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- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
words, is "blink" a behavior particularly suited to rather simple binary decisions? If this is the case, why is it that some executives seem able to make better-quality snap judgements than others while gaining the value of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
execute such campaigns? According to HBS professor Alvin J. Silk and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, "The long-run cost function for firms in the global advertising and marketing services business is subject to modest scale... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
leading to a redefinition of the marketing role, the implementation of a "growth leader" profile and new decision-making processes to encourage innovation and risk. Finally, presents a critical decision point, as Transportation View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
emerging economies? What are the best ways to leverage local resources? How Do I Identify Opportunities In Emerging Markets? Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets How can multinationals, entrepreneurs, and investors identify and... View Details
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority executives at MTN, a South... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
(GMCR) senior executives in a negotiation to license technology from Keurig, a startup that has developed an innovative "portion pack" coffee brewing solution. The negotiation will determine the royalty to be paid to Keurig by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
intended to help address that imbalance. This note provides a roadmap for managers and employees to follow when instituting or facing layoffs. It aims to help managers consider the broader implications that should be taken into account when conducting layoffs,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/bgjs13_84709dcc-425f-4fe2-8600-0f8cbb50be16.pdf August 2013 The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management The Case Method By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The case method was developed concurrently with the emergence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
suggests that horizontally homogeneous teams organized tasks in a more efficient way, while vertically homogeneous teams exerted lower effort. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49643 Executive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
one reason: a death in the customer's family. A look at the number of waivers showed double-digit growth for the past three years. Either there was a death epidemic, or customers had figured out they could get their money back this way. Expedia View Details
- 02 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News
executives a question. That's the procedure that HBS Associate Professor Lauren H. Cohen followed to find out more about the odd dealings he'd observed at a company that was the subject of one of his case studies. But he wasn't given the... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
there appears to be no legal defense against the knockoff game in women's fashion, network TV executives are apparently helpless to defend against it regardless of how much time they spend deploring the practice. One victim of the Fox... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
former Warner shareholders. As a result, Time directors had no duty to maximize shareholder value and were permitted to rebuff the arguably higher Paramount cash offer for Time that a majority of the Time shareholders favored over the Warner deal. View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
stock valuation President Trump’s executive order in June suspending new work visas barred nearly 200,000 foreign workers from entering the United States and prevents American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
also hold the position of chief executive officer. Where the CEO and the chairman are the same person, a lead director should be chosen from the non-executive directors. The chairman of the audit committee must also be an effective... View Details
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
Networks connect people to each other and to potentially vast pools of information. They are thus extraordinarily valuable tools for businesses. It may well be that businesses benefit primarily not from the computer's ability to execute... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608038 Excerpts from Interview with Jim Triandiflou, Founder of Ockham Technologies Harvard Business School Case 808-088 Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board, assembling an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
Bastianelli said. Also missing are the partnerships between academic and business communities that are common in the States, added Thomas G. Wellner, executive director of marketing at Eli Lilly and Company's European Operations. The drug... View Details
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training that is not likely to yield a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne