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- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
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
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
The recent twin economic and pandemic calamities should cause us to rethink the status quo for health insurance compensation. Must General Motors be a benefits company that happens to make cars? Is it in the... View Details
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
agencies can improve—even offices of motor vehicle registration. The challenge is that public agencies serve two types of customers: clients and taxpayers. This is similar to media companies serving... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
requirements are essential for newspapers going forward. It turns out that few companies exemplify these attributes better than Bezos's Amazon. And it's hard to think of another digital CEO who is better at managing across these three... View Details
- 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
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
enough, Datar and Garvin distilled more bad news from their research. "There's an escalating drumbeat of concerns from alums, from students, and from customers—the companies that recruit MBAs," Garvin explained in an interview.... View Details
- 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
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Bussgang, Jeffrey Abstract—Relative to established organizations, start-ups can be hard to figure out. What are the jobs to be done? The best entry points? How can you tell whether a company has potential for success and is the right fit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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