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- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
constructive suggestions for how to teach about the BSC in MBA and executive programs. Accelerate! Author:John P. Kotter Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market entry strategy of the CSCEC,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
with multiple hubs. As we discuss in some detail later, the crucial factor in figuring out which of these strategies to pursue is developing an understanding of the necessary "coupling strength," which defines the switching costs between keystones. Sustain... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
uninformed, naïve questions posed by legislators to the executives, how unprepared the legislative branch is to deal with issues associated with AI. The question is whether the US has the will and capability to coordinate and support... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
mean nothing. In the book we talk a great deal about how Rob, Shelby, and Donna have used these techniques to beat much larger players in their business." The business environment has changed completely, since the capital markets no... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916033-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-017 Singapore Airlines: Premium Goes Multi-Brand Singapore Airlines had long been considered the gold standard for its innovative customer service. However, the company was faced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
innovation performance such as firm productivity and profitability, (d) mergers, and (e) divestments as providing context or "shocks" to an activity system and their value as an empirical source of exogenous variation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011) Abstract Job requirements at the top of corporations have changed. Companies have come to expect much more from their C-level executives, who need new and different skills to deal with today's business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Cost-Accounting/9780132109178.page Mixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gaston Llanes Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We study competitive interaction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
harshly penalized than their less distinguished peers in the wake of a retraction, but only in cases involving fraud or misconduct. When the retraction event had its source in “honest mistakes,” we find no evidence of differential stigma... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
Economics 1, no. 1 (December 2009) Abstract Much of empirical corporate finance focuses on sources of the demand for various forms of capital, not the supply. Recently, this has changed. Supply effects of equity and credit markets can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
has to be implemented across a large, distributed organization. "Large firms definitely had some work to do to adopt," says McElheran. "But it seems that the best firms had practices in place to deal with the complexity. The real... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
alums. "We set up the forums as opportunities for candid discussion among peers," says Paine. The principal question asked of each participant was this: "If we stipulate that the system of market capitalism has been the source of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
million well-off shoppers and 463 grocery stores in key U.S. markets. Whole Foods could absorb Amazon’s technology and process expertise to modernize and reduce its operating costs, which were among the highest in the industry. For grocery retailers and suppliers, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
the CEO of the African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm based in Nigeria. ACA has spent more than a year arranging a $500 million consortium bid to acquire and recapitalize Union Bank, Nigeria's sixth largest bank. Several weeks before the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
or geniuses in particular domains, it may actually become the most important source of creative breakthroughs.” A deeper dive into the “inner work lives” of everyday people Amabile and several colleagues started to dig into that question... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
deal monetized Branch’s performance with the Patriots, capitalizing on his reputation as a big-game competitor and paying him far more than his statistics justified. In five years with Seattle, Branch started only 40 games and failed to... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
And many are jumping in without doing their homework to determine the distinct financial needs of consumers in the countries they are targeting. “Successful operators deal with the unique circumstances of countries to provide a product... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
“Good entrepreneurs are learning machines, so they’re always asking for advice and guidance from multiple sources of expertise, including their investors. In fact, the best founders are outstanding at squeezing every bit of insight,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin