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  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

make the new model work? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/309085-PDF-ENG Sara Campbell Ltd. (C) Romana L. Autrey, V.G. Narayanan, and Julia RozovskyHarvard Business School Supplement 110-034 Supplements the Sara... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where customers shop online and offline at the same retailer are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Is it Better to Average Probabilities or Quantiles?

By: Kenneth C. Lichtendahl, Yael Grushka-Cockayne and Robert L. Winkler
We consider two ways to aggregate expert opinions using simple averages: averaging probabilities and averaging quantiles. We examine analytical properties of these forecasts and compare their ability to harness the wisdom of the crowd. In terms of location, the two... View Details
Keywords: Probability Forecasts; Quantile Forecasts; Expert Combination; Linear Opinion Pooling; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case illustrates the importance of choosing a primary customer as the basis for organization design. Cross Country Group managers adjusted resource allocation, organization design and performance measures over time to transform Cross Country Group from an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Gap; Entrepreneurship; Auto Industry; Insurance; Performance Management; Performance Measurement; Performance Measures; Performance Pressure; Decisions; Family Business; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

influencing market performance. Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens Authors:Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor Publication:Review of Environmental Economics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

paradox by considering the enabling role of actors' social position. Adopting a relational view of human agency, I model the impact of their social position on the likelihood that actors will initiate changes that diverge from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

by calling attention to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's compensation package and the company's poor performance. The AFL-CIO Office of Investments advocates for improved corporate governance at public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2019
  • Supplement

Scaling the Business to Market Leadership

By: Robert L. Simons
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  • December 1998 (Revised December 2014)
  • Background Note

A Note on Identifying Strategic Risk

By: Robert L. Simons
Outlines: 1) the sources of business risk, 2) how to assess internal risk pressures, and 3) the antecedents of misrepresentation of fraud. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • December 1997
  • Case

Making the Grade (B)

By: Robert L. Simons
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Education Industry
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  • September 1996
  • Case

Automatic Data Processing: The List

By: Robert L. Simons
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  • September 1996
  • Case

Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)

By: Robert L. Simons
The managing director of one of ADP's divisions must recommend whether to divest, harvest, or grow the division. Recent performance has been excellent and the near-term outlook for profitability is very promising. Despite some strategic concerns, the strong financial... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Success; Performance Expectations; Strategic Planning; Strategy
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  • Sep 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Seven Strategy Questions

By: Robert L. Simons
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  • Mar 2012
  • Conference Presentation

Designing Winning Organizations

By: Robert L. Simons
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  • 17 Oct 2011
  • Conference Presentation

The Business of Business Schools

By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords: Higher Education
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  • May 1991 (Revised February 1992)
  • Teaching Note

Marriott Corp.: The Internal Audit Function, Teaching Note

By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Accommodations Industry
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  • April 1991 (Revised February 1992)
  • Teaching Note

Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords: Programs; Goals and Objectives; Energy Industry; Maine
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  • March 2009
  • Supplement

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform (B)

By: Robert L. Simons
This case breaks the existing (and still available) Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform case into an (A) and a (B) case. The (B) case can be used in class to demonstrate the serious consequences of overly aggressive accounting. The (B) case should be used after... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Organizations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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  • March 1990 (Revised April 1990)
  • Supplement

IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (B)

By: Robert L. Simons
Reveals the system changes that IBM adopted. Designed as an in-class handout after discussion of the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: System; Change; Computer Industry
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  • January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
  • Supplement

General Electric: Valley Forge (H)

By: Robert L. Simons
See General Electric: Valley Forge (A). View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Pennsylvania
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