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- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39907 Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'? Organizational Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation By: Gulati, Ranjay, Ryan Raffaelli, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
Tyneski, Research in Motion "There will always be a need for specialized devices," argued Frank Tyneski, director of design integration at Research In Motion, maker of the popular Blackberry wireless communications handheld....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
modernity in the 1920s and 1930s, Chanel's designs wrapped high and low cultural references into beautiful yet practical clothing and jewelry for women of Europe and the Americas. In their articulation of clean, classic lines, her View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
Summing Up Consumer generated marketing is a fact of life to which all of us will have to adapt. Adaptation means learning how to use CGM to provide one form of input in fashioning product and marketing decisions. Those are the messages...
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by James Heskett
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
designers and the members receive their clothes six months later. The founders of Moda Operandi-Aslaug Magnusdottir and Lauren Santo Domingo-believe that the firm has the potential to address and eliminate inefficiencies in the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
an interview with HBS Working Knowledge. "Obtaining One Strategy in times of change means the organization will respond in a holistic fashion to new challenges, staying aligned for maximum competitive impact." The book follows...
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- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
the recognition that no matter how much technology we have, how many PowerPoint slides we have, how many knowledge management systems we have, the fact of the matter is that people learn from experience. Simulation probably helps, but trying to transfer knowledge and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)
By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust...
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Markets;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Demand and Consumers;
Consumer Behavior;
Analytics and Data Science;
Market Design;
Digital Platforms;
Market Transactions;
Marketplace Matching;
Supply and Industry;
Analysis;
Price;
Product Marketing;
Product Launch;
Fashion Industry;
Fashion Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
Michigan;
Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
facilities, well designed and equipped (parking, transportation, services) and located in key developing zones of Chinese growing cities. In the first 27 years, Red Star had opened 115 shopping malls in 85 different cities. With capacity...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
fashion Ramo describes his association with pioneering network designers and malevolent hackers alike. He also concentrates on the vulnerability of networks, especially those fueled by the Internet. First,...
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by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by wearing a standout style. This person was often viewed as autonomous; confident enough to act...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
customers if we give something back, even if that something is a sense of belonging just look at this forum to see it in action." As Jacoline Loewen put it, "Even if a company does not want customers involved in their business View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field experiment to unbundle these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
A factory worker uses company time and materials to fashion a lamp he will take home for personal use—an artifact called a "homer." The practice is probably illegal and clearly against written company policy. If discovered, the...
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- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
that is more negative than their own self-assessment in a given domain (i.e., disconfirming feedback), reshape their network in ways designed to attenuate the threat brought about by the feedback, and that this behavior is detrimental to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
telecommunications industry, we address the following questions: What factors contribute to a firm's ability to learn by supplying and building technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom the firm supplies? Is involvement in product View Details
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Anna Secino
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
location. A new fashion designer in France aspires to set up shop in Paris rather than Lyons because of the cachet associated with being a fashion View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
School Case 914-017 TheLadders (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/914017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-036 Vogue: Defining the Culture of Fashion In March 2013, Susan Plagemann, vice...
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Carmen Nobel