocrite;
Dishonesty;
Moral Values;
Moral Sensibility;
Behavior;
Values and Beliefs
Jordan, Jillian J., and Roseanna Sommers. "False Signaling and Personal Moral Failings: Two Distinct Pathways to Hypocrisy with Unequal Moral Weight." Working Paper, January 2021.
- February 2017
- Case
Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee
By: Steven Rogers and Alterrell Mills
The case highlights the role of minority chambers of commerce and the background of Eve Hall, a well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin's African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce...
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Keywords:
Business Organization;
Business Plan;
Change Management;
Demographics;
Diversity Characteristics;
Ethnicity Characteristics;
Race Characteristics;
Investment Fund;
Cost Of Capital;
Banks And Banking;
Micro Finance;
Interest Rates;
Business Or Company Management;
Management Styles;
Management Succession;
Mission And Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Change;
Business And Community Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Wealth And Poverty;
Organizations;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Race;
Small Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Employment Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Service Industry;
United States;
Wisconsin
Rogers, Steven, and Alterrell Mills. "Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 317-076, February 2017.
- Teaching Interest
Why You Should Care: Creating the Conditions for of Excellence
By: Frances X. Frei
CCE explores how to identify and overcome the barriers to personal and professional excellence. Through a series of case studies we will investigate the common challenges that hinder even the most effective... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14189 Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning (revised) Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel H. Watson Abstract In most...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
as a developer of technical products for Fortune 500 companies, an executive of cutting-edge startups, and a venture capitalist for eight years. This case study also reviews how private equity investment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
redeploying anesthesiologists to duties that are more appropriate and reducing their unnecessary duties by 30%. Furthermore, the change in epidural placement location alone in 80% of cases reduced costs by 18%. These changes did not...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
hiring manager, which in turn lead to less support for the hiring decision. We find support for our model in two experimental studies and two field studies. We discuss implications for the literature on referral practices, ethics, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
Trichakis says. While the Credem case study focuses on the cheese-as-collateral model, Trichakis notes that this comprises only one percent of the bank's overall business. But in terms of goodwill, the model...
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- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
case where General Motors dealt with a serious recall crisis translated these concepts into the reality of managing a global enterprise in a trustworthy manner. BOOK ABSTRACT: The role of the chief communication officer (CCO) in today's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2010
- Book
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain...
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Profit;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Logistics;
Supply Chain Management;
Mathematical Methods;
Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
decrease in hospital operational performance both at the time of and in the months leading up to the cohort turnover. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49849 Harvard Business School Case 316-086...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2015
- Case
IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design
By: Ryan W. Buell and Andrew Otazo
The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape,...
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Keywords:
Design Thinking;
Innovation;
Service Management;
Service;
Design;
Service Delivery;
Innovation and Management;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Peru
Buell, Ryan W., and Andrew Otazo. "IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 615-703, December 2015.
- 2006
- Comment
The Rise and Fall of the Widely Held Firm: A History of Corporate Ownership in Canada
By: Jordan I. Siegel
This chapter features an admirable effort by by Morck, Percy, Tian, and Yeung to apply recent developments in law and finance theory to a longitudinal country-level case study. The authors closely examine nearly 500 years of Canadian corporate governance and analyze...
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Siegel, Jordan I. Comment on "The Rise and Fall of the Widely Held Firm: A History of Corporate Ownership in Canada." A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers, edited by Randall K. Morck. University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Manage Time By: Porter, Michael E., and Nitin Nohria Abstract—In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 2003
- Case
Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
In the late 1980s, Analog Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, developed a technology known as Microelectromagnetic Machines, or MEMS. The technology allows tiny moving parts to be embedded within traditional silicon chips. The potential applications are widespread....
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Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)." 2003. (Case No. 2-0018.)
- May 2005 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Hans Wilsdorf and Rolex
By: Geoffrey Jones and Alexander Atzberger
Explores the creation of the Rolex watch by Hans Wilsdorf. Provides a case study of how one of the world's leading luxury brands was created and, more generally, provides a vehicle for exploring the competitive advantage of Switzerland in watchmaking (and other...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Geographic Location;
Brands and Branding;
Luxury;
Competitive Advantage;
Consumer Products Industry;
Switzerland
Jones, Geoffrey, and Alexander Atzberger. "Hans Wilsdorf and Rolex." Harvard Business School Case 805-138, May 2005. (Revised September 2015.)