Modifiability - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.— should be informed and modified by two classes of potentially relevant cross-border factors, the general and the negotiation-specific.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

qualities, achieved through the controversial technology of genetic modification. Genetically modified foods, also known as GMOs, are a confusing topic for consumers. In the United States, 95 percent of the soybeans and 85 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

New Deal. Still, it was an important stepping-stone from the previous generation who did not fathom a role for government in modifying the business cycle at all. Q: What effect did the Great Depression have on the prediction business? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

government can actually help a lot through modifying and extending key policies, particularly in results measurement and removing restrictive and unnecessary impediments to competition. For example, the need for physician certification by... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

26 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 26

Case 111-120 In 2011, the European Commission was deciding on how to best modify the existing European Union policy on corporate disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Previous directives had recommended... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

genetically modified corn to manufacture it, and only consumers in locations with municipal composting facilities could compost this packaging. Most of the company’s compostable plastic would wind up in landfills, or even worse, consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

that historically made up a significant share of ballet, symphony, opera, and theater audiences. "What do you do is the big question," Levy said. "It gets at a central tension. Do you modify your programs to attract a young... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

understood or utilized in practice. It consists of actions to set up and modify the architecture of the negotiation itself — that is, to determine who takes part under what expectations, the sequence in which they are brought into the... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015

demonstrates why some places, times, and industries should be associated with a greater degree of experimentation by investors. Investors respond to financing risk—a forecast of limited future funding—by modifying their focus to finance... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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2.4 Disciplinary Process The MBA disciplinary process reflects and safeguards the HBS Community Values . It is designed to be fair and transparent to all students involved. MBA Program leadership, in consultation with the Chair of MBA Community Standards, may View Details

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

with greenhouse gas protocols, and work with our supply chain partners to reduce energy consumption.” Bonita added: “At Deckers, we are continually modifying our strategies, adding to our targets, reallocating our resources, and... View Details

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

the center of global trade disputes. World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes between Europe and the United States over hormone-treated beef and genetically modified crops evoke how difficult it can be to reconcile different consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

These interviews were used to determine officers' stage of development. As we learned, understanding "where officers are" developmentally had huge implications not only for modifying our approach to leader development, but also... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

third adopt a modified form of the recommendations. However, global partner surveys report that 99 percent of FIELD partners want to work with FIELD again. The reason: Their local management teams enjoy the collaborative process of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

took advantage of the coalescing context of their times. They built businesses that thrived in a specific contextual framework and modified their operations and leadership styles as the contextual factors evolved. Some admittedly were in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

maintaining a long-term vision to continually quantify and modify for ongoing improvement. It’s All About the Idea: 52 Steps to Make You and Your Team More Creative in the Next Year by Tom Tuke-Hastings (AMP 189) (The British Business... View Details

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

investing in common stocks that were less than three to five years old, or had not paid dividends for several years. Since ARD specified that half of its capital had to come from institutions, its founders felt it was necessary to lobby four states, including Ohio and... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

valuation inputs feeds into a valuation model. Students also learn the modified Dupont decomposition technique and how to reclassify financial statements to perform the modified Dupont analysis. Purchase... View Details