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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
allocated resources, it had nothing to do with those imperatives. What they were doing was simply allocating resources to projects on the assumption that all the businesses were fine. So, one of the ways in which the ideas of our book... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
NPC had been quite successful doing. In 2011, the five-year revenue projections were revised significantly downward, and Wyss needed to cut costs while also building the organization's capabilities quickly in early 2012. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
documents a role for debt financing related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage innovation projects and how this impacts optimal financing design. We further highlight the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
situations. Filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies change our minds; and revolutionary strategies like "power posing," Presence is a must-read for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
timing of profit recognition. Performance measurement issues still need to be addressed directly. The standard setters' current projects on 'revenue recognition', 'insurance contracts', and 'measurement' therefore need broadening to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
support, they don't have to fear their attacks or monitor their every move. When people give one another the benefit of the doubt and, better yet, believe in one another, more projects are launched, more innovations get seeded, and more... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
it would be different.” An experimental field study was born. Yelp agrees to run free ads The genesis of the advertising project came while Luca was having coffee with Geoff Donaker, then COO of Yelp. Yelp, which hosts consumer reviews of... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
team members in jobs and on projects that enable them to excel and to showcase their talents. If people have the expectation that they can monetize the value of their improved performance, they will be more willing to accept a lower... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
integration. It is time, therefore, for Europe to revisit the ideals of peace, democracy, unity, and prosperity that defined the origin of the European project and its attempts to unify Europe politically and economically. Greece is... View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
stages: Compliance: In this initial phase, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Activities are not strategic or centralized. In addition to compliance, employees may volunteer to work on recycling View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Harvard Business School Case 608-100 "Gila" was a high-performance image processor project housed in Intel's New Business Initiatives (NBI) group. NBI was an incubator for corporate entrepreneurs, and it had an established... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
grown to house a third of Microsoft's basic-science R&D researchers. More broadly, HBS assistant professor Fritz Foley and I are working on a research project that has found that U.S.-based ethnic scientists within multinationals like... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and delivery... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set of indicators validated... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy By: Simons, Robert Abstract—This study focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, and diagnostic control systems. The project analyzes... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
employees about your commitments and goals—and, above all, the hard problems and threats facing your organization. Second, leaders need to champion "meaningful projects"—not small contributions to some grand long-term vision, but rather shorter-term View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
project flopped, don't attack the person"). Deborah Blagg: Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme Productivity takes a much broader look. It reads more like a businessperson's handbook. Did you intend... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
pursue each of the four projects that are the basis of the (A) case. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412035-PDF-ENG The U.S. Military Academy at West Point Anat KeinanHarvard Business School Case 512-012 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
music business also meant having to do without the financial, logistical, and promotional power of the major labels. To provide an alternative to the muscle of the major labels, the company is launching a venture capital project called... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace