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- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
sampling channel and by decreasing returns; and (4) amplify these demand and operational benefits in dealing with customers who have the most acute need for the firm’s products. Moreover, the effects we document strengthen with time as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
of science and technology, law, management, and policy. The empirical contexts for their studies range from household goods to financial services. After discussing the fundamentals of user innovation, the contributors cover communities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017
silos within numerous academic medical centers, pharmaceutical companies, and some disease-based foundations. For new precision therapies to be developed, these data sets need to be shared broadly. Patients can help lead this effort by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
Sciences Modularity and Organizations By: Baldwin, Carliss Y Abstract—Modularity describes the degree to which a complex system can be broken apart into subunits (modules) that can be recombined in various ways. Modularity is important View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015
learning concepts tested at its Cuicuilco (Mexico) kids’ edutainment park. As part of an effort to build a global network of such ventures, proposals for new franchises in Doha and London as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
scale. The authors propose that the concept of government as a minimalist platform-focusing on a handful of tasks and doing them well-was the key to success. The administration focused on land allocation, roads (mostly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
(their dual identity) might prove both a blessing for attracting many diverse members and a curse for achieving desired outcomes. Originality/Value: More broadly, our results suggest that dual identity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
communications initiatives. Purchase this supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509014 Supergrid Harvard Business School Case 707-016 Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18
the supply of capital create the need for increased upfront financing, but this protection lowers the real option value of the new venture. In equilibrium, financing risk disproportionately impacts innovative ventures with the greatest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
members sent the committee detailed curriculum proposals ranging from two to several pages. Thinking through their ramifications poses a daunting task. For example, adding small-group, soft-skill development... View Details
- 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661 software contests, we provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerstrom, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—We propose a network-based methodology for operationalizing enterprise architecture. Our methodology is based upon using a "Design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
of lighter labor market regulations and more human capital specialize relatively more in people management. There is evidence for complementarities between information and communication technology, decentralization, and management, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
Drop it on the ground. Sprinkle water on its surface. Let it sit in the sun and expose it to swarms of dust—the XO laptop is designed to handle most any abuse from a child. But the journey of the XO laptop from concept to the educational tool View Details
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
more vehicles than they can sell and—unable to make money from new cars—turn to service and trade-ins to eke out margins. And at the bottom of the chain are customers trapped in high-pressure negotiations for a car that isn't the exact... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52104 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Elevating Repositioning Costs: Strategy Dynamics and Competitive Interactions By: Menon, Anoop R., and Dennis Yao Abstract—This paper proposes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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The Competition - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Architect, March 11, 1921. When the idea for the new campus was first conceived, Dean Wallace B. Donham asked Boston architect Harold Kellogg to create blueprints and models of proposed HBS buildings View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6
Publications Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise Authors: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier Publication: Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April 2010): 349-366 Abstract Two alternate visions for shaping and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace