Strategic Human Resource Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

30,000 megawatts of power, would change the face of European energy networks, use new technology, and help several European countries meet their Kyoto targets for reducing CO2. The issues are whether a small company like Airtricity has the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2024
HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

titanium phones with bionic chips, Marcelo Claure, then head of the telecom firm Brightstar, saw an opportunity. A few years after the iPhone’s launch, he reached out to Steve Jobs to convince him to take a big strategic risk: Build a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

Working Papers Competition As Strategic Interaction By: Eisenhardt, Kathleen, Rory McDonald, and Cheng Gao Abstract—Strategic interaction has been a topic of scholarly inquiry dating back to the 1960s. Drawing on several seminal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

based on value. Value-based competition will serve to drive innovation. 4. Moving to value-based competition has important strategic implications for providers as well as health plans and employers. Providers: In an environment where... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

early-twentieth-century social scientists is what we call "the meaning and organization problem." One of the main trends of modern society was the rise of large formal work organizations. Capitalists and managers encouraged the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

market's growth that is the primary driver of profit margins and sales growth. A few retailers have succeeded in going global by developing strategies that apply four retail-specific rules for globalization. Rule 1: The home market is the linchpin. Retailers can... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

skilled workforce, an educated populace, vibrant local suppliers, basic rule of law, and so on. Historically, American businesses invested in these resources deeply, and that helped to build many of America's strengths. Then, in a world... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

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