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- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
market, then investors, employees, intermediaries such as law firms and data providers, and the wider capital markets are likely to be knowledgeable about the venturing process and the strategies, financing, support, and exit mechanisms... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
traditional outsourcing strategy, organization and processes. In a recent research project, we interviewed managers from 45 projects in over 20 firms to understand the practices that differentiated those firms that reported greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
a unique perspective about leaders and leadership in the twenty-first century. "I think she's a great bellwether for the future of business," Koehn says. "Maybe she and her organization are on a path that a lot of leaders... View Details
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
time at worksites and offices, and developing processes for monitoring social media and conducting meaningful employee surveys, Paine suggests. They should also make sure the company has whistleblower hotlines that are closely monitored... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
million, a growth rate of negative 10.2%. The preceding years of rapid growth had been successful but challenging, and a thorough review of the firm's culture, systems, structure, and processes in late 2008 had resulted in a significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
managers may be trying to categorize their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13762 Allocating Marketing Resources Authors:Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Marketing is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
often approach innovation and disruption much differently. Having worked hard to align strategy and organization to support the current business, they develop tunnel vision, encouraging employees, customers, suppliers, and partners to... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
including Thomas Jefferson and Jack Welch. More on them later.) Under most circumstances, a leader is elected or appointed. And it makes no difference who ends up in power so long as the person is experienced and is hired through the structured View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
new book, Career Imprints: Creating Leaders Across an Industry, is scheduled to be published in April by Jossey-Bass. Mallory Stark: What is career imprinting? Monica Higgins: Career imprinting refers to the process by which individuals... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/Health/?view=usa&ci=9780199734610 A Positive Approach to Studying Diversity in Organizations Authors:Lakshmi Ramarajan and David A. Thomas Publication:Chap. 41 in The Oxford... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
decisions were made in Redmond and managing an organization that was perceived as less strategic than its sister Microsoft India Development Center with which it shared the Hyderabad, India site. The case follows Biyani's thought View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
negotiators thrive in the face of chaos and uncertainty. They don't trap themselves with rigid plans. Instead they understand negotiation as a process of exploration that demands ongoing learning, adapting, and influencing. Their agility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
managers responsible for stewarding brands. Publisher's link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138786837/ April 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
officer, chief financial officer, and a senior staff executive) had final authority. This promised a far shorter deliberation process than was typical of the Innovation Board in the second period. 39 The intention of XTV was to align... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
intuitions from industrial organization can be reversed: Collusion may become easier as market concentration falls, and market entry may in fact facilitate collusion. In particular, price collusion can be sustained by a strategy in which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
technologies, demographic shifts, and consumption trends. They can't develop truly global organizations that operate effortlessly across borders. And they find it tough to ensure that their people adhere to values and ethics. The world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Cross-Boundary Teaming for Innovation: Integrating Research on Teams and Knowledge in Organizations By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Cross-boundary teaming, within and across organizations, is an increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
organizational processes of developing a business model. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46978 The Liability of Leakage: How Indirect Ties to Competitors Impact Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
do this,’” Ng says. “I’ve seen people submit formal presentations.” 2. Ask good questions Keep up with the big picture of what an organization does, what it’s been accomplishing lately, who its competitors are, who its key executives are,... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
developed new product categories such as organic food and wind and solar energy, which explicitly focused on sustainability. Again this process has been traced back to the nineteenth century. With the rise... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne