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  • 21 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

managers are being held to higher standards when it comes to justifying customer investments. We foresee the need for marketing professionals to develop even greater analytical skill as the field continues to evolve. This should be a very... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

wasn't the issue—the division still had the superior technology overall. Nor was talent a problem—Becton Dickinson continued to retain the skilled engineers that had made it the leader in its field. The organization's design didn't seem... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

are significantly different to the inter-industry vertical FDI visible at the two-digit level. These subsidiaries are not readily explained by the comparative advantage considerations in traditional models, where firms locate their low View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the 19th century, weapons manufacture, like most industries, had been the exclusive domain of skilled craftsmen, whose families had typically been in the trade for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

Lincoln's own words, the case traces the development of the 16th president's leadership philosophy, ethics, and skills in the years leading up to war. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

Proceedings (forthcoming) Abstract When a skilled employee moves from one organization to another, the effects on the hiring organization can be substantive (i.e., changes in actual outcomes) and symbolic (i.e., changes in expectations or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5

productivity, accountability, communication, and skill development from the perspectives of employees in Merrimack's R&D organization. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/merrimack-pharmaceuticals-inc-b/an/614083-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

costs and profit margins; initial sales also influence the venture's trajectory of organizational skills because firms develop capabilities and routines in interactions with customers. There is also an opportunity cost: money, time, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4

knowledge-based "recombinative capabilities" view of business groups—that such groups have done the most to invest in R&D and other skills necessary to combine inputs in ways that lead to greater added value. Further, our... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Apr 2005
  • Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

The success of American Home Products reflects a unique path of learning. The company originated with the merger of several companies in related businesses. During the seventy years following its formation in 1926, the company's senior managers at their headquarters in... View Details
Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

even if negative. Pessimists are often in denial and don't want to know the truth so they don't seek information. Practice. For athletes to practice is clear, but how do business people practice? By refining the technical skills that they... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

much relational. In the United States, we have a more transactional focus. And we’ve had to learn that in China, they don’t care if you make money. You’re there because you’re bringing them technology, knowledge, or skills that will make... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 12 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

first set had to do with the audit team’s training—as measured by the number of audit skill courses they’d taken—and whether the audit was announced or a surprise. They found that the biggest improvements came when a highly-trained team... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

officers, cabinet ministers, and unskilled workers-to their ideals for what those wages should be. We show that ideal pay gaps between skilled and unskilled workers are significantly smaller than estimated pay gaps, and that there is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

Business School Exercise 409-129 This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of relationships that is critical to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

team, not of just one individual. So there are ways that you might put together a team that actually represents the whole basket of skills and experience needed while you are only a part of it. Q: Are VC's anxieties about women... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

skilled workers, and getting distribution for Boumi products in major markets such as Europe and the United States. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112029-PDF-ENG Khosla Ventures: Biofuels Gain Liquidity Joseph B.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

consumers' technological skills and openness to new experiences, and that consumers' beliefs about the social utility of feature-rich products are predictive of their choices of such products. Further, we examine when impression... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

faculty, whose scholarship and teaching skills attract hundreds of Harvard MBA students to their classrooms each year. Among the latest books by HBS historians are publications by Professor Chandler, Professor Nancy Koehn, and Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Howitt, and David W. Giles Abstract—Leadership in emergencies is a crucial element of becoming a high-performing Coast Guard officer. In this article, we argue that emergency leadership is not a single skill or uniform set of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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