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  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

than the others? Does there always have to be a corporate justification? Will we see any trends? A: As I describe in the book, the paths to values are many and varied. Some managers arrive by way of a crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

focus your search based on your personal value proposition: What is it that you’re uniquely able to contribute? In periods of oversupply, personal intelligence, drive, and leadership qualities alone will not... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile
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  • 27 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Financial performance is the result of operating performance. Operating performance includes all the things that a company must do to win the competitive battle in its industry to attract, retain, and profitably serve customers. It varies... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
  • 29 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith Abstract—We investigate how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

continued M&A activity among companies seeking economies of scale and scope and attempting to take full advantage of political liberalization, globalization, View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
  • 2015
  • Other Teaching and Training Material

Marketing Reading: Digital Marketing

By: Sunil Gupta and Joseph Davin
Digital technology has changed how consumers search for information, interact with each other, and buy products. The popularization of these technologies has made it possible for companies to have a better understanding of their customers' decision journey and... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Buzz Marketing; Internet Marketing; Marketing; Marketing Management; Social Media; Social Networks; Viral Marketing; Word-of-mouth Marketing; Digital; Internet; Marketing Channels; Marketing Reference Programs; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry
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  • 24 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

such highly used software can lead to security issues existing in the code base for more than 20 years, as was the case with PuTTY SSH. From hobby to mainstream Over the past 20 years, FOSS has moved from the domain of hobbyists View Details
Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim Abstract—We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

December 13, 2017 Harvard Business Review What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager By: Austin, Julia Abstract—As an aspiring product manager (PM), there are three primary considerations when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

chooses to spend his or her time has much more of an effect on a company's success or failure than if a middle manager spends a half hour more at lunch. With that in mind, Sadun and three colleagues-Oriana... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Starting Up and Starting Over

ill-prepared entrepreneurial aspirants. Mace's course, The Management of New Enterprises (MNE), was initially offered as a second-year elective in 1947 and saw one hundred students enroll. According to the... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

and not those of third parties. Michael Porter points out that when social activities lack a strategic dimension, Milton Friedman's well-known criticism that philanthropy has no place in business, suddenly... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • November 1984 (Revised March 1999)
  • Case

Mayers Tap, Inc. (B)

Mayers Tap, Inc. has decided to redesign its cost system. In this case, the budgeted costs have to be allocated to the machine level. The teaching objective is to demonstrate two-stage allocation and the sensitivity of cost data to allocation base selection. View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Management Systems
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  • 19 Sep 2023
  • HBS Case

How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

monetized. At minimum, I can tell you that we are going to need new business models, and the integration of generative AI is going to transform how we monetize software and the business model. Rand: How so?... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • Web

Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

scientific meetings. These sessions insure that all team members remain current with new science as well as providing an opportunity to innovate care based on new developments in the management of the... View Details
  • March 1996 (Revised February 2006)
  • Case

Arborite

Describes the competitive position of Arborite, a Canadian manufacturer of high-pressure laminates (HPL) (a product sold under the Formica name in the United States). Arborite's market share has slipped, and a new general manager must evaluate whether a change in... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Consumer Behavior; Manufacturing Industry; Canada
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  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

helped large Greek companies and startups compete more effectively. But that hasn't happened.” Greek politicians are blaming, first, one another based on the party affiliation, View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 01 May 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

managers to "'personally' drive innovation and competitive advantage." Gerald Nanninga placed the blame on "infestation" (parasites that successful organizations attract) View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett