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- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
software, consumer electronics, and pharmaceuticals. Such companies hold many important patents and boast R&D labs that rival facilities at the best universities in the world. They are headquartered in countries with myriad institutions that support innovation:... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
department stores will once again redefine themselves." David Overton, vice president and director of strategic planning and research for JC Penney, said, "Our biggest competitors are no longer the other department stores."... View Details
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
Tyneski, Research in Motion "There will always be a need for specialized devices," argued Frank Tyneski, director of design integration at Research In Motion, maker of the popular Blackberry... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
PublicationsAuctions, Market Mechanisms, and Their Applications Authors:Peter Coles, Sanmay Das, Sébastien Lahaie, and Boleslaw Szymanski Publication:Second International ICST Conference, AMMA 2011 Abstract This book constitutes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Harvard Business School spends a significant amount of research funds each year on the health care industry, answering questions such as: How can the business of health care be made more efficient? What can a business do to motivate... View Details
- 01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1
Publications Behaviorial Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors: Max Bazerman and Francesca Gino Publication: Annual Review of Law and Social Science (forthcoming) Abstract Early research and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
large research and practice infrastructures to produce in-depth insights for a staggering array of public companies, private entities, investment firms, public sector organizations, academic institutions, not-for-profits, and governmental... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as well as employment and investment. Credit markets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2008
- Background Note
Equity Options
By: Joshua Coval and Erik Stafford
The goal of this simulation is to understand the reliance of option values on volatility. When an investor trades an option, they are essentially trading volatility. Therefore, much of the focus in this lesson is on forecasting volatility. Students are able to use two... View Details
Keywords: Volatility; Forecasting and Prediction; Stock Options; Investment Return; Price; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods; Value
Coval, Joshua, and Erik Stafford. "Equity Options." Harvard Business School Background Note 208-118, January 2008.
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
management task in all innovating organizations. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of frontier scientific research projects. We argue that the "intellectual distance" between the knowledge embodied in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991
By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Structures; Product Development; Production; Research and Development; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
Pisano, Gary P., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Jonathan West. "Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991." Harvard Business School Case 692-056, December 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
and politicians on its most popular shows. Fox News Channel had spread rapidly by the 2000 presidential election, its expansion fueled by the wealth accrued by Murdoch and his wildly successful media empire. The speed and breadth of this growth provided economic View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
Boards: Evidence from Listed Companies in China, Ma and Khanna found that the social ties of the directors had much more influence on their likelihood to dissent than firm performance. Social ties can be difficult to measure. Traditionally, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
and where the host does not punish symbiont misbehavior. Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations Authors:Frank V. Cespedes Publication:In Business to Business Marketing Handbook. Edward Elgar... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
researchers who were involved. LiveWorks arose out of an ambitious project to commercialize group collaborative technology concepts that had been incubating within PARC since the mid-1980s. This project was sponsored by the new Technology... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 2005
- Article
Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion
By: Juan Alcacer, Heather Berry and Wilbur Chung
While firms balance exploitation and exploration to maximize profits, specifics of how firms pursue this balance are scarce. We focus on how firms increase their exploration after obtaining greater capabilities and experience via sequential international expansion.... View Details
Keywords: Price Bubble; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Growth; Research and Development; Profit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; SWOT Analysis; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States
Alcacer, Juan, Heather Berry, and Wilbur Chung. "Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2005): D1–D6.
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
as a research agenda or needed areas for study for the coming years in this area? Everyone is intrigued with the sudden globalization of our business. Real estate is a people business, and whether developers can compete in more than a few... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
organizations as being focused on tangible hard metrics like profit or market capitalization. But for-profits also do a lot of organizational capacity-building work. Venture capital investments are very much about building the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- January 1994
- Article
Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962
By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock
This article draws on a new database to describe the dimensions and characteristics of 685 foreign companies which established British manufacturing subsidiaries between 1850 and 1962. The numbers of foreign companies grew from the 1890s, expanded rapidly in the... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Expansion; Chemicals; Metals and Minerals; Food; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Entry and Exit; Research and Development; Trade; Investment; Production; United Kingdom; United States; Scotland; Wales
Jones, G., and Frances Bostock. "Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962." Business History 36, no. 1 (January 1994): 89–126.