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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
foremost, to improving the everyday lives of consumers." Despite P&G's successes, Lafley is well aware of the dangers that can loom on any operation's horizon. He has talked publicly, for instance, about the limitations faced even by a... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
operations intertwined. Working Together in Crises Authors:Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch", and Arnold M. Howitt Publication:Crisis Response Journal Abstract No abstract available. Paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
and thereby improve human welfare. Most previous research has emphasized the use of for-profit firms. Such institutions cannot effectively address many environmental problems, however, because environmental problems often transcend firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
chapters how entrepreneurs both inside and outside of government can tackle problems by viewing them as opportunities, trying new ideas, scaling them up, and improving public life. “I’m not saying we should take all the behaviors of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
improved the movie in the long run. Over time, it became clear to Hill that Pixar’s leaders didn’t profess some great vision that they expected others to follow. Rather, they created an environment in which employees were inspired to... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
resources and regulatory effort goes into ensuring that the public has access to these financial opportunities; in fact, much of American social policy oriented toward the non-indigent operates through structured opportunities for saving... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
improves the visibility of a paper on the SSRN network. We also find limited evidence of gaming due to demographic factors and career concerns, and strong evidence of gaming driven by social comparisons with various peer groups. These... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16
operations cover food and home and personal care, and its brands include Lipton Tea, Hellmann's, Bird's Eye, Wall's, Ben and Jerry's, Surf, Domestos, Comfort, Dove, Sunsilk, Pond's, Signal, Axe, and Calvin Klein. In particular the book... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
to numbers such as operating profit. This does not mitigate the argument against short-term incentives. Nor does it address the tendency of compensation committees to rely on numbers rather than judgment. Going even further, perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
were: What part of the job demands rationality? Yaron Kaufman suggested that "Managers must be rational when it comes to planning, financing, operating and measuring business performance . Irrational thinking is needed when you think... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 May 2007
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First Look: May 29, 2007
years to become sufficiently established to operate as an independent entity. Yousry Makar, HFHE's national director, faces several key issues. How can he ensure that as HFHE's partnership network grows, his own office and staff can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
of both mechanisms successfully generates a sizable secular increase. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51107 Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Evidence from the Massachusetts Natural Experiment By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20
emissions than were released by the company's operations and products. The case examines the controversies surrounding this program as well as the program's impacts on the environment and FIJI Water's brand image. The company also faced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Terwiesch Harvard Business Review Press What if there were a way to turn occasional, sporadic transactions with customers into long-term, continuous relationships—while simultaneously driving dramatic improvements in View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
resources are stretched very thin, we've had to become very entrepreneurial," Britt explains. "To generate income we license toy companies, retailers, and park operators to use our Sesame Street characters, and we publish are own... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
workforce is not a quick fix to control costs or improve the quality of care. A poorly planned redesign can even result in increased costs and decreased quality. Changes in skill mix and role definitions should be preceded by a detailed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
of future generations to meet their own needs," it is slowly becoming a part of the lexicon of business leaders around the world. Easy Being Green? "One of the problems with turning the idea of environmental sustainability into a viable View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
has been a major obstacle to moving the country forward on nearly every front that makes a healthy business environment, from tax reform and restoring economic growth to improving public education and health care and rebuilding the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
would reduce Shift’s labor per transaction and thereby improve the venture’s unit economics and its scalability, Shift might risk undermining users’ trust by handing off responsibility for critical tasks. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne