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- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
method patents that were litigated compared to patents that were not litigated offer empirical evidence supporting the hypotheses. Cases & Course MaterialsThe AtekPC Project Management Office Harvard Business School Case 308-049 Presents one company's efforts to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
and implement our idea for a kids’ menu,” says Jiang. “But we discovered that the consumer preferences and concepts of a bakery were completely different in Brazil. It challenged us to understand the customers’ mind-sets,” explains... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
they implement their approaches in all the countries in which they operate. The research was sparked by a discussion of layoffs in the required MBA course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Sucher was initially surprised to discover... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
in its performance. The case illustrates the power of a great leader. All of the reforms Ghosn implemented were originally proposed by middle managers who had been working for Nissan for twenty years; they were instrumental in the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
That way, everyone might learn how to get the most for themselves out of complex pricing schemes. The general consensus is that deregulation can have widespread benefits, albeit complex ones that are sometimes slow in coming and not equitably distributed, which may... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
reformers and lenders cooperated to draft the Uniform Small Loan Law, implemented in twenty-five states by the 1930s. Small lenders moved their offices from dark second-floor apartments, open only evenings and weekends, to brightly lit... View Details
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A Jay Holmgren
while gaining expertise in management, which hadn’t factored into my previous graduate-level work,” he says. “When it comes to an industry as complex as healthcare, the management of the implementation of systems is just as important as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Small Club, Big Impact
discussion and create and implement new strategies.” Osawaye further notes that participants can continue their dialogue with one another via discussion forums on the conference Web site. Both Ngnoumen and Osawaye plan to use their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Books
value, and secure their commitment to implementing the solution. Building World Class Universities in Asia by Daniel Quinn Mills (CreateSpace) After discussing higher education’s potential contribution to Asia’s economic progress and the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
experiment that ultimately enabled consultants at Boston Consulting Group to reclaim at least a small portion of their lives from the onslaught of communication technology. In her initial work Perlow chose the goal of engaging a six-person team to View Details
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
convincing case that trust was absolutely essential to the successful implementation of policies and practices necessary to implement any strategy. For example, several managers testified to the importance... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2019
- News
Cure All
success in either strategy or implementation requires making trade-offs. In the absence of those trade-offs, you have a lot of mediocrity. RS: I would also tell the CEO that he or she needs to take a hard and deep look at what’s happening... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
health care providers have devoted significant efforts to improve performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. To address the lagging involvement of health care providers in the cost component of the value equation, UCLA Health piloted the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007
manage a company's resources. But many executives who have tried to implement ABC on a large scale in their organizations have found the approach limiting and frustrating. Why? The employee surveys that companies used to estimate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team did recommend its View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
ability to exist,” Ferguson says. Burnt Island Ventures is committed to finding and implementing solutions to everyday water concerns around the world. Some countries lack the means to provide clean water to their residents. That is not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
improve the level of critical and divergent thinking before decisions are made while simultaneously building consensus to help implement those decisions. Actual situations examined include tragedy atop Mt. Everest and the space shuttle... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. The paper also introduces two main methodological innovations to the marketing literature: first, we implement empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
not only experience project-level success with the implementation of new work practices, but also organizational-level success as indicated by overall measures of performance. We tested our hypothesis in a longitudinal study of 23... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Pursuing A Passion in Health Care
implemented by Radiometer since its acquisition by Danaher in 2004 and I’ve seen how much it infiltrates every aspect of how they do work. (There is an HBS case about it!) Overall, the job has gotten off to a great start and I can’t... View Details
Keywords: Health Care