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September 1980
Technical Note

The Written Interview: Self-Assessment and Career Development

By: James G. Clawson

May 1993
Teaching Note

Product Development Organization and Capability, Module Overview

By: Marco Iansiti

May 2000 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Health Development Corporation

By: Richard S. Ruback

Health Development Corp. (HDC) owns and operates health clubs in the Greater Boston area. HDC engaged a local investment banker to explore a sale of the company. The most likely buyer views HDC's prior purchase of real estate as a negative. HDC's management is... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Property; Business Exit or Shutdown; Valuation; Value; Decisions; Health Industry; Boston

2009
Chapter

Open Platform Development and the Commercial Internet

By: Shane Greenstein

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June 2013
Teaching Note

Bancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) and (B)

By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez

Article

A Comparison of Factors Affecting Researcher and Manager Perceptions of Market Research Use

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Gerald Zaltman

January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

Since founding CancerScan in 2008, Jun Fukuyoshi and Yoshiki Ishikawa had helped to improve cancer screening rates in Japan. Between 2005 and 2007, awareness of breast cancer in Japan rose from 55% to 70%, but the incidence of breast cancer screenings remained... View Details

Keywords: Cancer; Public Health Projects; Japan; Japan

14 May 2004
Lecture

Faculty Development

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Values and Beliefs

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Research Computing Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services Research Computing Services 2ms Research Computing Services (RCS) is a centralized service dedicated to assisting with faculty View Details

25 Feb 2004
Other Presentation

Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Kaia K. Miller and Richard Bryden

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Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

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Research Summary

Developing Organizational Capabilities to Compete

By: Michael Beer

Michael Beer’s current research focuses on the question of what makes an Effective Organization. Based on his extensive research and practice about this question Beer has identified six highly interrelated core capabilities:

Capacity of the... View Details

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Research Interests

Dissent in Organizations, Employee and Stakeholder voice, Social Movements and Organizations, Sociology of Work and Professions

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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research

Research Services Research Staff Services 3ms As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD),... View Details

December 1981 (Revised September 1986)
Background Note

Research Methods in Marketing: Survey Research

By: Robert J. Dolan

Presents basic issues in survey research, covering both measurement and sampling error. The intention is to consider each element of the survey process: problem statement, questionnaire design, sampling, and data analysis. View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Surveys; Marketing

February 2015 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

Delhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Organizational Alignment; Talent Management; Leadership Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Belgium

2006
Conference Presentation

On the Interface Between Research and Practice: Experiences in Executing Engaged Research

By: Ranjay Gulati

Article

Advancing Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research Through Open Innovation Competitions

By: Andrea Blasco, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su, Aravind Subramanian and Karim R. Lakhani

Open data science and algorithm development competitions offer a unique avenue for rapid discovery of better computational strategies. We highlight three examples in computational biology and bioinformatics research where the use of competitions has yielded significant... View Details

Keywords: Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Innovation Competitions; Research; Collaborative Innovation and Invention