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- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
and in contrast, such indirect costs appear relatively fixed in the face of sales declines in this industry. We discuss potential sources of these cost-structure patterns and their implications for cost management efforts as asset... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
million well-off shoppers and 463 grocery stores in key U.S. markets. Whole Foods could absorb Amazon’s technology and process expertise to modernize and reduce its operating costs, which were among the highest in the industry. For grocery retailers and suppliers, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
proposed; the latest one by Prime Minister May triggered the resignation of a number of key ministers. All of them struggle to deal with a fundamental tension: how to square barrier-free trade between the UK and the EU, especially across... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
conflict is likely to have distorted their perceptions. Even if the parties are not already "at war," every effort at deal making is a dispute waiting to happen. To paraphrase Roger Fisher, breakthrough negotiators mediate their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
deal monetized Branch’s performance with the Patriots, capitalizing on his reputation as a big-game competitor and paying him far more than his statistics justified. In five years with Seattle, Branch started only 40 games and failed to... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
And many are jumping in without doing their homework to determine the distinct financial needs of consumers in the countries they are targeting. “Successful operators deal with the unique circumstances of countries to provide a product... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
is in the interest of entrepreneurs to grow their firms to a size that sufficiently improves their chances of survival and success. Moreover, large firms are a source of employment, and hence new venture growth is important to society as... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
a required course called The Entrepreneurial Manager was created. TEM focused on financing and development of new ventures, with a few cases dealing with entrepreneurial managers in large organizations included. The course quickly rose... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
noted that he had “reconnected with people I had not been in touch with [for] a while.” "Every week, I wrote myself one email about what I accomplished personally and professionally." Friends and colleagues were also a source of support.... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
himself and coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete?, before leading a discussion on approaches to Japan's economic recovery. The conversation sparked considerable debate around his own theories on the nature and View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions and underinvestment in manufacturing capabilities. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Fisher write that "well-designed incentives are a necessary condition for rocket science retailing to work." What are some typical sources of incentive misalignment? How can incentive misalignment be reduced or overcome? A: We... View Details
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
seller the decision to waive rights involves giving up the value associated with a confidentiality right in exchange for an increase in buyer participation. Our analysis incorporates an endogenous interaction among three critical elements—the underlying View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
owned homes or could borrow under such conditions. As a response, the modern housing finance system undergirded by the federal government arose during the New Deal to make credit and liquidity available to people wanting to buy a home.... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Tarun Abstract—New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don’t yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
Tufano Abstract Financial innovation has been both praised as the engine of growth of society and castigated for being the source of the weakness of the economy. In this paper, we review the literature on financial innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
with Lula and had to decide what to do to attenuate these political pressures. What could Agnelli do to deal with political pressures at home? Was the purchase of large vessels to ship iron ore to Asia a good decision at a time when the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
sourcing decisions. This paper examines how the scheduling of inspections risks introducing bias that erodes inspection quality by altering inspector stringency. In particular, we theorize that inspection results are affected by (a) the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
process in jeopardy. At the same time, the company has a second drug, Byetta, in its pipeline. Graham must decide how to manage the company's limited resources while also finalizing another deal that has huge future potential. Graham... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
excitement generated by the public source case made Koehn's team even more committed to filling in the gaps with personal feedback from Harpo management and, ideally, from Winfrey herself. Finally, events began to move very fast. The... View Details