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- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San Francisco International, one is struck by how small the region is.... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
hopped in lateral cycles and the upward flow of creative offensive schemes stopped at the college level, with most teams running similar, risk-averse offenses, and innovation taking root slowly.” This conservative approach to hiring seems... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
by deviating frequently and in predictable ways from the recommendations offered by a centralized capacity planning model. Finally, we document that these discretionary capacity supply decisions exhibit a strong learning effect whereby... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
was CEO at Biogen, the firm was much more centralized and was organized primarily around functions, reflective of Abbott. Further, like Baxter, Termeer began Genzyme with a focus on niche-oriented markets, such as Gaucher disease, whereas... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
organizations around the world was delivered to the IMF's managing director in the first week of September, 2009 (Lombardi, 2009). Long-term governance reforms are central to the Bank's legitimacy as a global public institution. At the... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
needs are increasingly ignored by these firms, which now require large margins to support their burgeoning overhead. The low-end gap thus created offers fertile ground for startups to enter the market with innovative approaches... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses—and it’s hard to fault them. The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
countries? Khanna: Geoff and I, with Cheng Gao and Tiona Zuzul, wrote a piece on reputation as being central to how these iconic leaders have built country-reshaping enterprises. It’s a fun piece, now published in a leading academic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
Working PapersRunning Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
necessity of maintaining control over high-performing team members to the importance of observation and the inevitability of change. The approach that brought Ferguson's team such success and staying power is applicable well beyond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Political System Harvard Business School Note 308-063 Offers a detailed overview of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system today. Key issues that are discussed include (1) the relationship between the Communist Party of China and the state; (2) the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
central role in the selection, sponsorship, and employment of skilled immigrants entering the United States for work through programs like the H-1B visa. This role has not been widely recognized in the literature, and the data to better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
approach he terms "vocal silence." Insights from the research might help leaders instill values or morals in their own organizations. Book Excerpt Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education Michel... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
CSOs are of critical importance in successful sustainability efforts, but ironically become less central as sustainability efforts blossom. Although often linked with environmental issues such as water and energy use, a growing number of... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
propositions represents a market test and signal of what consumers want. Q: Consumer marketing appears to be drifting away from mass market advertising to more targeted approaches made possible by the digital world. Is political marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching of entrepreneurial ventures to investors is critically important. The entrepreneur's business proposition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
less regulation of business, so they are eager to accept that advocacy groups have little control over public policy. But since the Second World War, Trumbull notes, a pro-business policy approach has given way to a stronger postwar... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
are thinking about gun policies at least some of the time, it would be nice to see more responses to all types of shootings, and a more data-driven approach to policymaking that might elucidate whether the changes in policy are making... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
face constraints in their attempts to grow. August 2013 Mind, Work, and Life: A Festschrift on the Occasion of Howard Gardner's 70th Birthday Big C, Little C, Howard, and Me: Approaches to Understanding Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne