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- 2006
- Report
Cluster Initiatives in Developing and Transition Economies
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Göran Lindqvist and Örjan Sölvell
Ketels, Christian H.M., Göran Lindqvist, and Örjan Sölvell. "Cluster Initiatives in Developing and Transition Economies." Report, Ivory Tower AB, Stockholm, May 2006.
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research Event
Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference
Scholars from around the world discussed the history and current business trends in India and Southeast Asia at Harvard Business School. The Business History of India and South... View Details
- Research Summary
Current Research
By: Leslie K. John
Professor John is a behavioral scientist who uses both laboratory and field experiments to investigate questions that are at the intersection of marketing, organizational behavior, and public policy.
Professor John’s work has been published in leading... View Details
- March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-087, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- 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
Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda View Details
Porter, Michael E., Christian H.M. Ketels, Kaia K. Miller, and Richard Bryden. "Competitiveness in Rural U.S. Regions: Learning and Research Agenda." U.S. Economic Development Administration, February 25, 2004.
- 2014
- Chapter
Leadership Development: A Review and Agenda for Future Research
By: D. Scott DeRue and Christopher G. Myers
This chapter develops a conceptual framework that helps organize and synthesize key insights from the literature on leadership development. In this framework, called PREPARE, the authors call attention to the strategic purpose and desired results of leadership... View Details
DeRue, D. Scott, and Christopher G. Myers. "Leadership Development: A Review and Agenda for Future Research." Chap. 37 in Oxford Handbook of Leadership and Organizations, edited by David Day, 832–856. Oxford Library of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
- 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
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation." Harvard Business School Case 514-057, January 2014. (Revised March 2014.)
- November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
BancZero New Product Development
By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Banks and Banking; Financial Instruments; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Banking Industry; Mexico City; United States
Iansiti, Marco, and Alberto Moel. "BancZero New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 697-044, November 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
- 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
- 2009
- Chapter
Open Platform Development and the Commercial Internet
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Open Platform Development and the Commercial Internet." Chap. 9 in Platforms, Markets and Innovation, edited by Annabelle Gawer, 219–250. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Bancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (A) and (B)
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez
- Web
Research Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index All View Details
- May 2000 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Health Development Corporation
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
Ruback, Richard S. "Health Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 200-049, May 2000. (Revised January 2003.)
- Research Summary
Sustainable Inner-City Economic Development
Michael E. Porter is using the framework he developed in The Competitive Advantage of Nations to examine the economic development problems in distressed inner-city areas. He seeks to understand the potential of inner-city businesses, government policies, and... View Details
- January 1991
- Article
Strategy and the Research Process: A Reply
By: C. A. Montgomery, B. Wernerfelt and S. Balakrishnan
Montgomery, C. A., B. Wernerfelt, and S. Balakrishnan. "Strategy and the Research Process: A Reply." Strategic Management Journal 12, no. 1 (January 1991): 83–84.
- 2006
- Conference Presentation
On the Interface Between Research and Practice: Experiences in Executing Engaged Research
By: Ranjay Gulati
- February 1985
- Case
Business Research Corp. (B)
Contains a description of a set of related decisions confronting the management and directors of Business Research Corp. (BRC) in April of 1984. BRC needs more capital to finance continued development of the market for a full-text database comprised of Wall Street... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Finance; Capital Structure; Capital; Goals and Objectives; Conflict of Interests; Business Plan; Financing and Loans; Ethics
Sahlman, William A. "Business Research Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 285-090, February 1985.
- September 2012
- Article
Learning Agility: Many Questions, a Few Answers, and a Path Forward
By: D. Scott DeRue, Susan J. Ashford and Christopher G. Myers
This article responds to and extends the commentaries offered in response to our focal article on learning agility. After summarizing the basic themes in the commentaries, we use this response to clarify points that were unclear in our original article and push back on... View Details
DeRue, D. Scott, Susan J. Ashford, and Christopher G. Myers. "Learning Agility: Many Questions, a Few Answers, and a Path Forward." Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice 5, no. 3 (September 2012): 316–322.
- August 2014
- Article
Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
By: Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras, Guilhem Cassan and Lakshmi Iyer
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. Using an instrumental variables approach derived from a regression... View Details
Keywords: Politician Identity; Infant Mortality; Primary Education; India; Muslim; Fairness; Religion; Government and Politics; India
Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, Guilhem Cassan, and Lakshmi Iyer. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 104 (August 2014): 4–17.