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  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

traditional handicraft artisans in rural India. Established in 1960 as an exporter of home furnishings, Fabindia has grown as a consumer-facing retailer of apparel, home furnishings, organic food, and body care products, and has plans to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

activities aimed at reshaping the organizational context, including a redefinition of roles and reporting relationships as well as new approaches to monitoring, measurement, and compensation. These four processes represent critical... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

antecedents, challenges, opportunities, and management strategies associated with hybridity and highlighting critical directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53355 September 18,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

which habits can lead people to make suboptimal decisions; for thinking too much, we discuss research documenting the ways in which careful consideration of attributes, and careful consideration of options,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

greater success in their collaborative innovation efforts. We found many firms mistakenly applied an "outsourcing" mindset to collaboration efforts which, in turn, led to three critical errors: First, they focused solely on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

more than managerial hierarchies, immigrants and diaspora were critical sources of entrepreneurship, illegal and informal forms of business were commonplace, diversified business groups rather than the M-form became the major form of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

clients. A critical component of the One-Firm initiative was a technology-enabled performance management system that articulated metrics for individual and group performance and aligned these with the overall performance of IDFC. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

Business School Exercise 409-129 This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of relationships that is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

Improving Infant Mortality Rates: The Impact of Front-line Staff Collaboration on Neonatal Care (revised) Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Horbar, and Joseph H. Carpenter Abstract Front-line... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

organizations are in the classroom in about 60 percent of our 30 sessions. I think MBA students are interested in the course for a number of reasons. As future business leaders, they understand that our public education system is critical... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

critical role in developing institutions for better—and occasionally for worse. The boundaries between business and government need to be clearly defined, said several panelists. Mauritius is one example of an African country that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

made MIA unique—offering affordable homes for its BOP customers in Mexico—to fulfill other critical needs at the BOP for water, clean energy, and health care services? Jaime was an expert in housing, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

decades mixing and selling skin care formulas before she undertook to build a national market for her products. Howard Schultz did not grow up drinking specialty coffee, but as soon as he was introduced to the business, he learned as much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

to their ethical conduct. Scholarly attention to ethics and values does indeed have an impact on business leaders' self-conception and resulting behavior. Q: Corporate social responsibility sounds like something we should all want. Yet history shows there have always... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice of setting goals. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-083.pdf Virtual Team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

but they offer corporate leaders a starting point for a careful due diligence and action plan around new ventures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53110 Investors as Stewards of the Commons? By: Serafeim,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

terms, the team "throws it over the fence" to operational management, which is stuck with the unenviable job of forging a strong, positive social contract after the fact. Jerry Kaplan, Go Technologies' founder, was especially View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take once they have decided to tackle their pricing strategy? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 07 Jan 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

concluded that "governments should fund education in math and science ... Markets will take care of entrepreneurial innovation." Jay Somasundaram asked whether we are even asking the right question. In his words, "The View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

networks are critical to leader decision making. These case studies also suggest several conditions under which strong exposure is more or less likely to lead to decisions that truly reflect prior career imprints. First, leader decision... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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