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- 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006
to influence the culture of the bank? He also wondered what other measures might be effective to get employees with diverse backgrounds to work together. How could he create a learning organization at Shinsei Bank? Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
“The case documents a fascinating dynamic between index investors, who are true long-term investors, and this breed of investment funds focused on creating value by promoting change at the corporate level,” Viceira says. As the case... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
participants understand how to orient their businesses in increasingly dynamic markets and provides strategies to help them recognize and respond to threats in the marketplace. Simons and Professor Michael Tushman share the topic of... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs on executive incentives. However, we also find that firms that adopt GPs experience negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th Annual Dynamic Women in Business... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
Washington State) and by participants with responsibility to enforce rules in an experimental lab setting. We also show that this effect is driven by psychological reactance. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
that his or her followers accord the organization, including its values, its charter, and those charged with serving as stewards of these critical aspects. We have yet to see Mr. Trump evidence such respect or incite it among his fellow Americans. Anyone we would say... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
innovation and product development strategies. His latest research analyzes how open source norms of transparency, permeable access, and collaboration might work with scientists. What he and his coauthors discovered: "broadcasting" or introducing problems to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
this value and is related to research being done by colleague Andrei Hagiu and others into the dynamics of multi-sided markets: platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Just how... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
money, bought out his partner, and relaunched the company with new people, eventually moving over to an advisory role as chairman of the board. Potentia initially accepted small amounts of funding to pursue several ideas before zooming in on a View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
positions. Worse still, many businesses were based on concessions from local dictators. This had the effect of reinforcing local institutional constraints on domestic entrepreneurship rather than removing them. There was the more general... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
disease William A. Sahlman: New treatment options for the next pandemic The crisis reveals the remarkable progress over the past 20 years in health science. There are hundreds of companies, big and small, working on better tests, better... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
identify and encourage introverts I wonder if Einstein's creative unconventional thinking was suppressed what the world would have lost." Most respondents offered advice for insuring the effective use of teams. Much of it concerned team... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
In a world devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has been able to effectively combat the disease without ever imposing a full lockdown of its economy. How did the country accomplish its success, and what... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007
Abstract We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Moving on to the specific drivers at play in our sample cases, we identified two powerful utilitarian motivations: risk-management and competitive advantage creation. Risk Management A common reason for engaging in cross-sector collaboration has been to make use of it... View Details
- 24 Feb 2022
- Other Presentation
The Fearless ICU
By: Amy C. Edmondson
The last 24 months have pushed ICU teams around the world to their limits. As we move forward, we need to heal and rebuild our critical care teams. Healthcare more than ever will require ICU teams to perform at the highest levels and to continuously innovate to deliver... View Details
Keywords: Psychological Safety; Teams; Critical Care; Health Care and Treatment; Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness
"The Fearless ICU." Critical Matters (podcast), Sound Physicians, February 24, 2022.
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
with the capacity and courage to effect these changes? Another message, according to Herzlinger, was about the role of payment models on cost, quality, and access to care and the need to ensure that "access" does not require "affluence."... View Details