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- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
results versus long-term capabilities. The first four chapters try to help the reader understand that managers are playing a very delicate balancing act. And perhaps the most fundamental tension is the one between profit, growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
belief is sound, but the authors' analysis of the performance of 45 companies led by CEOs with military experience revealed differences in how the branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) prepare leaders for business. Those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models through the analysis of individual firm choices. We situate negotiation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
of longer-term shareholders. Myth Number 4: ESG data for fundamental analysis is scarce and unreliable. Reality: Thanks to the efforts of reporting and investor organizations such as SASB and Ceres, as well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
and Memphis over 200. The implementation of the strategy in these districts must be purposefully differentiated to be effective across so many schools. All of our districts have projects underway to improve their data collection and View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
statistical analysis of consumer populations. In each period, reformers sought to extend methods for uncovering side effects from the clinic to the market, yet a fundamental lack of consensus on how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Experimentation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—The fundamental uncertainty of new technologies at their earliest stages implies that it is virtually impossible to know the true potential of a venture without learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
even when we control for factors prominent in the last decade's cross-country studies of financial development. The findings indicate that inequality-perpetuating conditions that result in political instability are fundamental roadblocks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51574 Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default By: Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—We provide a quantitative analysis of fiscal rules in a standard model of sovereign debt accumulation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation. Our View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
analysis are based on publicly available information, and also, and perhaps even more importantly, on our Chief Executive's survey we have conducted earlier this year. More than 4,500 Chief Executive Officers have responded to that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
purchase that follows an ad-click (CPA). Our analysis extends classic auction results by allowing players to make bids using two different pricing schemes, while the driving information for bidders' endogenous selection—the conversion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
examination of the business history of commodity chains: it is a first step in this direction through an analysis of the relationship between two nodes of the rubber chain. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-089.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
and lowest quality. Our results underscore the importance of considering dynamic effects in the economic analysis of tort laws. Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
with strategy-proofness and stability, and direct attention to some open questions. Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market Authors: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
those actions. Further refinement and tests of these hypotheses are likely to help us better understand some of the fundamental questions in corporate accountability reporting. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
avoidable ways. This article is based on the analysis of hundreds of work diaries from professionals describing everyday events that involved high-level managers in their companies. The analysis uncovered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
Abstract—Conversation is a fundamental human experience, one that is necessary to pursue intrapersonal and interpersonal goals across myriad contexts, relationships, and modes of communication. In the current research, we isolate the role... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
The answer: It depends. Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization Published: July 31, 2008 Coordination, and the communication it implies, is central to the very existence of organizations. Despite their View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne