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  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

menu. We illustrate this result empirically in the context of 401(k) plans, where we show a negative relation between the number of investment choices in a 401(k) plan and the quality of the optimal portfolio achievable given those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

skills learned in parts of South Africa would be applicable to other parts of Africa. But South African firms have also come up with new products within sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. For example, the cell phone plans of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

the dynamics of these types of markets, and to plan their business strategies accordingly." In this interview, Baldwin discusses the research and its implications for entrepreneurs who would like to become their own user innovators.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

clear; 4) Taking the wrong approach to performance assessment. Milestones relevant to each stage of an initiative's development should be established, and key assumptions in the business plan should be linked to the financial forecast; 5)... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash company based in Argentina, was planning for rapid growth through a combination of owned and franchised operations. CEO Sergio Kompel needed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

altered focus has been the key to success of current discount voucher services. Q: Do you have any plans to continue researching this subject? A: Absolutely. We're currently talking to merchants that have used discount voucher services,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

Pincus Ventures. The buyout would rid the division of a "bad" parent and place the division's destiny in its own hands. A recently instituted restructuring plan seemed likely to improve profitability, but the turnaround was in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

required to accomplish such a planned massive expansion, from yet-to-be hit rural areas to overwhelmed urban health systems. As leaders consider how to tackle the task, they might look at the Harvard Business School case study of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

could play a key role in the effort. With cooperation and some oversight by private industry, it might have a decent chance of success. So how about investing in human infrastructure? What do you think? References Brad Reed, A giant ripoff’: Paul Krugman explains why... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
  • 07 Dec 2016
  • HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

bigger issue is whether, as millennials get older and develop more sophisticated investing, tax and estate planning needs, firms like Wealthfront will continue to keep them as customers, or lose them to more traditional firms. “They are... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 16 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

game-changer. Programs are developing that allow teachers to share lesson plans and streamline grading. On a district level, technology can help pair teachers and students. "Currently, nearly 80 percent of school funding is spent on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

give important insight ...." Stephanie Fuentes said that "It's not hard if you take the time to do the planning and preparation." But the comments of the first group leave us wondering whether theory serves us well when it... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

likely see the biggest benefit. Investors planned to grow the firm, rather than sell it quickly. Investors may be more willing to wait the time it takes for digital transformation to bear fruit. The PE firm already owned technology... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

the new class of follow-on biologics, or biosimilars. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316095-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-106 Aggressive Growth Plans for Zimmer Spine Steve Healy, the President of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

regions in America. Seawater desalination is expensive and energy intensive, but it could be a partial solution. Brian Brady and other members of the Authority need to vote for or against a financing and construction plan that includes a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

are managed without leadership development as an objective; as a result, when the time comes to name a new chief executive, those firms turn to outsiders. The Leader Within: The Best CEO Succession Plans Groom Independent-minded Insiders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

the U.S. and the world. Since the late 1950s, Duke’s leaders had consciously used the process of strategic planning to guide the development of the university as a whole, building up programs in interdisciplinarity and initiating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

involved. Its success would depend on land acquisition and unprecedented levels of coordination across various government agencies. This case examines whether Amitabh Kant, CEO, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC), the nodal agency for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

pounds of production per year. The case describes how Johnson took charge of the plant and her action plan for implementing a new set of changes. During Johnson's tenure at Williamsport, the plant was nominated as a potential site for a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

planned lecture and an instructor-dominated question-and-answer period for the ambiguity of a hard-to-plan, free-flowing discussion driven by student ideas, which may well follow unusual paths and come to unexpected end points."... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
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