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  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Overly detailed contracts leave no room for spontaneous acts of kindness to create goodwill between parties; too-rigid contracts leave parties unable to respond to the unanticipated; and, strangely enough, incentives can end up being just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Making the Case for Leadership

appointed joint interim directors, asking them “to step up and take more responsibility,” and gave more authority to her executive assistant to act as a gatekeeper for issues as they arose. “My number one... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs
  • 08 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

or those of other states. The national government, which had borrowed huge sums from foreign creditors to fight the long War of Independence, lacked the power to tax its citizens and repay its debts. “It was something of a miracle that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking
  • 19 Aug 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future

reaching an agreement to connect to the local electric grid. “And that’s before the 1-2 years needed for construction of large-scale projects.” Diana believes transmission infrastructure is in the national interest, particularly in the... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 1

and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of success, the authors argue, if they understand how to select targets, how much to pay for them, and whether and how to integrate them. The most common reasons for making an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

(MBA 1984) and Dan Olmsted Skyhorse Publishing Even as the autism rate soars and the cost to our nation climbs into the billions, a dangerous new idea is taking hold: There simply is no autism epidemic. The View Details
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

destroyed by Katrina and abandoned. © futurewalk Every charter school operates under a five-year performance contract with its authorizer (usually the state department of education or a university). The school is subject to the same state... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

ventures, establishing criteria for handoffs to existing divisions, and using creative organizational structures. The authors provide a detailed look at IBM's Emerging Business Opportunity system, which manages all these balancing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

I was very concerned that students from developing nations would be taught to simply replicate the failures of the American and European systems." In addition, she does not believe that the developed world has all the answers.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education
  • 10 Feb 2014
  • HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

American," a case study authored by Mukunda with Lisa Mazzanti and Aldo Sesia (both case researchers at HBS). The case follows several key events in the career of Cynthia Carroll (HBS MBA 1989), who from 2007 to 2013 served as chief... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
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HBS embraced globalization and transformed its research and teaching They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home Straight to the Heart Matchmaker and best-selling author... View Details
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

themselves. The authors offer what they call the three imperatives for every manager who seeks to avoid this stagnation: Manage yourself. Who you are as a person, the beliefs and values that drive your actions, and especially how you... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Westminster, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehall, the media circus—and her daughter’s exams. Political maneuvering, miscommunications, and administrative meddling nearly jeopardized the project, but perseverance paid off. Catapulted into a View Details
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses—and it’s hard to fault them. The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial processes such as recruiting, hiring,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

specific type of "risk talk" as a legitimate, cross-functional language of business. Thereby the risk-management function may be most successful when it resists conventional and conflicting demands to be either close to, or independent from, business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

In the Blood

question about it.” Clay also attended the HBS Executive Education course Families in Business with his wife, Blythe, whom he refers to as “my board of directors”; daughter Heather; son Case, who acts as codirector of sales; and Case’s... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

to compete. Strategists have developed some well-known rules for navigating business environments with network effects. "Move first" is one, and "get big fast" is another. In a study of dozens of companies, however, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

Determination Through Brand Biography Authors:Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Juliet Schor Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of an underdog brand biography (UBB) to describe an emerging trend in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace