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  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

differences in study methods and assumptions and resulting biomass quantities are elucidated. We differentiate between inventory studies, in which quantities of biomass potentially available are estimated without rigorous consideration of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman Abstract We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on social identity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

related hypotheses across six experiments: (1) Given people's lay theories about the capacities for cognition and emotion for robots and humans, workers will express more discomfort with botsourcing when they consider losing jobs that... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research

market economies such as the United States. This article finds instead that regional influences were more important, supporting sociological theories about the importance of visibility in corporate green strategies. It identifies major... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

saturated with outdated, overpriced product. (Ironically, overcapacity can still be found in industries that use innovations such as just-in-time manufacturing techniques, which theoretically should help keep inventories low.) "Excess... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

revenues—she increases her chances of getting a large bonus the following year. This is a variation on the "big bath" theory of corporate financial reporting: If you're going to take a loss, take as big a loss as possible.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
  • 06 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

years. Similarly, Digital Equipment Corporation couldn't match the flexibility of the personal computer assemblers' processes, Sears couldn't match the inventory turns and low prices of the discount retailers, and so on. It is important... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Christensen Field of Study: Leave blank Grade: "Complete" Activities and Societies: Leave blank Description: Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen is a 6-week, 30-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. Disruptive Strategy helps students... View Details
  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51094 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Multi-Echelon View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

does this theory imply about the employment contract? ... I believe that many people join organizations to be part of something, to make a contribution, and to be a valued member of society. The very notion of looking at people in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007

  Working PapersIncorporating Price and Inventory Endogeneity in Firm-Level Sales Forecasting Authors:Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman Abstract As numerous papers have argued, sales, inventory, and gross margin for a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors offered a rich set of ideas. Given their number, I've tried to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

regulatory, normative, and cognitive factors in shaping firms' decisions to adopt specific organizational practices, above and beyond their technical efficiency. Similarly, institutional theory emphasizes legitimation processes and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

incentive design impacts store manager behavior and, consequently, retail performance. More specifically, we describe the shift in store manager behavior resulting from a change in incentives which, in part, altered the importance of sales relative to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

  Working PapersAnomalies in Estimates of Cross-Price Elasticities for Marketing Mix Models: Theory and Empirical Test Authors:Andre Bonfrer, Ernest R. Berndt, and Alvin Silk Abstract We investigate the theoretical possibility and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

Synthesis Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract This paper constructs a unified theory of the location of transactions and the boundaries of firms. It proposes that systems of production can be viewed as networks of tasks. Transactions,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

confers a significant first-mover advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-063.pdf A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory Policies in Single-stage Inventory Systems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

integration affects prices, this paper provides evidence that prices can affect integration. Many theories in organizational economics and industrial organization posit that integration, while costly, increases productivity. It follows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne