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  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

four specific stages, how an established organization can bring sustainability into its core. We illustrate the model through the experience of the Ford Motor Company. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

attended various schools of experience. Managers who have successfully worked their way up the ladder of a stable business unit—for example, a division that manufactures standard high-volume electric motors for the appliance industry—are... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
  • 21 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

With the advent of customer relationship management (CRM) in the late 1990s, companies came to believe that by using technology to tailor their offerings to individual consumers' needs, customer loyalty—and View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

business solution designed to enable line managers and executives to convert data to information to insights. The case also details how the company partnered with an emerging technology start-up, Netezza. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-099.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAvid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question Harvard Business School Case 809-086 The CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

because it draws upon the power of the founding myths of the country (the myth of success, the frontier myth, the city on a hill) and reinterprets these myths in a way that provides meaning for men who work in large companies in an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

that senior managers' physical presence on their organizations' frontlines was not helpful unless it enabled active problem solving. Working Papers Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors By: Helper,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

2000, recovery, Great Recession in 2008, recovery--that it makes trend analysis (and consistent productivity growth) impossible. A related argument is that when labor is relatively cheap, growing companies are encouraged to hire more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs." Warren Buffett, America's most celebrated investor, has religiously invested in companies with strong brand names such as Coca-Cola and American Express. To this day,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising
  • 19 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 20 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply design to get closer to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct financial motivation like burglary,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Once the hub of American manufacturing, Detroit is in a long state of economic decline. The rubber finally hit the road last week, when the city filed for bankruptcy protection. The challenges ahead for those that call the Motor City home... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818130-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-131 Feeding America (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818131-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-014 Arge Construction View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

has enough leverage to practice it. Boards of directors play an important role in championing the cause of stakeholders of all kinds. DF in AZ put it this way: “If a company promises a fundamental shift towards shareholder capitalism but... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

firm boundary. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-104.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe HLB Turnaround Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 810-023 Ford Pearson has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in new equity. Also participating in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

Business School Case 716-003 East Timor: Betting on Oil No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-702 BionX The BionX multimedia case introduces students to BionX Medical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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