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  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

President of Product Development and cofounder, closed on a $41 million investment round. Their firm was one of the hottest companies in the health information technology field. They provided core data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609039 Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Harvard Business School Case 609-050 Examines how successful companies can "jump to the next S-curve" through an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

Publications August 2013 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy and Competition By: Collis, David Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a model intellectual, a scholar's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

Authentic Leadership. "Everyone inside and outside the company is watching what they do. It is imperative that they stay focused on their True North as it sets a standard internally for principled business behavior and will make... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

institutional environment may be especially critical to an organization's performance and long-term survival. Our review reveals that organizations engage in three specific and identifiable sets of institutional strategies, which we term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

near 20 percent online market share. Apparel, greeting cards, party supplies, and office products have reached double-digit penetration as well while sporting goods and cosmetics will likely reach double-digit share in 2011. Pet products and View Details
Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

overachievement bonuses) to keep high performers, low performers, and average performers engaged throughout the year. Managers should be careful in setting and adjusting quotas. For instance, studies show that ratcheting (raising a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
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  • 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

important narratives around the world that encourages students to more fully inhabit the story's hero—leads to fuller engagement and more active learning. We report results using this approach with undergraduate and graduate students in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

littleny Can YouTube’s Users Help the Company Deal With Its “Moral” Problem?* This month’s mini-case described the dilemma faced by Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube: how far to promote “sustainability,” viewership, and (to some) free speech... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/11/is-it-fair-to-blame-fair-value-accounting-for-the-financial-crisis/ar/1   Cases & Course MaterialsDigital Chocolate Linda A. Hill and Alison Berkley WagonfeldHarvard Business School Case 410-049 Trip Hawkins founded Digital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

as a STEM student, and how did you overcome it? I don't come from a finance background, and it often shows when I'm going through cases or engaging in the classroom. The jargon and concepts are new, but I find solace in breaking things... View Details
  • 31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows, managers must decide how to scale the Vision Community process so that it retains its spirit of employee involvement and engagement while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

applicants were being discouraged by many employers from going to full-time MBA programs, that part-time MBA, executive MBA, and other masters programs were seen as attractive substitutes, and that the students who came were not as View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

issues. In order to explain the dynamics of these alternative plots, I show that risk experts engage in various kinds of boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999), sometimes to expand and sometimes to limit areas of activity, legitimacy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

important that they act aggressively towards competitor companies However, it seems crucial that they have the behavioral flexibility to act very differently towards subordinates and co-workers.” These comments were advanced in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett