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- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
something I want to do or is this being driven by this desire for inclusion?" And once I do that, it allows me to then get closer to a decision and usually, I am able then to make a decision and other people are too. And on the FOBO, I think like an investor, and again... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
examining performance over time, comparing adopters to non-adopters, and incorporating strategies to overcome selection bias. Evaluations that meet the highest methodological standards are critical to inform the debates about this new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
problem themselves rather than clog customer service desks at Mattel's retail outlets, which would strain Mattel's dealer relations and cost the company extra dollars in processing fees. Mattel's recall Web site is a model of excellence.... View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire cycle of care. We describe the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
3 Key Take-a-Ways From My Summer at Zalando
to customers’ requests when they call / send emails. I had the chance to shadow Customer Care specialist covering the Spanish market, who taught me the nitty-gritty of his job. It was striking to learn how Zalando has adapted the CuCa View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Profile
Hann Yew
process of due diligence and collecting feedback that helped us think out what we are trying to do. Using the HBS network was foundational for coming up with an appropriate business strategy for entering the... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
organizations large and small; Professor Michael E. Porter will offer his latest thinking on strategy and the need to move beyond simple "best practice" improvement to actually establishing a unique competitive position; Professor William... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
Dillon, and David S. Duncan Abstract—Firms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors, product developers focus too much on building... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
manage talent effectively. It illustrates how law firms can significantly increase the performance, engagement, and retention of their lawyers by giving them the tools to develop and support the development of others. It also describes the need to align HR and law firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Exploring the Art of Business: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Felipe Ceron (MBA 2022)
are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I am working at The Juilliard School as a Strategy and Revenue Intern in the office... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
businesses. The strategy literature uses real option theory to explain the transition to scale, but does not consider the complex relationships between corporate ventures and their parent organizations. By comparing six longitudinal cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
company. A simple portfolio strategy of going long the buy recommendations with school ties and going short buy recommendations without ties earns returns of 5.40% per year. We test whether Regulation FD, targeted at impeding selective... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
New Releases
Abraham Zaleznik. Grouped in three sections that address the future of organizations, the process of change, and the new role of management, the articles address topics such as how networks reshape organizations, why transformation... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
- a process that began in the years following World War II - by limiting the increase in the size of the faculty so as to sustain the quality and unique character of the HBS community. "Larry had to make some tough decisions in this... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
be an island apart from other firms. They must work with other firms to develop and exploit new technologies. Because this coordination process can be quite difficult, a variety of mechanisms have sprung up to facilitate this process. One... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Sadun Abstract—Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
rotate them, and the sophistication of the energy generation process were all palpable in this encounter. To see an operational wind turbine early in the trip was great context for many of the subsequent visits that explored individual... View Details
- September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)
In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 793-040, September 1992. (Revised October 1992.)
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Module 3 synthesizes the ideas from earlier in the course and embeds them in the broader context of an organization’s overall strategy and operations. The module will analyze the interaction of formal incentive systems with other... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
triggered by fault lines and coalitions. This review sets the stage for describing novel pathways through which identities and interests, when considered together, can affect team processes and outcomes. Design/approach-We use an extended... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne