Competitive Moves - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54955 Assortment Rotation and the Value of Concealment By: Ferreira, Kris, and Joel Goh Abstract—Assortment rotation—the retailing practice of changing the assortment of products offered to customers—has recently been... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

engineering, and mathematics) labor market trends. And in geographic regions where competition is fiercest for IT talent, superstar performers do not earn the same high premium they once did over their average-performing peers. In short,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

simultaneously be able to see the eventual path to checkmate and the best next move to get there. Gates, Grove, and Jobs's Keys to Success Look Forward, Reason Back Make Big Bets, Without Betting the Company Build Platforms and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

concert. To some extent this is because of the balance required between two pairs of drives. The drives to acquire and to bond are in tension with each other because the first is competitive and the second cooperative. A major part of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

have to keep prices up.” The company has also bucked industry trends by moving deliberately on adding technologies to its cars. While it has installed hybrid drivetrains to some of its newer models, it has eschewed connectivity and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

producers who supply the industry. Equally hit are supply chain partners who move goods across the country. "It’s going to take some time to retool operating models to be able to succeed in this new environment.” Coming into 2020,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2023
News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

spring 2020, the team moved the concept forward at the i-lab, a dynamic space in Batten Hall where undergraduate and graduate students from across Harvard gather to exchange ideas, attend programs and workshops, and collaborate with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

Fonterra to enhance its competitive position. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-453 Novartis: A Transformative Deal When Joe Jimenez became CEO of Swiss-based... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

the neglect of the others. When this happens, even the emphasized drive will in time become frustrated. To maintain a reasonable balance among the drives requires hands-on steering by the leadership of the organization. Like riding a unicycle, it takes constant... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

organization a competitive advantage, using a proven framework that creates value for customers, employees, and suppliers. 7 weeks 5-6 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of... View Details

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

addition, networking and the Internet moved the IT infrastructure for the IBM standard to an emerging environment characterized by open standards. Accordingly, the IT infrastructure became simpler and more complex at the same time through... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

06 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008

Keywords: by Ryan Raffaelli; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

instrument the transition to public ownership using market returns in the book-building phase of the firms' IPO attempts. We find no evidence that moving from private to public ownership increases the representation of women or nonwhite... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

impacts ad effectiveness. Drawing on literature about offline norms of information-sharing, we posit that ad transparency backfires when it exposes marketing practices that violate norms about “information flows”—consumers’ beliefs about how their information ought to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

an environment where they’re doing their best work, your firm is not going to succeed.” The research found that as compensation at a firm moved closer to the expected levels based on economic factors, firm performance increased. Pay... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

turning to appraisers, actuaries, and evaluators, whether internal, external, or a combination. The Competitive Imperative of Learning Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July -... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

rather than focus simply on products and sales. And Gulati's research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in success is not confined to any one sector. "I see the move... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

But he’s not talking about the typical ways companies gather input, such as through employee surveys, interviews by external consultants, or even one-on-one conversations between key managers and the CEO. These seldom move an organization... View Details