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- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
the Panic of 1907, and advanced by professional economists, like Irving Fisher and Warren Persons, after World War I. By the late-1920s, about a dozen forecasters competed to sell businesspeople their predictions, usually in the form of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
skin the proverbial cat: Some emerging-market companies compete in several countries, but others sell only at home. Purchase this article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0610C How Much Is a Seat on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
a value-based system keeps the health plan separate from the provider, and providers compete at the medical condition level. The health plan is also indispensable in aggregating information. We think the health plan is the logical place... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
shadows of their external counterparts and how the former organization form has evolved over time. The core competencies underlying the contemporary in-house agency model are analyzed, and the competitive position that in-house agencies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
ramifications of mid-life. What would it take to remain a viable competitor in China in a new industry? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/309060-PDF-ENG Competing Through Business Models: Introductory Note for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
competing for resources with other business units, the most powerful argument you can make is that important customers want it and will commit. If you think about the mantras we have today such as "Get close to the customer" and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
is reinventing how organizations compete in the digital world. The School welcomed the first cohort of fellows at the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), bringing together researchers and practitioners to address... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the center of both environmental quality and economic competitiveness. Cities that can harness public and private capital and competency to build out efficient infrastructure will be far more competitive than their less prescient peers in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
pitch a room full of VCs, Draper included. Students also test their mettle by breaking boards with their bare hands, building boats, and competing in paintball. The residential program, which has included visits from entrepreneurs such as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
Nickelodeon and Univision. "We know," O'Reilly observes, "that other entertainment and sports interests are competing for these groups and that we can never rest on our laurels." Innovation can mean basics like reducing parking and... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
never stated. That phrase was beginning to grate. Somehow, despite its reluctance to change course, Westmoreland managed to limp along till the mid-1980s; and in all fairness, it had out-lived most of the hand-glass houses which had View Details
- January 2008
- Supplement
Joe Bachelder: Reflections
By: Brian Hall and James K. Sebenius
After Charles Suarez's failed compensation negotiations with Victor, Suarez's attorney, Joe Batchelder, joined class discussions of the case in a course taught by Professor Brian Hall. Professor James Sebenius also interviewed Joe Bachelder at length on this case and... View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
company, faced a strategically important capital allocation decision. After the exit of its private equity sponsors in 2016, HCA had to determine how best to allocate its substantial annual free cash flows among several competing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
commercial properties, and planned communities. So as the Rouse shopping center becomes the place of choice for consumers primarily interested in good jewelry or children's clothes, the competing shopping center nearby responds by trying... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
invested $3.5 million and received 80 percent of the equity in the company. Becoming independent also gave the start-up organization the freedom to compete head-on with the internal Xerox development units in Rochester. To their surprise,... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
of September 11 as well as the recent declines in stock values, we've clearly seen renewed interest in the idea of government as ultimate risk manager. And so, with respect to a potential Phase IV, I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how these (and other) View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
goodwill and signals to people that we are genuine about what we’re trying to do. We are contemplating a capital campaign that will give the academy the staying power and the ability to have a longer-term vision. One concern is finding a way financially to View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
still wary of Mexico in the wake of a series of economic crises. In addition, he notes, "We now must compete against Internet companies for capital as e-commerce firms attract investors seeking high returns. But I think as our country... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
today will become the traditions of tomorrow, says Nohria. Ultimately, the curriculum innovations set in motion this year aim to educate 21st-century leaders who possess competence (knowledge and skills) and character (self-knowledge),... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you’re competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet and other communication technologies have radically increased the... View Details