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  • 20 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

levels, will affect structural conditions." 2 Porter integrated the impact of government into strategy development by focusing on how it affected his "five-forces" analysis of rivals, potential entrants, suppliers, customers, and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
  • 20 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

between these variables may be an important determinant of strategic exploitation and exploration activities. Data from the field studies suggest that, in accordance with the controllability principle, accountability and control are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

extend over an institutional abyss between the jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

experiences alter their responses. Moreover, although individual and other experience act as substitutes prior to negative news, we find that this substitution curtails significantly following the negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

reforms have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not seem to affect the amount of new technologies of the highest and lowest quality. Our results underscore the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

investment. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ships_qje_2014.pdf   Working Papers Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— Architectural capabilities are an important... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

issues. Investors should require it, and entrepreneurs should welcome it. Third, even the best ICP process cannot substitute for a flawed business model or a team unwilling or unable to make required changes. But it can do two View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

by contrast, developed an explicit strategy for collaboration and made organizational changes to aid performance in these efforts. Ultimately, these actions allowed them to identify and exploit new business opportunities. In sum, collaboration is becoming a new and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

demand, the national accounts, and the balance of payments. Aid has no measurable impact on prices or economic growth, though it does affect most components of the national income accounts. We find that much aid is consumed, primarily in the form of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

well-defined financial criteria. We suggest that this dynamic may have important implications for our understanding of the role of management in the modern, knowledge-based firm, and for the potential revival of manufacturing in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

imbalances is an important shortcoming of the recent literature. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-009.pdf No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks Authors:Nava Ashraf, Oriana... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

human capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-013.pdf Architectural Innovation and Dynamic Competition: The Smaller "Footprint" Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

important part of how businesses operate, and that can only increase going forward.” “Increasingly, the tech architectures inside firms are a source of competitive advantage.” In a new industry and background note written with HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

advertisements by shifting from 30-second to 15-second advertisements, substituting radio for television advertising, or increasing the use of direct marketing, which gives more immediate sales impact. 4. Adjust product portfolios.... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

markets have become more pervasive, firms have used them badly. Two, we have seen leaders substitute market-based incentives for judgment and for standards where they shouldn't. Three, we have seen governance institutions compromising... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 04 Aug 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

life." Where do you stand on these issues? What do you think? Original Article Studies conducted by various researchers over the past two decades point to the importance of hiring and promoting for certain attitudes (for example,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

efficiently accomplish this important strategic objective. Our core contribution is the concept of parallel play—a theoretical construct characterizing the search process by which entrepreneurial firms efficiently reach a viable business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

identifying possible forms of bias, and evaluating methods of verifying whether bias in fact occurs. I then consider possible legal and policy responses, and I assess search engines' likely defenses. I conclude that regulatory intervention is justified in light of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

Mexico's overall prosperity, this is pretty small potatoes." And foreign investment is no substitute for domestic investment in institutions such as education, the judicial system, and health and social welfare programs. A system of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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