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03 Jun 2008
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http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208145 Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004) Harvard Business School Case 608-151 Dr. Bradford Shingleton has developed some of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2001
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Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?

inhabited by academics and consultants ...personal advancement may be better served by being provocative than by being right." Others question the importance of the linkage between information technology and the shape of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2013
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famously said that, because it's nigh impossible to do both, leaders should opt for fear. Research from Harvard Business School's Amy Cuddy and consultants Matthew Kohut and John Neffinger refute that theory, arguing that leaders would do... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

possibilities for expanding by building on the Clinic's platform of service delivery are investigated. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607013 Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

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18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

strategic change. The framework contributes by adding a meso lens to research on dynamic capabilities to help scholars better understand how learning that occurs in teams may support entrepreneurial managers in enacting their cognitive capabilities in View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

consultant who comes in, assesses the situation, and offers expert advice. They're people who appeal to the mind more than the heart—that's where their talents lie, and that's what you need as Secretary of the Treasury. I don't think... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Financial Services

04 Apr 2008
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Who Owns Intellectual Property?

remarkable results. But whose work is it? Who owns the result? While pondering these questions, I visited the website of the branding consultancy Wolff Olins, responsible for creating the branding for (RED), which raises money for The... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Apr 2017
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implications are discussed. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51617 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R. Clark,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2007
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HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

HBS professor Andy McAfee had his doubts about Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia created and maintained by volunteers. "I just didn't think it could yield a good outcome or a good encyclopedia. But I started consulting it and reading the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

19 Apr 2011
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Communication: Cases for Analysis, Appreciation and Application, edited by Laura W. Black, 143-148. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2010 Abstract Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

researchers who left without formal permission from Xerox in 1994. They attempted to use the findings of Xerox's research on document management by offering a consulting service to commercial clients. The... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

China, Russia, Poland, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Turkey) is provided to over 650 institutional clients, including J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, KPMG, and ING Barings. After ruling out seeking another round of VC financing, the cash-strapped founder of this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2008
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Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

could have on families who didn't have a lot of resources at their disposal," says Elana Silver, now a talent development consultant at State Street, a Boston-based financial services company. "For... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

perverse effect of perpetuating the problem. Drawing on a case study of a professional service firm, we develop a multilevel theory to explain why organizations are caught in this conundrum. We present data suggesting that the work-family... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

the New York City-based consulting firm Katzenbach Partners and author of Why Pride Matters More Than Money (Crown, 2003), likes the story of the Wilmington plant because it communicates what he calls "institution-building... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

Proceedings Crowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection Accuracy By: Glaeser, Edward, Andrew Hillis, Scott Kominers, and Michael Luca Abstract—The proliferation of big data makes it possible to better target city View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2012
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require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team-working together and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team at The Boston View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?

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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

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HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

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XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

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The Quest for Better Layoffs

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