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- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
categories: power, management, leadership, and culture. Choosing the right tool, say the authors, requires assessing the organization along two critical dimensions: the extent to which people agree on what they want and the extent to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
post-MBA opportunity and would like to have a conversation to assess your eligibility for the GO Fellowship, please contact Kurt Piemonte, HBS Career & Professional Development, 617-495-6390, kpiemonte@hbs.edu . Awards Awards are designed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
combined with annual assessments on insurance providers, hospitals, and, indirectly, employers. Observes Pozen: “Any state thinking of following the Massachusetts model needs to have, as we did, a clear accounting system — remarkably,... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
Would they exert influence to shape the environment? Or would they try to hedge? "They had to imagine themselves making a decision," Mikes says. "I asked them to be the CEO: 'Now that these scenarios have been presented to you, what are you going to do... View Details
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
the managing directors established three executive oversight committees, developed new specialized corporate functions, and incubated an internal hedge fund group. Students are given the opportunity to assess Berkshire's recent changes in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
309-058 This note introduces the current corporate governance system in China, identifies its key problems, and assesses recent improvements and future challenges. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
they sample only a few songs. One possibility is that the current patterns of file sharing reflect consumer preferences. Consumers do not know the quality of new music and sampling one or two songs is good enough to assess quality and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
voting public. They cast their votes not on ideology and old loyalties, but on a more pragmatic assessment of their own — and their community’s — interests. The last election saw incumbents lose in dozens of congressional districts that... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
later and if so, how? The friendship formation of students at a large Canadian university was assessed during their first term. These data were used to predict self-reported health and health behaviors (physical exercise, diet, tobacco,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
perceive the quality of others' decisions to be greater when other individuals engage in the right amount of thinking for the situation. These assessments then affect observers' own decisions and openness to influence. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
trace the theory’s evolution from a technology-change framework—essentially descriptive and relatively limited in scope—to a more broadly explanatory causal theory of innovation and competitive response. This assessment reveals that our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
(forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library
competence is complete. . . . I should like to send you a camera and associated equipment and film as a personal gift.” (2) Land asked Adams to serve as a consultant to test Polaroid cameras and films. Assessment of the performance and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
service. One alum from the Class of 2001, a group that bridged the old and the new, compared the food in Kresge Hall to “a bad airport lounge.” By contrast, the Spangler Food Court fare was “amazing,” an assessment that holds true a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
future, we believe the demand for our intimate, in-person educational experience will remain strong. Simultaneously, we will be able to enhance and extend our educational offerings through our growing online capabilities. How do you View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
top-talent list a closely guarded secret. And the assessment process used to decide who is a future leader is an even greater mystery. This book shows how you can get on and stay on your company’s fast track. The authors draw upon decades... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
framework. The first layer assesses the relative importance of skilled labor, suppliers, and knowledge spillovers. The second layer considers whether firms can benefit from geographic concentration without co-locating. The final layer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
brands, Brita, Burt's Bees, and Green Works. These brands had fared differently over the past three years, and each presents multiple courses of action heading into 2011. Management also needs to assess the role the sustainable brands... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
and the environment will make the relevance of microprocess research findings to broader organizational questions easier to discern and therefore more likely to disseminate to the larger field of organizational research. We empirically View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
particular, continuation and pruning decisions (i.e., series renewals and cancellations). Finally, can be used to facilitate an assessment of challenges and opportunities in developing sustainable businesses in a rapidly changing media... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace