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- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
Richard H.K. Vietor, Rawi E. Abdelal, and Jan W. Rivkin created a classroom exercise that asked HBS students to assess the potential "offshorability" of more than 800 occupations in the United States. The exercise replicated a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their network, and perform significantly better on these holdings relative to their non-connected holdings. A replicating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
highest grades. I believe that would have been a huge mistake, because if you cherry-pick the best students, they might do well, but then you build in a barrier to replicating [the model], because critics might argue that it only works... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
manufacturers (including competitors) to tour its plants. "Wouldn't they be able to copy the Toyota Production System?" we asked. "Others cannot replicate our performance unless they can View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its structure is now being replicated in other programs, the LIHTC has also drawn skepticism and calls for its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
advertising they sought was much more focused around the interactive and direct targeting attributes of the new media. Threat had motivated action, but it was resulting in an aggressive replication of the newspaper business. Newspapers... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
differentiated capabilities. Simply replicating strategies that were successful at home is likely to be insufficient in the United States. The real lesson of this experience is that investing directly in corporate assets is a very... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
prior to coming to Gap. She said that when the company launched walmart.com, the first thought was to literally replicate the store online. The company quickly learned that customers weren't willing to pay shipping costs on, say, toilet... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
unlimited potential for the university's schools, including HBS and the GSD, to work together researching and devising practical, replicable solutions for an environmentally and economically sustainable global built environment. Harvard's... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
began selling one of its beer brands in Argentina five years ago, executives believed success lay in replicating the methods that had led to a strong business in Brazil, said sales officer Carlo Alves de Brito. "In the first year [in... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
small, Apple was increasingly dependent on the iPhone to drive its growth. Could Cook continue Apple's dominance in the smartphone market in the face of growing competition? Could he revitalize the iPad business, become a leader in payments with Apple Pay, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
India By examining Ekal Vidyalaya (Ekal), a nonprofit network of schools in India, this case focuses on the classic challenge faced by organizations that grow through replication (e.g., McDonald's, Starbucks, Walmart, Whole Foods): How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
organizational practices. Production and innovation are different activities. While the former seeks to replicate an existing product at low cost, the latter seeks to discover something entirely new and valuable. Similarly, outsourcing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
broad legislation to keep power in balance, you don't need to micromanage all the particulars, like individual wages." AIM expressed the opinion that "the voluntary actions of Walmart are not replicable but it is the best... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
firms aim to replicate success, and how they find, foster, and sell potential blockbuster products. Also illustrates how similar efforts by competitors increase each firm's dependence on a handful of hits. Contains detailed unique... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
motivation (Study 3) and greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior (Study 4). Finally, a field study constructively replicates these effects and demonstrates that individuals who work in more creative positions are also more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
are treated as free agents who can take their top performance to work for the highest bidder. Our study debunks that myth. Star analysts rely a lot on the quality of the colleagues that their organization provides to sustain top performance. They cannot simply View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
to care in the use of the Internet, Gerald Nanninga pointed out that the best defense might well be a carefully-crafted strategy that competitors can't replicate even if they are familiar with it . Another creative proposal, leaking... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
announcement-leading to even greater use of the same production tool. Two controlled lab studies replicate our main findings and show that behavioral biases, not rational expectations, drive the effect. Our research contributes not only... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
the fact that they are often breaking new ground. . . . "A lot of people think that dot-coms in Asia are just taking U.S. technology and replicating the same business models. That may have been a valid criticism in the past, but... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg