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- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
become centered around maximizing profits rather than maximizing on the Purpose." Neil Olonoff argued that the concept of purpose put forth by Nikos Mourkogiannis in his book is too impersonal. He pointed out that "Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Oct 2004
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Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
how such change is best achieved? Does it suggest one more reason why we should put aside the concept of the imperial leader whose wisdom is questioned only at one's risk? What does it say about the need for leadership behaviors that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
connected with their communication skills. This concept can be seen in Belichick of the Patriots. He has consistently surrounded himself with young assistants and maintained solid working relationships with leaders in the locker room.... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
that allowed small groups of solvers from InnoCentive's community to openly add posts and discussion threads after agreeing to the confidentiality and IP transfer requirements of the client. The case raises the questions of how the team room View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R&D. Links how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
is one that captures all direct and indirect connections between components (i.e., it captures the potential for changes to propagate via all possible paths between components). Our work represents an important step in making the concept... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture Authors:Watl, Josef, Joachim Henkel, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Publication:Software Business: Proceedings of the Third International Conference Abstract We provide a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
great principles in economics: the concept of comparative advantage and how it influences everything from nations to house painters. —Sean Silverthorne book excerpt A Brief Aside On The Theory Of Comparative Advantage From A Concise Guide... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
AFM Harvard Business School Case 109-056 This case was written as the financial accounting portion of the final exam for a first-year MBA course at Harvard Business School. The goal was to test students' ability to apply major concepts... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
potential unifying power of this conception has attracted a remarkable range of supporters from around the world as well as considerable media interest. Having lengthened the walkable part of the Path from 300 km five years ago to over... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23
findings of behavioral scientists and experimental economists. Further, this approach does not generally assume that all the elements of the "game" are common knowledge. It tends to de-emphasize the application of game-theoretic solution View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007
Inside-Outside Leaders Author:Joseph L. Bower Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007) Abstract This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
of public leadership, in recent years. Perhaps in reaction to what we read about in the daily news, these very concepts are at the core of what seems to be an increasing amount of research ranging from marketing to leadership. Take this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15
of inter-organizational relationships. In contrast, we build on research emphasizing potential drawbacks to examine how competitive exposure, enabled by powerful intermediaries, can inhibit innovation. We develop the concept of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
futile." Alex added that "his crucibles of leadership ('difficult events' out of which leaders establish meaning in their lives and achieve distinctive voices) concept really resonated and still does." Philip offered the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
mortgage interest, a deduction that came to be accepted as a means to helping people achieve the "American dream" of owning a home. In 1986, however, that concept began to run into some opposition, when President Reagan put... View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
"make the numbers" every quarter? Is it dangerous or misleading to give too much emphasis to the idea that profits are a by-product of many other policies and practices? Is it wise to communicate this concept to all levels of an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43830 Team Scaffolds: How Minimal Team Structures Enable Role-Based Coordination By: Valentine, Melissa, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—In this paper, we integrate research on role-based coordination with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
same concept can be applied to health care. In its current form, most of us pay for blanket health care coverage that entitles us to a number of periodic services such as checkups, shots, mammograms, etc. The problem is that the costs of... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney