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- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
primary customer? Decided whether shareholders, employees, or customers come first? Narrowed down which performance variables to track? Have you set creative boundaries? Are you generating creative tension? Are you promoting cooperation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015
professionals can make and investments that only the firm can make, while at the same time minimizing distortions in decisions that either party could make (e.g., promotion and marketing of professionals' services, price setting, choice...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008
investments in natural resources, processing, and services in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. This edition has been specially revised for the Greek market, reflecting the historical importance of merchants within the Greek business system. Spending Money on Others...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
videogame consoles are no longer just gaming platforms, they are gateways to a variety of digital content, including DVD movies and Internet video for the gamer and advertising and other promotional opportunities for the advertiser....
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- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
policy and managerial questions. The students work with clients, applying behavioral economics to propose solutions to problems that require some nudging of citizens, consumers, and employees to promote better decisions. Dina Gerdeman:...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-082.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAlan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates Harvard Business School Case 407-067 Alan Kendricks struggles to address many challenges facing him as a recently View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
Many institutions promote and even mandate moral behavior and values among their members, but how they do it differs greatly. Some organizations such as religious groups may proscribe very specifically what is acceptable behavior—think...
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- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
integration of Gillette, explicit attention was paid to helping people get to know each other casually and informally, and the much larger P&G adopted Gillette systems and promoted their people. They called it "the best of both...
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- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
the case with the other spans, senior managers can adjust the span of influence to promote desired behaviors. They can widen the span when they want to stimulate people to think outside the box to develop new ways of serving customers,...
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by Robert Simons
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
Opportunity Authors:Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Working PapersManagerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-018 Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State In 2009, Lee O'Rourke was promoted to district vice president in charge of Macy's newly created...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
unrestricted funds. Improved visitor services. Renovation of the David Rubenstein Atrium/Visitor Services became the central launch point for all information about the center and its 10 organizations. It now houses a 42-foot-wide media wall View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
governed and operated, which promotes local responsiveness, empowers entrepreneurial managers, and appeals to many nonprofit leaders. Additionally, as our survey data supported, affiliate organizations do often grow more quickly than...
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by Carla Tishler
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Cell Biology at Harvard. Sato oversees the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Sciences Entrepreneurship, which provides a select group of HBS MBA alumni the opportunity to work with top Harvard inventors. The goal: To promote the...
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by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
apart. “If this cycle continues, whole retail chains can quickly become full of zombie stores” Taken all together, lower price points, decreased traffic, and smaller baskets means lower sales and margins for brick-and-mortar stores. Given recent View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
promotes a public policy goal of sustainable development, which is beneficial to both public and private interests. The public sector accounts for roughly one-third of the nation's construction spending, according to the latest figures...
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- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
Setting Published: February 11, 2009 For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and performance in organizations. Advocates of goal setting argue that for goals to be successful, they...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
outsourcing and movement of labor, with its social welfare offerings. Reforms implemented during the past two decades drove down unemployment, promoted new company formation, and put the country at or near the top of international polls...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C.J. Bullock, who promoted Harvard's forecasting service around the world by forming collaborative agreements with John...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting...
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Carmen Nobel