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- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Satyam), a troubled Indian IT company managed since January 2009 by a six-member government-appointed caretaker board. Anand Mahindra, chairman and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
PUBLISHED PAPERS forthcoming Advances in Strategic Management Strategy Beyond Markets By: Figueiredo, John de, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Rick Vanden Bergh, eds. Abstract—Since the early 1990s, strategy beyond markets has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
private information is directionally strong, managers, at announcement, provide guidance and use language that points statistically in the opposite direction. This effect is more pronounced when, post-announcement, management insiders... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
opportunistic low-ball offers. Working Papers The Effect of Management Control Elements on Coordination By: Bormann, Sara, Jan Bouwens, and Christian Hofmann Abstract—This study examines how control elements of a firm affect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
arguably within reason when balanced against the value created in a successful reorganization. Chapter 11 isn't perfect. Just as not every hospital patient is cured or every prison inmate rehabilitated, not every sick company that enters... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
at Harvard Business School, where she studies performance management systems in health care and value-based health care implementation strategies. Lidia Moura is a clinical neurologist and director of neurology population health at... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
combination, and analysis of data about each of us from a number of disparate sources. Pretty exciting, no? Some years ago, we heard the story about the GE maintenance engineer who, based on information from the firm's advanced monitoring and predictive analytics,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
success factors for managing business experiments at the “incubation moment,” which appear to improve the prospects of success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52307 forthcoming Strategy Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
talent would be better served to consider how they can reshape their job descriptions to retain talent fed up with fulfilling various corporate process “requirements” or how to make themselves attractive together to gig workers with world-class skills. Joseph Fuller is... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
Management Agency to evacuate certain hospitals in New Orleans because they were private. Many large retailing organizations with facilities on the Gulf Coast made extensive preparations in advance of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
and marketing. Retailers, for instance, will be inclined to give bigger bets more shelf space, and we know that in itself is a key driver of sales. Q: If you were to pick a manager to execute a blockbuster strategy, what attributes would... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
because of what they did, but because of what they are? That's the question that intrigued Jonas Heese, who recently joined Harvard Business School as an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. While earning his PhD in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
sources. Recently, the insertion into this world of business models incorporating advanced management expertise have demonstrated that commercial success is possible while significantly improving access to these basic services for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
arguments about whether sea level rise is human caused or even if it’s real; we just need to invest with the probabilities in mind the same way we make risk management decisions under uncertainty about interest rates, exchange rates, or... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
business model, dominate the industry's early history. As the industry evolved, a new breed of managers emerged who built a dominant business model that enables their companies to grow dramatically. Later, after the industry matured,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208071 Fortis Healthcare (A) Harvard Business School Case 308-030 Should the Indian hospital chain enter the medical travel market or should it focus on expansion in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
their share of insured patients but do not decrease their share of uninsured patients. Government hospitals do not make any discernable change in their customer mix after a merger. Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
cover 90 percent of patients, jointly negotiate drug prices with manufacturers. In America's more fragmented and secretive system, pharmacy benefit managers act as mediators during many price negotiations. German consumers and physicians... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino