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- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
genetically modified product to come to market, in 1992.) However, the organisms also potentially carry health and environmental risks. After reading about these dangers, Hiatt wondered how the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) decides... View Details
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
implementer (who executes ideas). While the roles were mapped out with marketing in mind, they could serve to empower others corporate departments; any of the four roles would be more effective, attractive, and full of potential than the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
downloading? And how effective has that strategy been? For example, is it a good thing to sue potential customers? A: Suing potential customers is not exactly a standard entry in the book of good CRM. More... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
last several decades, there has been a lot of work showing that finance plays a strong role in shaping where companies will end up locating. In some sense, infrastructure has the potential to overcome constraints. So, if finance did not... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
of ERM, identifying potential design parameters that can explain observable variation in the "ERM mix" adopted by organizations. We also add a new contingent variable: the type of risk that a specific ERM practice addresses. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
trends in the market, the case prompts students to examine the future adoption of drug-eluting stents as well as to consider the potential marketing actions to be taken by Medtronic for ENDEAVOR—a newly approved stent that will hit the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
how people think about speaking up. What "sensemaking" takes place in these episodes? We call the episodes "latent" because they are potential communications that may or may not in fact occur. Understanding the factors... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
misunderstand the health of the company that makes this wrong." Ruth Sager suggests that the current reactions to misleading financial reporting could potentially go too far. As she says, "Fashion in any field is like that. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
corporation as a separate legal “person.” Even in the United States, a director’s duty to shareholders is at best co-equal with, but not above, the duty to the potentially immortal corporate person. Shareholders own a tradable set of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
garnering revenues of $4.15 billion in 2012 with products like Quicken, TurboTax, and QuickBooks. But there lies the potential rub. "Success is a powerful thing," said Cook, who now serves as chairman of Intuit's Executive... View Details
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
coach who has great individual parts but can't get them to synchronize. From HBS Alumni Bulletin. Key concepts include: A potentially great team with strong individual contributors can quickly be undone by issues around trust, conflict,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
ethical awareness and avoiding potential threats to an organization's reputation. The second appendix, "Bridging East and West in Management Ethics," has been revised and updated to discuss certain basic similarities between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2003
- What Do You Think?
Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?
firms with global interests—one that centers around the impact that these phenomena may have on such things as the potential benefits and costs of doing business abroad? Specifically, will questions increasingly be asked about whether... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
music to mobile handsets (via streaming, side-loading content from a PC or downloading it wirelessly over the air), created a potentially market-changing opportunity for players in several industries. Examines the key players, including... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
applicability to management Holcomb, Holmes Jr., and Connelly’s work produced important findings that offer lessons about coaching--and potentially about corporate managerial leadership as well. First, coaches differ measurably in their... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
potential amount of money that could be devoted to venture capital." Although little has been written about Doriot to date, he was one of the 20th-century's visionary thinkers. Based on his personal background and intellectual... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
isolation is of great interest, we believe that the analysis of interactions between business models can highlight important hidden insights. In this paper, for example, we show that contrary to the popular view, p2p and iTunes can View Details
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
return of a pandemic. But what about potential opportunities associated with the recession of the coronavirus, opportunities associated with a “reshuffling of the deck” in the workforce caused by COVID-19 that could create opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
economic construct; it’s a psychological construct—the happiness one gets by being close to family and friends—and it needs to be taken into account.” By giving workers the flexibility to take vacation time when it is most meaningful to them and by proactively... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 27 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Social Network Marketing: What Works?
then be passed on to other members. It is exactly this type of viral campaign that has the potential to be an enormous source of revenue. Unlike banner ads, these viral campaigns truly leverage the network aspect of these social... View Details