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- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
customers by doing less." "I have been studying retail in-store logistics," says Ton, "looking at what goes wrong in those 'last 10 yards' of the supply chain—from the store's loading dock to the customer's hands—and... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
have made goods more attainable and enticing to a larger portion of the population. At the same time, trade liberalization and more sophisticated manufacturing techniques create goods that are less expensive and higher quality. A panel moderated View Details
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
unavoidable, research by HBS assistant professor Zeynep Ton suggests that retailers should make labor decisions thoughtfully. "Many retailers see labor more as a cost driver than a sales driver." Her advice: Consider the supply-chain foot... View Details
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
of geographic space in establishing networks." The Vital Network Venture capital shares some of the same qualities as the life sciences industry in terms of the crucial role played by networks, Stuart says. "Networks are... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
with case studies on projects in Venezuela, Kuwait, China, and Thailand, among others. For example, Esty and research associate Fuaad A. Qureshi coauthored a case on a $1.4- billion aluminum smelter in Mozambique known as the Mozal project. Ravaged View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal
student in the 1980s, I'm sure the whole class would have said to absolutely take the $4 billion." Yet in a visit to the classroom, Yudkoff emphasized his opposing belief that the best way to prosper over the long haul is to do what is best for investors View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 08 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer
that it’s easier for most people to make money than it is to give it away,” Stevenson recently told an audience at a Books@Baker event sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Baker Library. Many people don’t like to ask other people for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
used by contract workers to obtain stretchwork. O'Mahony is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School while Bechky is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. "More... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
good at associational thinking, or simply associating. They make connections between seemingly unrelated problems and ideas and synthesize new ideas. I would frame associational thinking by asking this question: Has somebody else in the... View Details
- 16 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Platform Competition Under Partial Belief Advantage
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
What determines whether a social movement will be a flash in the pan or a real catalyst for longterm change? Why did Occupy Wall Street subside in a matter of months, for instance, while the American Civil Rights Movement thrived, resulting in the passage of multiple... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
hope the comments were as helpful and thought-provoking to you as they were to me. Those of you willing to venture to place weights on the determinants of success gave the nod to culture by a wide margin. As Mouaz AlZayyat put it,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
protect and enhance our freedoms and rights or endanger them. Copyright © 2021 by Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
Summing Up If not useful growth, what are we measuring? And why? This column does not thrive on general agreement. And this past month discussants came close to general agreement on the proposition that economic growth is not measured properly View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
their quest for revenue generation. It can also be risky and difficult to finance a hybrid: Venture capitalists may be turned off by the idea of funding an organization preoccupied with its social mission, while charitable foundations may... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
they can gain power or how to use the power they have. Through her research on power dynamics and change agents, Julie Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the Alan L.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
Dauphine, the essays offer a new architecture for the future of work. Book Excerpt Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy Essay by Julie Battilana When Sandra arrived in Boston from her... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
like, you need to include everyone in your tent not just the giants like Teach For America and City Year." To that end, Lee has teamed up with HBS Associate Professor Julie Battilana to collect and analyze quantitative data on social... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel