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- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Incentive Plan By: Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:http://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/ August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions is best explained in terms of industrial structures, inclusive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
directly as players, for example, as customers in value-net games or as initiators of policy changes in public interest games. 4. Multilevel games. Many influence games involve multiple interacting levels of government—local, state, federal, and international. View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
continuously update plans and actions against rapidly shifting challenges. 1. Pierce the fog of war Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, coined the term "fog of war." He... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
goes, ‘Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.’ So, if time is of the essence, how to best think and frame the problems we need to solve with our teams to survive this crisis? What is sequence of those View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
items in your category—think drywall for example." For retailers looking for immediate advice, the book details three courses of action to help them. As the threats are not identical across all retail segments, step one is to assess their... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
recruit and retain motivated and capable CHWs. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910030-PDF-ENG Brazil: Leading the BRICs? Arthur A. Daemmrich and Aldo MusacchioHarvard Business School Case 711-024 Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff, had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
from the tragedy? For one, small decisions have big consequences. Key concepts include: Words and actions by leadership shape perceptions and beliefs of organization members. Leaders need to hold a delicate balance in nurturing... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Place, is in the midst of planning a paradigm shift in clean transportation. In an attempt to wean the world from using gasoline-powered vehicles, his company is playing the role of innovator and integrator for new vehicles, charging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
generate significant returns? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze Perry's decision to invest in NEC Electronics. In doing so, it asks for the reasons that NEC might take actions that destroy value and shift value... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
equally worthy way of doing things, but it's not realistic to expect this course of action to coalesce on its own. Many of my colleagues in finance and engineering want to follow a third path—the pursuit of high-tech ways to increase... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
contrast to planning and planners, "What managers manage is largely invisible—processes and handoffs between functions...typically without data." Trevor Rose says that there is "less interest in implementing strategy. It's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
of the producing entities within these countries conform to a set of rules. This conformity is the product of over a century of careful planning and negotiation, in which DeBeers has undertaken largely successful efforts to control the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
government's support on Newbridge's investment and had to back out of the deal with Newbridge. Weijian Shan has to make a choice between two alternatives: 1) Give up pursuing the deal given huge political risk out of his control; 2) Work out an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
up and reveals the actual nature of being when one is being a leader and opens up and reveals the source of one's actions when exercising leadership. And ontology's associated phenomenological methodology (explained in [2] below) provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
itself after the tsunami, as well as how the firm evolves. The (C) case discusses the future plans of the firm including growth and succession issues. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609086... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
automatically must be delegated to the damage control specialists. Plans and actions should always focus on others' hearts as much or more than their minds. If you are at a middle or low level in an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Performance Goals and Incentives This module explains how managers use performance goals and incentives to ensure that employee actions align with the strategy of the organization. We demonstrate how to use goals to communicate business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
as a sales issue.” Planning and hiring To reap any of these benefits companies must develop links between the C-suite and the customer-facing side of the business. In his article, Cespedes offers two examples of how this can be done:... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding