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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
industry, commences with an overview of why industry research is relevant, then offers detailed guidelines on how to approach and what to consider when investigating an industry as part of the analysis necessary to make a decision about... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
assess the impact of this work. Dick Meza said that "it will have to run the gauntlet of peer reviews and further research ." Lorenzo Ferlazzo observed that "the current lack of standardized insights into behavioral stimuli and View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
truths about people and organizations — a foundation that serves as a springboard for an evolutionary leap into a new, networked age." Can Japan Compete? by Michael E. Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi, and Mariko Sakakibara (Perseus... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
From another viewpoint, sustainable competitive advantage is diminishing because, increasingly, firms can locate plants anywhere, and call on human, financial, and other resources without regard for locale. How is organizational design adapting to such View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
guide than certain other disciplines that are sometimes regarded as more rigorous, like economics, for example. Economists with their more mathematical approach to social science conspicuously failed to anticipate this crisis, whereas a... View Details
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
evolved without guidance and has no inherent logic. So channel management is often cosmetic and rarely affects channel design, even though channel design often contributes to the problems that require managing. Companies need a new View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
how TV advertising influences changes in online shopping within two-minute pre/post windows of time. We use non-advertising competitors' online shopping in a difference-in-differences approach to measure the same effects in two-hour... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
destruction is an evolutionary process, the performance of capitalism must be judged “over time, as it unfolds through decades or centuries.” Here, Schumpeter criticizes the approach of his fellow economists... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
mirrors, writing, lenses, printing, photography, film, television, the smart phone—these tools shaped Western culture and made us who we are. As Far as the Eye Can See traces the history of seeing from the first evolutionary stirrings of... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
occur relatively quickly when the underlying repugnance changes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-077.pdf An Empirical Approach to Understanding Privacy Valuation Authors:Luc Wathieu and Allan Friedman Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
assess how things were going but not too soon to tap into their collective insights on launching a new venture. Private or nonprofit sector, up market or down, the observations that follow highlight the many approaches to what it means to... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
shift and the emergence of an approach that will be recognized as being totally different to the arrangements that were previously in place. Transformational change is well established in business and can deliver outstanding results. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
wanted to work with," says Wallace, who combines a winning personality with a team-spirit approach to the ACOG mission. "I try to support him in any fashion that will allow him to make the best use of his time. When I get involved with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
start-up approach applicable to the health care sector? For heavily regulated drugs, diagnostics, and devices, a 'launch early and often' strategy simply isn't possible, although entrepreneurs can still run lean tests to gauge the level... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
therefore a tendency toward silence—is over-determined by both the general nature of humans and the specific realities of the modern economy. Even from an evolutionary point of view, it seems we're all hard-wired to overestimate rather... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
brokers to talk to Internet customers in real time, cautioned that advances in quality and service should be introduced over time. "It's important to stay on the leading edge with customers without falling off," he concluded. "Technology has always been a major source... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
places like HBS that can create a unique sense of social intimacy even more in an increasingly digital world. How did you approach the evolving challenges last spring, when the School suddenly shifted to remote learning at mid-semester,... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
Nohria and colleagues suggests that people are guided by four basic emotional needs, or drives, that are the product of our common evolutionary heritage. These four drives—the “ABCD” of human motivation—are: Acquire. Obtain scarce goods,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries