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- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Teradyne: Testing Opportunity In 1994, Teradyne, a leading provider of machines that test the quality of microprocessors and other integrated circuits as they come off the assembly line, saw an opportunity to create a more compact and... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
recommendations cover the entire hiring cycle in seven steps: anticipating the need for new hires, specifying the job, developing a pool of candidates, assessing the candidates, closing the deal, integrating the newcomer, and reviewing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-061.pdf Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
chain that generalizes Antràs and Chor (2013). To assess the evidence, we construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and non-integrated inputs by combining information on the production activities of firms operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
its plans to develop radical innovation even when it thinks highly of the market potential for the radical innovation. The incumbent does so to avoid validating the high market potential to the entrant, who may otherwise be encouraged to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
disease-based integrated practice units called multidisciplinary care centers. These units were supported by a new construction project that had created new disease-specific facilities and a widely supported administrative View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
realized that there was more here than a typical charitable contribution. There was a real connection. The similarities between what each organization wanted to do and how it planned to achieve its vision were striking." From then on, the... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
rethink their business models and radically transform their organizational capabilities. The implications for organizations and management are profound. Let's take one example. At the heart of most modern corporations are information, View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—Russia continues to be caught between a need to integrate itself into the West and a desire to maintain its independence from the West. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53324... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
mergers and acquisitions fail to achieve their objectives, suggesting possible remedies to this "flawed process." Kathryn Yates, for example, cited three primary reasons for M&A failure: "1) Forgetting to plan for the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
$3.94 billion in sales from its more than 3,000 retail stores and its online auction site. Even so, Goodwill’s core mission is to provide job training and placement to people with disabilities, criminal backgrounds, and other challenges to employment. Goodwill is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-109.pdf Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach Authors:Werner... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
focuses on incentives, responsibilities, and structures, we adopt a process perspective and find that integration was achieved despite an incentive structure which did not support it. By drawing a distinction between the incentive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
the extent of change that you need to make in the next 2 years?" The answer surprised them. They knew that innovation was important, but 65 percent of the CEOs said they were planning significant change over the next 2 years, and... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
allows me to stay grounded in both places," he says. Along with integrated practice units and payment bundling, the value-based health-care plan includes measuring health outcomes of every patient,... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
regularly advises executives and students on how to tackle these questions. In this indispensable new book, Kaplan shares a specific and actionable approach to defining your own success and reaching your potential. Drawing on his years of experience, Kaplan proposes an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
integration across multiple offices, ancillary businesses, early adoption of financial reporting software, and consensus-based decision making. The firm was proud of its corporate culture and sought to maintain it as it grew, bringing in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Publications April 2015 John Wiley & Sons The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Michael P. Krzus Abstract—The Integrated Reporting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
skills building boot camp, a global immersion field study, and a team-based entrepreneurial project designed to integrate knowledge from the first year curriculum—FIELD teaches students that what they have learned about business in the... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to discover major themes, interests, and values, using that examination to create a short statement of individual purpose which is then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne