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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
and help provide a variety of services for a wide range of customers. "There is a direct relationship," he said, "between technological development and the liquidity of markets. We are all involved in generating more...
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by James E. Aisner
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
missing an opportunity to turn a good business into a great one. Q: You emphasize that it's more important than ever for managers to communicate business strategy and performance goals effectively to employees. Why so? A: This is a much...
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Re: Robert Simons
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
Frei is the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at HBS and is the author of Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Joseph Fuller: Focus on doing what is possible The most important impact...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
higher prices," says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, who spent 12 years running a professional services firm. That's right. Higher prices, not lower. “Competing on price is ultimately a bet on your...
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- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
dynamic occurs because an organization's problem-solving routines and normal patterns of communication tend to constrain the space of designs within which it searches for new solutions. Such a link, if confirmed empirically, would be...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management consulting firms. Our...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
driven by patents filed by distant collaborators rather than non-collaborative patents or patents by non-distant collaborators, suggesting low cost long-distance digital communication as a potential mechanism. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
Strategy and Technology
By: Andy Wu
The Strategy and Technology elective course explores the unique aspects of creating effective strategies for technology-intensive businesses.
- What strategies win in markets with network effects?
- How can technology be... View Details
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Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Patents;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Hardware;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Mobile Technology;
Online Technology;
Search Technology;
Software;
Technology Adoption;
Technology Networks;
Technology Platform;
Communications Industry;
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- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
with valuable, current business and management knowledge. If companies wanted new hires with cutting-edge insights, they'd hire an MBA. According to several deans, that's no longer true. Financial services and consulting firms, which hire...
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- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
heterogeneous technology diffusion from immigrant communities in the United States for identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
use of remote patient monitoring services grows—driven by health care limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic—clinicians, payers, and patients face important questions regarding the volume, value, and appropriate use of this care...
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- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
“I would caution Nadella to remember he has a duty to Microsoft shareholders. If at an annual meeting it was decided that a majority of shareholders supported the concept of not providing product and services to a government agency, I...
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- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
techniques and menu items introduced, and practitioners learn from each other across the chain. Gawande conveys the impression that the biggest single obstacle to the adoption of these practices may be the practitioners themselves those unwilling to listen, adopt new...
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- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
questions in business history center around entrepreneurship.” A succession of other "firsts" followed, including major studies of the globalization of services whilst most of the literature remained focused on manufacturing,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
users or securing their exclusive affiliation--are costly and risky. Describes less costly staged strategies for building two-sided platforms. With the "vendor to two-sided platform" strategy, a firm starts as a vendor selling products or View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new...
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by Garry Emmons
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
communication and collaboration between practitioners and academics by introducing key vocabulary and concepts used in rigorous impact evaluation methods, starting with randomized controlled trials and comparing them with other methods...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
communities like leeches. The time is ripe for a new corporate model, driven by a new type of business leader, where creating business value also means creating value for society. Surprisingly, Kanter finds models for these so-called...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Risk Authors: Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract Using conference call transcripts to measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors, we explore the effect of...
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Sean Silverthorne