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- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
government intervention " Gerald Nanninga was less willing to accept the notion of "too big to succeed," setting forth several ways of scaling up a company to minimize the burden of size on management. As he put it, " if you keep teams small,... View Details
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
shared platform, such as Visa, DVD, or Linux, multiple firms collaborate in developing the platform's technology then compete in offering users different but compatible versions of the platform. This article examines factors that favor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
describe collaborative problem-solving. The "advocacy" process they mention is more of a contest among multiple points of view.Lagace: What leaders come to mind as people who use or have used the inquiry process to great... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
November–December 2015 Operations Research Active Postmarketing Drug Surveillance for Multiple Adverse Events By: Goh, Joel, Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir, Mohsen Bayati, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Postmarketing drug surveillance is the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
approach across multiple business units. Social Entrepreneurs as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Sekem Authors:Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana Publication:In Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
are constructed. How is the notion of broadly guaranteed human rights impacted if we are increasingly divided into multiple publics? “Ads are not being sold. Audiences are being sold,” said panelist David Carroll, Director of the MFA... View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
exercises become increasingly complex, involving multiple parties with varying interests. For example, when a chief financial officer and a marketing person are involved in negotiations, the CFO is naturally focused on keeping costs down... View Details
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
marketer's DNA"-that are necessary to convert marketing from a support function to a strategic one. These four roles include the instigator (someone willing to shove change forward), the innovator (the idea person), the integrator (who helps to bridge the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
that pursuing both chemicals and fuels added even more complexity to a business that was already executing multiple development steps in parallel. The case looks at the various strategic and operational decisions facing Melo as he planned... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
new ways technology can improve their businesses. They are more likely to consider the systemic consequences of their Internet propositions. They do not wait for a plan to spring full-blown from the heads of top management; they improvise through View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
organizations adopt these strategies, there may be tensions and multiple conflicting institutional logics. Additionally, we consider four strategic leadership topics and how they relate to platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
outside directors with more expertise and experience. Also, busy directors are less likely to serve on multiple committees, possibly to avoid being overloaded. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51853... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
the questioner's intent, not on the question. Consider the whole deal. Negotiate multiple issues simultaneously, not serially. Don't negotiate just for the sake of negotiating (a pitfall for recent MBA graduates). Think through the timing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
reviews research findings on the leadership challenges of diversity, including the social psychology of similarity and difference, the value of multiple perspectives to problem-solving, the relationship between diversity and firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
pipeline, it joined with Catalyst to undertake research. The result was a coalition of large companies and multiple business schools to create Forte which had as its mission to fill the pipeline for women to get MBA degrees.”), expanding... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
there’s truly such a thing as a winner-take-all market. While a winner-take-all mentality is widespread among venture capitalists who fund startups, it is commonplace for customers to use multiple platforms in the same market. Farronato... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
monthly quotas.” Chung says the same ideas apply in school classrooms, where some students are intrinsically motivated to shine no matter the class structure, and others need a little more help. “If you have one exam or multiple exams... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary documents are often denied services or resort to bribing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
6 I got to work in my basement on starting FreeMarkets. The first thing we did was raise some money, and then we built some software. We found some pilot clients and started to develop market-making skills, a supplier database, rules for the market, and a call center... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
both the pace of globalization in today's world, and the reappearance of multiple critics. This book is motivated by the belief that it is important to provide robust historical evidence on which to inform opinions and judgment about both... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones