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  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

tradeoff between safety and efficiency, fixing operational failures can yield benefits for both. Thus, prioritizing improvement of work systems in general, rather than focusing more narrowly on specific clinical conditions, can increase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

Leadership in a World of Difference, edited by T. Pittinsky. Harvard Business School Press, in press Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf Tradeoffs in Staying Close: Geographic Dispersion and Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

competing accountability demands. This involves deciding both to whom and for what they owe accountability. This chapter provides an overview of common dilemmas of nonprofit accountability, lays out tradeoffs inherent in a range of... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

advertising agency's decision to unbundle its services as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing and maintaining a relationship with an advertising agency and pecuniary economies of scale available in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

drive experiments and make decisions more centrally, and others by combining both approaches. The note highlights important tradeoffs in designing management systems for control and new-market adaptation and the need to incorporate a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

approach enables more resources to be spent on resolving problems because prioritization receives less attention. To our knowledge, this tradeoff between analysis and action in process improvement programs has not been empirically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

products. After presenting empirical support for our claims of an evolving marketplace, we discuss the tradeoffs associated with reshaping the ODA for the 21st century. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

dilemma" in which a startup's resource dependence drives a wedge between the startup's value and the founder's ability to retain control of decision making. I develop hypotheses about this tradeoff and test the hypotheses on a unique... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

noisy) relationship with adoption.Plausible explanations for the difference are explored, centering on tradeoffs between stand-alone vs. strategic motivations for adopting as well as important distinctions between the two technologies.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

to weigh the political ramifications as he considered which initiative to pursue. He knew that despite his various accomplishments, this choice would likely impact his legacy as governor. As he weighed the decision, Daniels began to jot down notes about the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

completion times, our work highlights the tradeoffs between the time required to exercise discretion and the potential gains from doing so, which has implications for how discretion over scheduling should be delegated. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

decidedly moral flavor, involving tradeoffs between near-term infrastructure costs and long-term (possibly very long-term) benefits, and impacts that extend well beyond the traditional constituencies of the firm. To meet these challenges,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

exploit, enables a firm to adapt over time. In this paper we review and integrate these comparatively new research streams and identify a set of propositions that suggest how ambidexterity acts as a dynamic capability. We suggest that efficiency and innovation need not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

been priorities in national initiatives. Conclusions. Our study suggests an underutilized strategy for improving patient safety and staff efficiency: leveraging frontline staff experiences with work systems to identify and remove operational failures. In contrast to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

assets owned by Merlin and Tussauds. Based on the facts and financials provided, it is clear there were tradeoffs between the size of the potential returns for each option, timing, and the risks that have to be managed. What should the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

tradeoffs that people make between having more time or having more money, and the extent to which people focus on each resource can have a significant impact on happiness. Considering subjective well-being (or “happiness”) as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

paper conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

depth against scope of MSP functions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-115.pdf Proprietary vs. Open Two-Sided Platforms and Social Efficiency Author:Andrei Hagiu Abstract This paper identifies a fundamental economic welfare View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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