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- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
world war in 1939, and then total defeat in 1945. At the end of WWII, the Soviets closed the Berlin headquarters of the Deutsche Bank as part of their denazification effort. Meanwhile, the United States, Britain, and France, occupying the western portion of Germany,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
career at HBS. Andrews and Christensen's pathbreaking 1965 book Business Policy: Text and Cases (coauthored with Edmund Learned and William Guth [HBS DBA '60]) codified their thinking about strategy formulation and implementation and... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
anyone with real costs of committing the fraud, be they costs of designing the fraud or costs of scaling it up, this method seems to work in principle, subject to the algebraic constraints of whether it can be implemented profitably. As... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
market clearinghouses around the world, and have recently been implemented in school choice systems in Boston and New York City. In addition, the study of markets that have failed in ways that can be fixed with centralized mechanisms has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
firms should create value wherever they are. But when we ask what kind of value and for whom, who are the relevant stakeholders, how is work actually going to be implemented on the ground, there are different answers in different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
instruments (including price-setting) to implement desired outcomes. Non-price instruments were very much at the core of MSP strategies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-061.pdf Platform Competition, Compatibility,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
consequences such as discrimination," Luca says. "There's a great opportunity for an interested company to take the lead on publishable research in this area. We're willing to help implement changes based on behavioral economics... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211060-PDF-ENG Social Innovation at salesforce.com Christopher Marquis, Marley C. Kornreich, and Bobbi ThomasonHarvard Business School Case 412-049 Salesforce.com recently implemented an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
in which these principles are implemented shows the need to develop IR that is consistent with each firm's unique operating position. “Investors trying to keep on top of things in a more interlinked environment will be asking for more,... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
(CRM) project would require, the bank decided to explore its benefits with a smaller pilot project. It appointed a CRM project team to design and implement a project focused on credit cards. Describes the challenges of the Spanish credit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
might eventually compete with OldCo, or launch complementary enterprises, such as software engineers who help organizations implement OldCo’s programs, for example. When the move is to a direct competitor, however, both the lifted-out... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
tackles the implementation and scaling process of fleet management over the years. Finally, the case explores current challenges facing the BMI. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717465-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
Chinese companies, which are themselves trying to become global players. Facing the same situation, Caterpillar is implementing a two-brand strategy. What should Komatsu do to retain its leadership position in China? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
based on new-found accountability, overlapping representations of work, and belonging-despite the lack of stable team composition. Quantitative data revealed changes to the coordination patterns in the ED (captured through a two-mode network) after the team scaffolds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
social efficiency, and we argue that implementation of this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for the price trajectory of IPv4 addresses. In a world without uncertainty, the unit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
be difficult to implement because of the complex interactions (or failures to interact) among many participants who deal with just one piece of an issue. Finally, solutions to these problems require concurrent actions at several system... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
surprise to industry observers, but the SEC's reaction did. On October 4, the SEC unexpectedly announced that it was indefinitely postponing the implementation of shareholder proxy access, pending the outcome of the lawsuit. A Natural... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
of implementing such a broad definition, support the idea of sustainability as the integration—and intersection—of social, environmental, and economic responsibilities that are borne by managers. In for-profit organizations these... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions about government policies and consumer attitudes... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
average under FFS. Conclusion: Prospective bundled payments were successfully implemented in this pilot. Additional pilots should study this payment method in higher-volume cancers. Robust systems are needed to automate patient... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne