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- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
energy, time, and resources—in balanced measure—across what he calls "the three boxes": Box 1: The present—Manage the core business at peak profitability; Box 2: The past—Abandon ideas, practices, and attitudes that could... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
as well as recent articles that help give the reader a sense of where the field is headed and where likely opportunities for future research lie. This article seeks to strike an equilibrium among the variety of perspectives that exist in technology and innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
operating in manufacturing and electronics. The increasing impact of digital technologies on all of its business units had prompted CEO Joe Kaeser and his team to put digitalization at the core of the new corporate strategy, alongside electrification and automation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value for balanced markets. Should You... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Principles Harvard Business School Module Note 607-068 Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607068 Truman and the Bomb Summary: Balancing Benefits and Harms Harvard Business School Module Note... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
The disruption is far beyond what most imagine. Companies will have to re-engineer every core process to account for changes in workforce demographics in the post-COVID world. The supply-demand balance will become a permanent feature in... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean Silverthorne: Among the retailers you have found to be most successful in... View Details
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
effects, then it is a disappointment. To be sure, the bill does address some causes of the crisis in meaningful ways. There is significantly enhanced transparency in the derivatives markets—a problem at the center of the "interconnectedness issue." The bill... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate corporate debt issues arises because firms behave as macro liquidity providers, absorbing the large supply shocks associated with changes in the maturity structure of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
country unit to adjust to local needs is a critical balancing act. Rule 4: Timing is critical. Retailers would do well to stop planting flags and focus instead on a limited set of opportunities where they can establish operations of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
intended to help address that imbalance. This note provides a roadmap for managers and employees to follow when instituting or facing layoffs. It aims to help managers consider the broader implications that should be taken into account when conducting layoffs,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
advantage of distributed innovation and outsourcing can bridge the tension between value creation and value capture by modifying the modular structure of their technical systems. Specifically, we introduce the concept of "IP... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
organizational decision-making forums. Based on the ability to combine and balance these two processes, we distinguish analytically among four positions of influence that experts can occupy-box-tickers, disconnected technicians, ad hoc... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
exercise. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608072 Structuring Real Estate Deals: An Investor's Perspective Harvard Business School Note 208-066 Addresses the following questions: What... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies and structures of developed economies. The growing literature on the business history of emerging markets... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
competitive characteristics on its investment in various type assets, on the profitability of these investments, and on the financial structure of its balance sheet. The case also allows a discussion of (1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
Group formation increases individual payoffs, and group structure is robust to varying levels of reciprocity and transitivity. Increasing population size increases group size more than group number, and manipulating baseline trust in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
compiled a detailed curriculum analysis of eleven business school programs. To complete the picture, they also interviewed leading academic critics and 28 executives and recruiters. The findings presented a mixed diagnosis of the health of MBA programs but on View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
destruction to describe the never-ending dynamism of capitalism. He went on to define this process as one that "revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new... View Details