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- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
and design assignments. The education facilitated his transition into management when he was finally promoted two years later. Once in middle management, Williams's career took off; he was charged with coordinating the engineering, manufacturing, and field View Details
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by David A. Thomas
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
elements differently, I observed that the organizations able to pursue both social and financial goals over time seem to share a commonality—they maintain a hybrid organizational culture that holds and balances tensions between creating...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
inventory (a proxy for support). Our findings highlight important factors for successful implementations of 360-degree systems as complements to explicit incentives. Finally, we share some lessons learned with respect to performing field...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
calculate breakeven, and charts and graphs that help visualize the results. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510080-PDF-ENG Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis Thomas Steenburgh and...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
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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
- 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
to deliver high-quality goods or services in a cost-effective manner. This concept has become increasingly relevant to cardiac catheterization laboratories, as insurers move away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward payment...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
executives with general-management responsibility. Our findings revealed that the shift from corporate communication to organizational conversation has occurred because of several long-term changes that have affected the business world profoundly. First, there is...
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Re: Boris Groysberg
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of discussion in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Supply And Demand "Corruption can be defined as paying for a good or service in...
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- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
piece of "take away" material that can be shared with colleagues in professional service firms that is detailed and operational in nature. Purchase this note:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016
where CEO wealth is sensitive to change in the share price, (2) where announced earnings are particularly likely to be an important source of information about managerial ability and effort, and (3) before implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
buyer characteristics. Consider the experiences of condo developers targeting retirees who wanted to downsize their homes. Sales were weak until the developers realized their business was not construction but transitioning lives. Instead of adding more features to the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
between synchronicity and shared ownership and equity ties, synchronicity is more strongly correlated with inter-locking directorates. The presence of shared directors is associated with either reduced...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
the Art of Negotiation: How to Use Your Feelings to Your Advantage By: Brooks, Alison Wood Abstract—Negotiations can be fraught with emotion, but it’s only recently that researchers have examined how particular feelings influence what happens during deal making. Here...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25
familiarity, i.e., individuals' prior shared work experience, may help explain this difference, as familiar teams may be more effective than unfamiliar teams at using the knowledge gained from the concurrent completion of multiple tasks....
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Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016
services to independent retailers. Amazon also offered software and cloud storage services, online video streaming, and its own line of electronic hardware (mobile, e-reader, and smart television products). In addition, Amazon published...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We hypothesize first, that prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
the high-tech group, and spend time with family. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913420-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 913-406 Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value Corporate...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Working PapersEconomic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Abstract This paper addresses a longstanding puzzle involving the...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
knowledge, is now being embedded into the tools and building blocks used to make products? Willy Shih: Knowledge is one of the core resources in a company, and translating that knowledge into processes that produce products and services...
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