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- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
belief is sound, but the authors' analysis of the performance of 45 companies led by CEOs with military experience revealed differences in how the branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps) prepare leaders for business. Those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
they need to “show up” on videoconference or in email to update workers regularly about how their companies are pivoting to weather this crisis and are protecting employees worried about their jobs, says HBS professor Tsedal Neeley, the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
introduced low cost production methods to manufacture highly accurate quartz watches. Swiss business historians refer to this as the "Quartz Crisis." Companies like Seiko and Casio seized the quartz market. By 1983, two-thirds... View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
There’s a new frontier in diversity programs focused not on race or gender but on cognitive ability. The growing interest in neurodiversity—hiring people with cognitive disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—is motivated by View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
invested in technology stocks, relative to their style benchmarks, than their older colleagues. Furthermore, young managers, but not old managers, exhibit trend-chasing behavior in their technology stock investments. As a result, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a model intellectual, a scholar's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircie manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a table top sweetener in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
example, finding a comfortable balance between juggling the needs of their young children along with the requests of a demanding boss. This conflict in roles can lead to burnout, guilt, and hostility both at work and at home—and, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
established companies lament the disruption they’re facing at the hand of technologically savvy startups. But Teixeira, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, argues that these newcomers simply spotted and served... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
"Short term, the solution is to require companies to fully fund and expense their current retirement contributions/obligations. Ouch!" Gerald Schultz agreed, saying, "I believe that in the end it comes down to 'pay as you... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding
leaders of listed companies in Germany.1 Is Big Change always the right action to revitalize a dispirited organization? Could “Small C” retooling work better in some instances than an exhaustive, complete turnaround? What we’ve learned in... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
for young firms and those in larger projects, and (3) proportion of cross-institutional publications increased significantly more three years after funding for all three sample specifications. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
leaving in a few weeks and that the company was "reconsidering the entire department's role and structure." Normally decisive and confident, Michelle was caught off guard. She felt frozen, with no idea how long the organization's review... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2523601 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 815-047 Venture Capital at the Harvard Management Company in Historical Perspective The compromise between capital preservation and growth has... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
case:http://hbr.org/search/713020-PDF-ENG Inkaterra Comin, Diego, Rohan Gopaldas, and Diego RehderHarvard Business School Case 713-022 The case presents the unique business model of Inkaterra, a leading eco-tourism organization in Peru, and the different strategies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
Jialan Wang and Jeyul Yang of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Benjamin Iverson of Brigham Young University. “The drop in business bankruptcies is particularly striking given reports of widespread permanent business... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
therefore, we really do break a cycle,” Rometty, who’s also IBM’s former CEO, said in a recent interview on CBS This Morning. OneTen challenges employers to rethink the notion that it takes a four-year degree to do entry-level work. To date, more than 50 View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
the late 1970s, taking with it a number of smaller U.S. enterprises. The latter were acquired by Japanese companies and Europe's Philips. In the same brief historical period, from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, the Japanese industry... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
innovation processes could be a major blind spot and a potential liability. Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510037-PDF-ENG Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life Elie Ofek and Polly Ross RibattHarvard Business School Case 510-031 Tengion is a young biotech company... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace