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  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

and clearly should be implemented. But it won’t while the merits of human capital investment are substantial, the political realities of our grotesquely divided nation today would appear to me to be a hurdle too high to surmount.” The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

their reputations and their relationships with stakeholders. Companies need clearer guidelines for determining whether a mistake merits an apology and, when it does, for crafting and delivering an effective message. In this article, the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

"cross-disciplinary" offering for independent practices difficult. Moreover, doing so would potentially extend McKesson into the clinical health services (and potentially risk-sharing) business, the strategic merits of which can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Building Bridges Between Education and Business

information, such as company files or industry studies, so researchers wouldn't have to re-invent the wheel each time they set out to do a case study. Faculty development, it was felt, also merits further work and thought. While... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

in the Russian market. However, the rouble devaluation and the deep financial crisis that has ensued has led to the cancellation of the proposed NYSE listings, and to a $40 million bridge loan that now needs to be repaid. The family is debating the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

the Largest Bank in the U.S.? When Jamie Dimon took over as CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) in 2005, he reaffirmed the commitment to pursue a "universal bank" strategy—providing a full range of products and services to both retail and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

says. For a global company, that might mean convening employees from different teams, locations, and backgrounds for product and strategy discussions. Koning’s research doesn’t completely dismiss the merits of hackathons, incubators, and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

environmental interests have raised the public's scrutiny of agricultural water use. This case describes farming in California's Central Valley and reviews the state's complicated system for managing water rights and resources. It invites students to analyze the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

people intuitively discount the future to a greater degree than can be rationally defended. Second, positive illusions lead us to conclude that energy problems do not exist or are not severe enough to merit action. Third, we interpret... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

They are also focused on short-term performance of the stock market, both in good and bad times, and therefore, perhaps over-reacting to the current events. We need to rebuild trust in management and the institutions that help to make the market. This is the perfect... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

of financial and social objectives warrants significant rethinking of organizational democracy’s merits compared both to hierarchy and to nondemocratic alternatives to hierarchy. In making this argument, we draw on some parallels with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

achieved. By showing that the leader thinks that the organization merits the investment, it boosts organizational confidence. Just the slightest glimmers of confidence in losing organizations can get the ball rolling. 5. Leaders create a... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

merits and risks. The team planned to fully examine each strategy to determine how to best get the brace into the hands of those who needed it most, the patients, and identify which one enabled Myomo to grow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 09 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

identify which opportunities within its purview are the most promising and therefore merit disproportionate attention. Sometimes, the one or two opportunities worth tackling are exceedingly clear. But other times, a number of seemingly... View Details
Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

relative merits for Unigrains of expanding its reach globally versus maintaining its specialized position in French agribusiness. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16918 Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

of distributed innovation and its potential merits as a corporate problem solving mechanism is discussed. Issues related to TopCoder's scalability, profitability, and growth are also explored. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

division?" Questions like these force students to take a stand on divisive issues and try to convince their peers of the merits of their point of view. That, of course, is how managers spend their time. They regularly size up... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

on small samples. Merits and limitations of the competition method are discussed. Download the paper: http://ie.technion.ac.il/Home/Users/erev/QuantitativeCompetition_Aug_12_2009.pdf Self-regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

entrepreneurs. The results are consistent with intra-section learning, where the close ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Corporate Ownership Structure and the Choice Between Bank Debt and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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