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- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
fundamental challenges of science-based businesses: 1) managing and rewarding long-term risk, 2) integrating across technical disciplines, and 3) learning. Whereas these challenges were once managed inside the boundaries of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
described the proliferation of "digital positions" in their companies, from Digital Project Manager or Digital Director to Chief Transformation Officer or Chief Innovation Officer. In one roundtable discussion, participants predicted that, over time, more senior... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15
producing analysis and interpretation, while operating in key decision-making fora. In the first bank ("Saxon Bank"), the risk function was successful in achieving such influence. The risk experts established a tight... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
Huckman says. "We've long had our clinical decisions in the hands of physicians who have had, in most cases, at least seven years of post-baccalaureate medical training. These are often technical decisions that can be very nuanced.... View Details
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
for the US space agency’s Astrobee system in 2018. Entries proposed solutions to technical issues with a robotic arm for Astrobee, a free-flying robot that handles inventory, documents astronauts’ experiments, and moves cargo. Astrobee is... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16
organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets, diverse perspectives, and deep knowledge to build an organizational decision-making capability. The book introduces a model that utilizes the collective judgment of an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be looking for lawyers with wisdom and the courage to push back if... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
citizenship and part of a firm’s social responsibility. So, in addition to gaining a competitive advantage, companies that pay employees to contribute to open source are improving their image and, potentially, their ability to recruit top talent. “As the View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
Decision-making and governance processes, which determine either a "yes" or a "no," can differ widely from culture to culture, not just in terms of legal technicalities but also in terms... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
job as CEO of Apple. Regarding Apple, of course, the question is what will Jobs' withdrawal from day-to-day decision-making mean for its future? If leaders often become "cult heroes," to use a term coined by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18
Performance enables future managers and business owners to attain the core skills they need to become integral members of their company's decision-making teams. This new program from established authors Srikant M. Datar and Madhav Rajan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
and (b) develop a personal involvement in the deployment and interpretation of those tools in important decision-making forums. Based on experts' ability to combine and balance these two processes, we distinguish analytically among four... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
health clinics, schools, or technical advisors." Werker explained more about the study and its implications for global society in an e-mail Q&A. Martha Lagace: Why did you and Ashwin Kaja decide to look closer at the World Bank?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25
environments. We find that candidates benefiting from favorable situations are more likely to be admitted and promoted than their equivalently skilled peers. The results suggest that decision-makers take high nominal performance as... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to present analytic tools based on functional... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51502 forthcoming Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners By: Wu, Andy Abstract—We study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4
Benjamin Abstract—I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying to leverage its dominance into new sectors. In particular, I show how Google used these tactics to enter numerous markets, to compel usage of its services, and often to dominate competing offerings. I... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
reduce them. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-012.pdf Thinking about Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change Authors:Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas Abstract We apply a cognitive lens to understanding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
in this organization in whether or not employees are selected via channels that are likely to sort on the alignment of their preferences with organizational objectives. I find that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel