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- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
and costly scams are common. Yet, even more frequent and pervasive are cases of "ordinary" unethical behavior-unethical actions committed by people who value and care about morality but behave unethically when faced with an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
opportunistic traders are local non-senior insiders, who come from geographically concentrated, poorly governed firms. Lastly, opportunistic traders are significantly more likely to have SEC enforcement action taken against them and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
voracious consumers of theory. Every plan a manager makes, every action a manager takes, is based on some implicit understanding of what causes what and why. The problem is, managers all too frequently use a... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
causing many companies to rethink their supply chain strategies, which suddenly seem extremely fragile. When a natural disaster hits, relief organizations such as the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders swing into action with... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office,... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
source of competitive advantage, it is time we all reread her work. In the same vein, we recommend the work of urban planners. It is not surprising that the ideas of Horst Rittel, an eminent urban planner and designer, are very much in vogue. Rittel found that... View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
marketing, having developed Gatorade into a powerhouse national brand by skillfully executing a plan drawn straight from the marketing textbooks. After purchasing the sports drink from Stokely-Van Camp in 1983, Quaker introduced it into... View Details
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
damaged financial markets. As an alternative to the patchwork solutions and ideologically charged proposals that have dominated other discussions, the Squam Lake group sets forth a clear nonpartisan plan of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
One meeting each year should be a joint board-management retreat mid-way in the company's planning cycle to plan next year's activities. Additional time between meetings is typically required of board... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
Discussion of new model of social enterprise that applies the venture capital model to social enterprise. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811053-PDF-ENG Redesigning a 401(k) Plan at Haley-Midland Robert C. Pozen... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
and David KironHarvard Business School Case 810-105 On January 5, 2010, 48-year-old Richard Canny was on his way to meet the governor of Indiana. He was reading his newly issued press release announcing that THINK planned to start... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
business administration. STRATEGY Tip: Confront unknown unknowns in your strategic planning The term VUCA originated in the US War College to describe situations that are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this world,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
there are certain actions a firm with less market share can justify but that become illegal when taken by a firm with large market share. Intel did not let the legal concerns interfere with its fighting spirit but channeled that desire to... View Details
- 20 Jan 2022
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic
input from employees on what they need. This may seem obvious, but in the 2021 Future Forum survey, 66 percent of executives reported they developed their post-pandemic workforce policies with little to no input from employees. Develop View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
task.— Michael Jensen "If I know someone in the organization's lower levels can make a tough call that won't affect other parts of the company, then it's their call," says Nick Pudar, director of planning and strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 23 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation
product, move into a more promising market, or adjust to a changing business environment. Whatever the circumstance, he says this action turns on a basic question: “What’s your story?” “How do you maintain trust and project your original... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
in engineering and infrastructure construction, its challenges in planning and innovation, and the special things that a firm must do to compete successfully in the Chinese market. We conclude with China's approach to the global economy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
leadership team create an action plan that makes sense for the company's strategy? This case is designed to be used with the "Balanced Scorecard Simulation Game." Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
in sorting out action plans for their various lines of business. By the end of the decade, more than 60 percent of the computer communications will be computer-to-computer.— Nolan and Bennigson Newness and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
due to insufficient funds, and this was the last insurance action I saw for a number of the uninsured drivers in the study. Changing the contract terms alone is not enough to solve the economic hardship faced by most uninsured drivers,... View Details