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  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships Harvard Business School Case 709-411 The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case allows for a rich discussion and analysis of Cirque du Soleil's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

"large majority" of Coke's bottlers around the world—which add water, carbonization, and sweeteners, and take care of distribution—are independent bottlers. Bottlers are chosen because they work in local communities. Coke sees... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 04 May 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

listening to others ." Bill Welter opined that " the basic cycle that all thinking professionals (doctors and managers alike) should use (is): to sense, to make sense, to decide, and to act . Unfortunately, too few of us deem... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

"dashboard," and the Performance Manager. Provides students with an opportunity to identify key design principles for health care information systems, and to discuss the unique implementation challenges that the health View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2008
  • Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

all the previous years combined. Investment initiatives are around participating in the information flow. We [at Accel] are interested in companies that help us understand how to structure information, communicate, categorize some of that self-generated information,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 6, 2015

our understanding of the psychology behind consumers' decision making, their interactions with other consumers, and the effects of societal factors on consumption. The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology will act as a valuable guide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness.  "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing an increasing number of people... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

than commonly believed. Using a battery of performance tests, we find that loans securitized before 2005 performed no worse than comparable unsecuritized loans originated by the same bank. Even loans originated by the bank that acts as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Kamal Gupta put it this way: "Investors care two hoots about it as long as the company is doing well and rewarding them well." There was concern that the legislation might actually have the opposite effect of what was intended.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

Note on U.S. Public Education Finance (A): Revenues Harvard Business School Note 307-069 Describes the revenue structure of U.S. public education. Covers funding by federal, state, and local governments. Examines in detail two federal education laws: the Elementary and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

2014 and again in 2015. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/11/digital-ubiquity-how-connections-sensors-and-data-are-revolutionizing-business/ar/1 November 2014 Harvard Business Review How Not to Cut Health Care Costs By: Kaplan, Robert... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

Sarbanes-Oxley Act is another. Q: What noteworthy differences do you see between the way multinationals operate in the United Kingdom as opposed to the United States? A: There has historically been a considerable difference between U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

When we perceive a competitor's groundbreaking innovation as a threat, we may act defensively and hastily. But if we see that same event as an opportunity, our response might be more deliberate and unhurried. As a leader, how you frame... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
  • 04 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 4, 2016

Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the... View Details
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

a purely social act with economic considerations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

remember thinking, oh, that must just be my dad; he must be the only person who cares about that." The Dodd-frank Requirement Fast-forward to 2010, when the US Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

you get customers to act in the best interests of the firm? Of my mantras, number one is: Your customer is probably your most powerful asset." To explain how certain companies jump to the head of the pack through good service, she... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

why leaders are inherently important to the improvement-oriented voice process—because leaders are the targets of voice. If they send signals that they are open, interested, and willing to act on subordinate voice, it is logical to expect... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

always a good thing. Getting excited too early can lead you to act rashly and gloating about the final terms can alienate your counterparts. But if feelings of excitement, like other emotions, are well managed, everyone can feel like a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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