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  • July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Linux in 2004

By: Pankaj Ghemawat, Brian Subirana and Christina Pham
A new technology platform conceived in the early 1990s, Linux developed into a force to be reckoned with in the operating system marketplace. At first, Linux was dismissed as a renegade option used only by tech geeks. By 2004, however, Linux had exploded into the... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Open Source Distribution; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry
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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient Aligning Reimbursement with Value Systems Integration Geography of Care Information Technology Measure Outcomes & Cost ... Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient... View Details
  • winter 1989
  • Article

Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation

By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
In many procurement settings, it is possible for a buyer to split a production award between suppliers. In this article, we develop a model of split-award procurement auctions in which the split choice is endogenous. We characterize the set of equilibrium bids and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Cost; Supply Chain; Investment; Balance and Stability
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Research Areas - Doctoral

potential application management principles and best practices from other industries can be applied; how the process of innovation can be improved; how principles of strategy and consumer choice can be utilized; how View Details
  • October 1992 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Lehigh Valley Industries (LVI)

By: Kim B. Clark
Describes a situation confronting a manufacturer of forged parts that has recently undergone a leveraged buyout. The company is under pressure to improve operating performance dramatically. Describes several options designed to improve performance, including adding... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Product; Production; Performance Improvement; Capital; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry
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Finance - Faculty & Research

Aparna Krishna This paper evaluates a low-cost, customized soil nutrient management advisory service in India. As a methodological contribution, we examine whether and in which settings satellite measurements may be effective at... View Details
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

forthcoming Harvard Business Review Press Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—Part of a manager's job is making tough calls, and the hardest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2016
  • Book

The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change

By: Bharat Anand
Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, I examine a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy
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The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

RoGME is about one question: What is the proper role of government in market economies? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using case studies to examine policies of current interest and importance.... View Details

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Overview

By: Ethan S. Bernstein
I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details
Keywords: Privacy; Transparency; Productivity; Field Experiments; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; North America; Europe; Asia; China; Japan; Latin America
  • October 2003
  • Case

Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund

By: Mihir A. Desai and Julia Stevens
The Global Conservation Fund is an international nonprofit organization with a $100 million endowment and an exclusive focus on land preservation. The fund and its director must decide which projects to fund over the next year and what financing mechanism to use.... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Protection; Project Evaluation; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Finance; Decision Making; Financial Instruments; Nonprofit Organizations
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  • May 2021
  • Article

Value-Based Healthcare in Urology: A Collaborative Review

By: Chanan Reitblat, Paul A. Bain, Michael E. Porter, David N. Bernstein, Thomas W. Feeley, Markus Graefen, Santosh Iyer, Matthew J. Resnick, C.J. Stimson, Quoc-Dien Trinh and Boris Gershman
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In response to growing concerns over rising costs and major variation in quality, improving value for patients has been proposed as a fundamentally new strategy for how healthcare should be delivered, measured, and... View Details
Keywords: Value-based Healthcare; Integrated Practice Units; Outcome Measurement; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Cost Management; Strategy; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics
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  • November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Marv Tseu at Active Reasoning

By: William A. Sahlman and Christina Darwall
Describes a set of decisions confronting the management team of an early-stage software company. The company has made considerable progress in developing its software but will need additional capital to move forward. Unfortunately, conditions in the capital market are... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Financing and Loans; Capital; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
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    Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner

    From Apple to Merck to Wikipedia, more and more organizations are turning to crowds for help in solving their most vexing innovation and research questions, but managers remain understandably cautious. It seems risky and even unnatural to push problems out to vast... View Details

    • June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
    • Case

    iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)

    By: Richard Nolan, Robert D. Austin and Michael Parent
    Describes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks. View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Crisis Management
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    • February 2011
    • Case

    oDesk: Changing How the World Works

    By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and Jennifer M. Tydlaska
    It is 2010, and Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk, is contemplating the next steps for his organization. Founded in 2004 in California, oDesk operates an online marketplace which matches Employers with Contractors. oDesk provides fact-based information on Contractors, including... View Details
    Keywords: Recruitment; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web; Consulting Industry
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    • 15 Nov 2010
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

    and making alignment of strategy and sales difficult. Performance management practices. Performance management is not just performance measurement or compensation, although both are important. Performance... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
    • 14 Mar 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Can AI and Machine Learning Help Park Rangers Prevent Poaching?

    Keywords: Re: Brian L. Trelstad; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
    • 2012
    • Book

    Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work

    By: Leslie A. Perlow
    Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and... View Details
    Keywords: Time Management; Internet and the Web; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Industry
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    • May 2011
    • Article

    Overconfidence by Bayesian Rational Agents

    By: Eric J. Van den Steen
    This paper derives two mechanisms through which Bayesian-rational individuals with differing priors will tend to be relatively overconfident about their estimates and predictions, in the sense of overestimating the precision of these estimates. The intuition behind one... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Knowledge Acquisition; Risk Management; Prejudice and Bias
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