Job Design and Levels - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field. It democratizes innovation and makes future competition more challenging. This paper... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Feb 2020
News

Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

higher skill levels than are currently available. More jobs are being defined as requiring a college degree because, yes, they are getting more complicated, but it’s also because employers have been relying... View Details

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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

lowest costs, and penalizes those who fail to effectively improve patient health. Episode-based or bundled payments for complete cycles of care do the best job of aligning providers’ incentives to deliver... View Details

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

but for Cisco customers, increasing industry growth. The program has also strengthened Cisco’s relationships with suppliers, customers and government. Integrating Strategy Across Levels - Novartis in Rural... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

design; 27 proven “plays” from the UXReactor playbook to put concepts into practice, and game planning examples to execute at different levels of an organization. A comprehensive View Details

06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

His second-year elective, Commercializing Science and High Technology, is designed to attract business, science, engineering, law, and medical students from across the... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

07 Nov 2007
Op-Ed

How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple

shortages at Apple and AT&T retail stores. Despite a retail price over $500, iPhones were quickly being offered on eBay for $100 extra. Two problems then arose: First, the reviews were mixed. At that retail price View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Aerospace; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

urbanization, and business disruption represent both a major opportunity and a threat in the global economy. Although individuals and organizations are aware that the world is... View Details

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

native genius.” Growtall advised leaders to continually “assess the level of pride” in an organization and “educate and re-educate its employees” about how to detect indicators... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2018
Working Paper

After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants

By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser

In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure development, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics reached $50 billion. Even when the glorious but costly Olympic Games come... View Details

Keywords: Olympic Venue; Effective Reuse; White Elephant; Sustainability; Buildings and Facilities; Sports

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17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

the intrapreneurial effort fails, you'll still have a job tomorrow, said HBS assistant professor Clark Gilbert, who served as moderator. And for managers of the start-up, a corporate benefactor can make... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

You’ll learn how to find the reason behind your work; identify what makes you feel happy and fulfilled; use job crafting to transform your role; build positive, fulfilling relationships; View Details

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

an electronic version of a patient questionnaire that had been designed and vetted by a group of subspecialty experts. We integrated that survey into our EHR. To assess the effects of our new EHR system... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

monumental but rather modest, and many architects did not design their final resting places. Light, Bright, Damn Near White: Stories and Reflections of a Multi-Racial Black... View Details

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

others to raise their bids, and in such a case, sniping may be a winning strategy. Q: How pervasive is sniping and will it eventually wipe out incremental bidding? Can or should eBay View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology

06 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

classes we took, I did write a case on Raj Kapoor, one of the early entrepreneurs in Bollywood, for Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism, a class taught by the inimitable Geoffrey Jones. And I did quit... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

and to establish a rapport with all levels of the organization. The subject of each Vector was inspired by real events that occurred in real time. As these events unfolded, the Secretary’s unyielding... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

October 2008 (Revised February 2011)
Case

Apple's Core

By: Noam T. Wasserman

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs pitches Wozniak on starting a company together to sell computers based on Wozniak's design for a personal computer.... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Managerial Roles; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management

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