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  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

(Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 705-441 Designed as an overview of all aspects of the strategy process: industry analysis, positioning, dynamics and sustainability, and scope issues of corporate strategy, including vertical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

business models without doing so? They fly blind. That’s what Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows in this rigorously researched and eye-opening book. Read the full abstract. Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company's View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

determine which unique capabilities your company values the most. K-12 On the Brink: Why America’s Education System Fails to Improve, and Only Business Leadership Can Fix It by Tom Coyne (MBA 1984) Independently published Ask yourself... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of organizational sectors. How Should We Pay for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

Rebalancing by Individual Investors Authors:Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell, and Paolo Sodini Abstract This paper investigates the dynamics of individual portfolios in a unique dataset containing the disaggregated wealth of all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

expensive globalization and IT strategy. Under the leadership of founder and CEO Josef von Rickenbach, PAREXEL has made several bold investments over the past 20 years based on a vision of future industry dynamics and client demand.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rgreenwood/bgjs9.pdf The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying By: Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract—We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

sales, profitability, and assets. Here we analyze firm characteristics shown by industry before and after liberalization and investigate how industrial concentration, the number, and size of firms of the ownership type evolved between 1988 and 2005. We find great View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

systems conducive to modern entrepreneurship. The particular focus in this book is why multinational firms were not better transferors of innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities from the West to the Rest. The historical evidence makes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

management team is wondering if it can take more control of distribution instead of leaving it to the Bordeaux wine merchants. Also, can the Chateau build marketing and sales capabilities on its own? Who is the target market, wine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

leadership roles at Microsoft, Kieran created a linguistic services platform for developers, introducing natural language processing capabilities to Windows developers for the first time. She also led a cross-company engineering effort... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

factor: the degree of the top management team’s (TMT) frame flexibility, i.e., their capability to perceptually expand an innovation’s categorical boundaries and to cast the innovation as emotionally resonant with the organization’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

scenarios and with expert opinions on emerging risk issues. In order to explain the dynamics of these alternative plots, I show that risk experts engage in various kinds of boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999), sometimes to expand and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

http://hbr.org/2014/05/making-freemium-work/ar/1 August 2013 Directors & Boards Dynamics of the Board Interview By: McGarvie, Blythe Abstract—You want candidates who meet the requirements of cultural fit, the right skill set, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

  Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2001
  • News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

entrepreneurship in its state-owned enterprises; the Japanese government is challenging its own telecom monopolies; and wireless technology in South Korea and elsewhere on the Pacific Rim has leapfrogged U.S. advances. In this dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

the dynamics of these types of markets, and to plan their business strategies accordingly." In this interview, Baldwin discusses the research and its implications for entrepreneurs who would like to become their own user innovators.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

well-functioning business model"), through capability (what it takes to execute a plan and gain access to needed resources, owned or not, over time), to scalability ("These students are not small-time operators, aiming to run... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg