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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
teaches Business, Government, and the International Economy in the MBA Program, cites several periods in history when excess capacity has been blamed for economic upheaval. Emmons says that "accurate business forecasting is never really possible when dealing with View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
everyone. Click to watch. This past year, when it came time for students in the FIELD course to perform market research in advance of their trip overseas, Avery and Norton urged them to look for their own extreme consumers in order to...
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by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
Quantifying performance and measuring results are no longer the sole domain of for-profit enterprises. Today, many nonprofit organizations also find themselves on the hot seat—not with stockholders but with donors who expect similar...
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by Julia Hanna
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
women’s self-perception and performance." Ultimately, women end up holding back during discussions about topics considered to be masculine even when they are the most knowledgeable group members, not only diminishing their own performance...
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by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
as new generations come into decision-making positions and may advocate for new strategies such as impact investing. Once a strategy is in place, selecting the right investments or funds requires extensive work. An advisor such as Cambridge can play a View Details
- Blog
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
experts perform their work. Yes, certain tasks can be completed correctly and completely by AI, but for those types of tasks we will see something like the Industrial Revolution, where people's jobs changed, and they were able to use new...
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- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
that what worked for him in the 20th century would not work today. Some might argue that what worked for Frances Hesselbein in a nonprofit organization would not work in an organization in which performance is bottom-line oriented. Her...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- April 2006
- Article
Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company
By: Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels
When the Swedish Life Insurers Förenade Liv found themselves in difficulties in a rapidly changing market, their response was to call in the consultants. And one of the consultant's first suggestions was to use the Value Network, not the Value Chain, as a new...
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Competitive Advantage;
Fluctuation;
Networks;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Value;
Quality;
Decision Making;
Market Transactions;
Performance Effectiveness;
Customers;
Insurance Industry;
Sweden
Fjeldstad, Øystein D., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company." Long Range Planning 39, no. 2 (April 2006): 109–131.
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By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection...
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- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
without too much difficulty. It all suggests that responses to the virus may hasten a trend already in process, that of more delivery of work performed remotely. The pros and cons of working remotely have been hashed over repeatedly....
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by James Heskett
- Web
Software Tools - Research Computing Services
typing ls /usr/local/bin or ls /usr/local/app , to see what else is in the default PATH. Additional Notes on PATHs By default, when you log in to your account, the default PATH variable , a Unix variable...
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- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
and I know that I should know by now how to get there." "I'm not sure I can do it" was a critical admission. It meant that Jeff had begun to acknowledge that he didn't have all the answers. The self-reflection evident in...
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by Kim Girard
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
a business opportunity from the perspective of a "triple bottom line"-a performance evaluation scheme focused on "people, planet, and profit" that construes success in terms of social benefits, environmental...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
create the sense of urgency needed to perform better. An example. At a major European retailer, margins were shrinking year after year because fashionable boutiques were taking its top-of-the-line business, and discounters were taking...
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by John P. Kotter
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
brought a lot of perspective and intellectual fire to class discussions. But it was also clear that there was a darker part of that experience for her.” Dixon recalls those two years at HBS, when she could just do the work and show up as a smart and formidable woman,...
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
as glare. Land found that placing one polarizing filter over another at a right angle halted all light vibrations. Moving the second filter back and forth created variable vibrations of light. In 1929, with Donald L. Brown, a patent...
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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Peers and Idea Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—High-quality ideas and the individuals who generate them are critical to the success of organizations. In this article, we take...
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
are more accurate. Accurate quantile forecasts at different horizons are critical to many operational decisions, such as capacity and inventory management. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55096...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
reinforce primary elements for examining equity in student achievement, while challenging educators to specifically focus on racial equity as a critical lens for institutional and systemic change. It's Not Because You're Black: Addressing...
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- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
Companies can create shareholder value through more effective governance, and through boards that do not simply ensure compliance, but focus their time and efforts on the most critical strategic areas. Past board results have often not...
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Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu