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- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
Back in the early 1990s, managers of U.S. companies were justifiably proud of the well-oiled machines they'd made of their supply chains. Over the previous fifteen to twenty years, they'd wrung costs from the mechanisms and processes by...
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by David Stauffer
- 02 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Value Potential of New Business Models
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by David J. Collis
- 07 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are suicide missions," echoes David Peterschmidt, Inktomi's CEO. Rule Three: Plan And Be Prepared To Pivot It is a common fallacy that fast-moving companies like the...
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by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- January 2006
- Book Review
Review of "Icarus in the Boardroom: The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From" by David Skeel. Oxford University Press, 2005
By: A. Zelleke
Zelleke, A. Review of "Icarus in the Boardroom: The Fundamental Flaws in Corporate America and Where They Came From" by David Skeel. Oxford University Press, 2005. Business Ethics Quarterly 16, no. 1 (January 2006): 110–111.
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
over 100 early-stage deals, we believe that an investment opportunity has four essential elements, that, when brought together in the right form, represent a high-potential opportunity to make money. If only one of the elements is out of sync, failure is predictable....
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by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
In The Strategy-Focused Organization, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton, president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, share the results of ten years of research into companies that have implemented the Balanced Scorecard....
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
unfolded, without the usual biases and distortions that come from 20/20 hindsight. The story of how Levy tilled the soil for change provides lessons for any CEO in a turnaround situation. [...] Reinforcing Good Habits Without a doubt, the toughest challenge faced View Details
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
corporate policies that will be administered by corporate support units. Corporate office to business units: The corporate priorities are cascaded into business unit strategies. Business units to support units: The strategic priorities of...
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- 14 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Reversing the Queue: Performance, Legitimacy, and Minority Hiring
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can...
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by Danielle Kost
- 28 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
When Smaller Menus are Better: Variability in Menu-Setting Ability and 401(k) Plans
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by David Goldreich & Hanna Halaburda
- April 2024
- Supplement
RHI Magnesita (B): Brick by Brick—Diversification?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann and Jordan Mitchell
In Part A, as of April 2017, Austria’s RHI, a backward integrated refractory company is still within the midst of merging with the next biggest competitor, Brazil’s Magnesita, while weighing options for future growth. Should the company pursue organic growth options...
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann, and Jordan Mitchell. "RHI Magnesita (B): Brick by Brick—Diversification?" Harvard Business School Supplement 724-438, April 2024.
- 13 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Intermediaries for the IP Market
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by Andrei Hagiu & David Yoffie
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
accomplished. It is not possible to be all things to all people, so market segmentation is the way to avoid this temptation.—Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton The Customer Management theme is made up of four processes—customer...
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- August 2012
- Case
Milwaukee (B4): David Garman, Dean, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B4): David Garman, Dean, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Case 313-063, August 2012.
- 22 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Carbon Tariffs: Impacts on Technology Choice, Regional Competitiveness, and Global Emissions
- April 2024
- Supplement
RHI Magnesita (A-B): Brick by Brick
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, David M Wagner, Oliver Gassmann and Jordan Mitchell