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- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
generalists on a team can be even more important. “If you are trying to make incremental improvements on existing technologies, then specialists probably are the most well-suited for that,” Nagle says. “But, if there is at least some... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
scorecards to align the organization? How can we ensure that our people understand our strategy? How do we use the scorecard to improve how we conduct our management meetings? An OSM typically emerges when the Balanced Scorecard team View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Video: Inspirational Women in Business
would like to mention that it may not be the case, especially in all parts of the world. And there are lots of demographics where this is still very far from the reality. Eunjin Lee: The small, incremental changes that we make as MBA... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
not difficult for pharma firms. Companies tended to “either have projects on the shelf or projects that they are excited to go do when they get a little more buffer or get a little more cash,” Krieger says. Ask yourself a question What’s the lesson for drug makers? “If... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
incremental governance strategy before it is either unduly celebrated or castigated by the public and, more importantly, integrated without critique into the nation's industrial policy "playbook." Dennis Yao, Lawrence E.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
playing out over the past decade. Our advice to the CEO is to look at IT use through several different lenses. One lens should be focused on improving cost savings and efficiencies. Another should be focused on the incremental improvement... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
person, the "sender," was randomly assigned a number from 1 to 5, and could choose to reveal or hide that number to the other person, the "receiver." If they chose to hide it, then the receiver tried to guess the number as close as possible, using... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
company like India's Infosys illustrates both trends. Another big change is that companies are finally recognizing that being global is not just about entering incremental overseas markets. It is also about accessing scarce resources. And... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
premium on green real estate or government incentives. In-house sewage treatment plant Figure 5: Importance of downstream pressure to incent sustainable investment:Throughout our site visit, it was clear that RMZ had invested significant View Details
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
rather reveal a pattern of incremental investments approved individually. Although Firestone encountered some production glitches in refining the new process, overall the transition from bias to belted bias tires proceeded smoothly.10... View Details
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Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
this challenging time. This is the time to practice customer intimacy, not only customer centricity. Protect and pivot = exploit and explore Exploiting opportunities to make incremental improvements to existing operations while also... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
is this thinking that incrementality isn't enough. It's not going to move the needle for us at McDonald's. We need the big, bold moves. And so, yeah, with the big, bold moves it does come some risk. Partly, I feel really good about the... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
the middle, and a broad base of continuous improvements, incremental contributions, and early-stage new ideas at the bottom. For example, Verizon placed big bets on Google's Android for smartphones and on fiber-optics for landlines, and... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
expand your ROI on the investment. Kenny: Which, obviously, continues to drive the cost up. So, now we're not just talking about advertising. We're talking about the incremental expense of building a social media campaign around this.... View Details
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The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management
In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details
- 20 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business
businesses to achieve their full potential; and incrementally improving mature businesses to provide the cash and other resources needed for future business transformation. (Published June 2014) View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
ever dreamed that frequentflier miles would become a multibillion-dollar source of incremental airline revenue," he notes. In 1982, Brierley was named vice president of sales and advertising for Pan American World Airways, where he... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- News
Applying lessons of team work
Alex Schultz (MBA 2016) believes that a lot can be gained from working with others and sees the powerful role that small, incremental changes can play in leadership. (Published July 2015) View Details