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- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
income levels for a period of several decades, broken only by the five-year period between 1995 and 2000, suggest a potential source of concern for the United States. Of course, these views depend on how one views growth. Gross domestic View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
all have to be in alignment." Along with Russell A. Eisenstat, an independent consultant and former HBS faculty member, Beer has developed a process called Organizational Fitness Profiling, which helps a CEO or business unit general... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
to the fact that anyone can access it from any computer as long as they have a browser, she said. Her company, Desktop.com, is building an integrated Internet desktop services platform and product in much the same spirit, to allow people... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
particularly AI, to refocus on their top-management product and service offerings. In so doing, they should also rethink the breadth and depth of those practices and support infrastructures. Staff behind demand. It’s time to take... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
consumers is a more complicated challenge. One approach Chinese manufacturers are using is to acquire companies around the world in order to get fast access to the technologies they need to modernize their product lines. ChemChina is a... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
the largest investors in bonds—banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds—aren't willing to pay because they think they do a much better job than the rating agencies. What I propose is a neutral third-party approach to ratings. The SEC would designate a knowledgeable... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
highlighting the tension between congressional oversight of the Fed and the Fed's independence from political influence. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710051-PDF-ENG Elkay Plumbing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
productivity that counts. Don't work harder, work smarter." With a turnover ratio only a third of that in the United States, Europe has some catching up to do. The fault, however, is not with the continent's level of liquidity,... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
sophisticated safeguards such as an independent ethics committee and a "whistle blower" system for employees concerned with the company's practices. In less than two decades, Sydney IVF grew from just four employees to over 200,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
directly, but they are undeniably in business together. They are probably the world's most widely known pair of complementors—companies that independently provide complementary products or services to mutual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
strategies. Consider Nestlé, a food company that reformulates its products in response to regional tastes for spices and sweets. In this "local value creation" configuration, the span of control for regional business managers is... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
platform-based products (applications) and users of such products. We show that the unique equilibrium under platform compatibility leads to higher profits than the symmetric equilibrium under incompatibility. Notwithstanding,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
differs by firm ownership. We study CEOs in the Indian manufacturing sector, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 CEOs of listed firms yields three sets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 27
cardinal preferences than the Boston mechanism independently of whether individuals can submit a complete or only a restricted ranking of the schools, and 2) subjects with a higher degree of risk aversion are more likely to play... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
large-scale corporations and free competition, American Fair Trade argues that trade associations of independent proprietors lobbied and litigated to reshape competition policy to their benefit. At the turn of the 20th century, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
who simultaneously identify with multiple brands they represent to customers, we examine the relationships among identity conflict and enhancement, on the one hand, and objective sales performance, on the other. We find independent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
production of low-income rental housing. While it has grown into the largest source of new affordable housing in the U.S. and its structure is now being replicated in other programs, the LIHTC has also drawn skepticism and calls for its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
outstanding debt. To illustrate, most press reports peg the current U.S. deficit at $1.5 trillion, roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). Gross public debt is $14 trillion, or over 95% of GDP. Most observers believe that the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
failure rate may indicate that the fund is playing it too safe. Stick to your commitments. If a company is seen as a fickle investor, professionals will be wary of joining its venture unit, entrepreneurs will be reluctant to accept its funds, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne