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- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
company’s well-publicized problems. After all, Google can now provide an Oxford dictionary definition of the Metaverse as “a virtual reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users.” It has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
decision strategic and what makes strategy valuable, the paper considers the effect of commitment, reliability, and irreversibility of a decision; the presence of uncertainty (and the type of uncertainty); the number and strength of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
cannot change culture just by making speeches and waving a wand. You need concrete changes in rewards, job assignments, and other measurements.” A contrasting perspective is that culture—shared views of “how we do things around here”--is an important enabler of changes... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
evaluation occurs throughout sourcing, valuing, structuring and negotiating. Given the potential time drain, the best angel investors are careful and strategic in their approach to evaluation. Angels take a variety of approaches to this... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
terms of strategic negotiation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable tourism, and economic development. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-049.pdf Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015
Finally, new actors had entered the region such as governments, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and NGO's to take a supporting role. In response, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) had created the ORP as a dedicated team to lead View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
economy and the history of ideas. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53906 2017 Advances in Strategic Management Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
Sports Betting By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Neil Campbell Abstract—We examine two episodes of strategic interaction in the U.K. betting industry: (i) Betfair (an entrant multi-sided platform or MSP)... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
ambiguity of profits and power, as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a powerful mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the creation of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
among all the cases I’ve written and one of the all-time best sellers at HBS. It’s about strategic planning at a hospital that does one thing, fixing inguinal hernias. It illustrates a set of ideas that could be presented in less time by... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
reports. For example, whereas sell recommendations were virtually unheard of previously, they now constitute 10-20 percent of recommendations. In addition, the rules place limitations on interactions within the brokerage between sell-side... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5
discussed in terms of strategic and non-strategic linguistic cues. Working PapersFinding the God Particle of the Sustainability Business Case: Greener Pastures for Shareholder Value Authors:Bertoneche, Marc L., and Cornis Van der Lugt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
4,000 firms across 12 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia. We find that competition does indeed seem to foster greater decentralization. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-052.pdf Accountability and Control as Catalysts for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
company officers, and even play interactive games showing the challenges and trade-offs the company faces in making difficult decisions. Thanks to these kinds of One Report practices, these companies actually document their commitment to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
stages: Compliance: In this initial phase, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Activities are not strategic or centralized. In addition to compliance, employees may volunteer to work on recycling... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
average demand increases with both pricing transparency and agent expertise, and that agent expertise interacts positively with competitive intensity. We also find that competition is associated with higher inventory holdings of both cash... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Business School Supplement 311-031 Sam Palmisano became CEO of IBM in 2002. He dramatically energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values driven approach to managing the company. The "Day 1" case describes the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
accommodate emergent sources of value. For these firms, competition resembled neither economic rivalry nor collective action but a logic of interaction akin to parallel play. The resultant middle-range theory has implications for research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman