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  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

venture track, Sana Care wins with its low-cost mobile technology solution to performing cardiac diagnostic services in emerging markets. With trophies hoisted and handshakes all around, another contest comes to a close. A winning participant bounds up the stairs of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

The Best-Laid Plans

emerging markets. With trophies hoisted and handshakes all around, another contest comes to a close. A winning participant bounds up the stairs of Burden before the crowd has even dispersed — for him, and others, the next chapter begins... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

management control systems. It examines organizations that have authorized their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, organizations that have enabled only managers in a few units to experiment with different inputs and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

Review Global Teams That Work By: Neeley, Tsedal Abstract—Many companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically dispersed teams face a... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55022 Who Should Select New Employees in Geographically Dispersed Organizations: Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Reimagining the MBA

specific new product- or service-development project that would be their focus for the next 12 weeks. As these students are experiencing firsthand, it’s one thing to hypothesize about product development in an emerging market. It’s quite another to actually do it.... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

and (ii) complete stability in the dispersion of attention across sites and in the intensity of attention within sites. We illustrate how this finding is difficult to reconcile with standard models of optimal attention allocation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

large, dispersed buying company. Without these statements, it's easy for the seller not to receive full credit for its value delivered. Conversely, a useful internal tool is what some firms call the "offering tracking system,"... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

"unraveled" and experienced transactions at dispersed and apparently inefficiently early times. Often these markets develop institutions to coordinate and delay the timing of transactions. However it has proved difficult to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

The Way You See It

interrelated. "All other issues are either the result of or are materially affected by population growth," said one; another concurred, "Overpopulation contributes to environmental degradation. I'm pessimistic. I do not see a widely View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

in self-confidence, assessments of others, and behavior in a cooperative game. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55101 forthcoming Management Science Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

increase medical business skills and raise clinical performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53281 Tournament Incentive Plans Incorporating Objective and Subjective Criteria: Implications for a Geographically View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

exploratory study of learning processes in globally dispersed new product development teams. These qualitative data are used to investigate components of team learning previously highlighted in the team learning literature—namely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

cave. And even if it did Linux is no longer Stallman's or Torvalds' property. The project is dispersed and there is no "owner" of the code. Thus, someone else can take the lead. Q: What's next for the both of you for future... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

collections for sale on the Paddle8 website to carefully selected, globally dispersed members. The firm aims to help galleries overcome their geographic limitations and to make art more accessible to a wide range of new collectors with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Many markets have "unraveled" and experienced inefficient, early, dispersed transactions, and subsequently developed institutions to delay transaction timing. However, it has previously proved... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

reduction in bias unless this is accompanied by an increase in verifiability or a smaller dispersion of prior beliefs. (Noisy) Communication Authors:Bharat Anand and Ron Shachar Periodical:Quantitative Marketing and Economics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

independent and dispersed contributors made highly interdependent contributions to the design of a single technical system (or sub-system). Based on a detailed analysis of the latter 28, we introduce the concept of actionable transparency... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

multinational, dispersed shareholder, and private-equity owned firms are typically well managed. Stronger product market competition and higher worker skills are associated with better management practices. Less regulated labor markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 10

managed, while multinational, dispersed shareholder, and private-equity owned firms are typically well managed. Stronger product market competition and higher worker skills are associated with better management practices. Less regulated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne