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  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

environments.” If central banks had used economic models that account for variations in the speed of firm’s pricing decisions rather than their traditional forecasting tools, policymakers might have detected rising inflation sooner,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 08 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate

avoided. Clearly, siloing existed before the pandemic and differed between firms and even countries, the authors note. To Zuzul, the more important question companies should ask as they contemplate the future of work is: What pros and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 28 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis

conduct an analysis to determine how companies were responding to the crisis. Were they retaining their staff and providing essential workers with extra pay, or were they cutting expenses through layoffs and furloughs? "It gave us a rare opportunity. Every View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • January 15, 2019
  • Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron
The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage
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  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

Publisher's Link: http://hbr.org/product/seven-strategy-questions-a-simple-approach-for-bet/an/14832-HBK-ENG Competing against Online Sharing Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane Publication:Management Decision 48, no.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Health Care - Faculty & Research

LumineticsCore—the first autonomous AI system authorized by the FDA to diagnose diabetic retinopathy without physician oversight. The case traces his journey across algorithm design, clinical validation, regulatory navigation, and the... View Details
  • 19 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 19

according to different local strategies for economic prosperity and political stability. In particular, the author links fiscal relations and economic bases to property rights regimes, finding that more "open" cities are subject... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

Business School and Zhang is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Although the study results show the #MeToo movement has prompted meaningful change in Hollywood, the authors... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

ordinary managers. In The Innovator's DNA, the authors identify five capabilities demonstrated by the best innovators: (1) Associating: drawing connections between questions, problems, or ideas from unrelated fields; (2) Questioning:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

authors hail from various world regions and are themselves leading global historians. Collectively, they provide an unprecedented survey of what today is the most dynamic field in the discipline of history. As one of the first books to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

which analysis of the numbers, facts, and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test not only managers’ skills but also their humanity. This book presents a five-question framework—based on the long humanist tradition of thinking about what makes for good... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Dec 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

it is both, depending on such things as the level of complexity, stage of the decision-making process, the purpose of the decision, the context in which the choice is made, whether we are deciding or rationalizing the decisions we've... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

contracts. The Big 3 were gaining market share-Ford was now handily outselling Toyota Motor Corp. in the U.S. after falling behind in 2007. Many saw the Big 3 turnaround as proof that a unionized manufacturing industry could be revived through strong, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the organization. The theory suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 5, 2016

evidence highlights a novel channel through which uncertainty affects managerial decision making in the presence of agency conflicts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 17 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

particular, we find that elite institutions in Vietnam encourage the construction of broader policy-making coalitions, have more competitive selection processes, and place more constraints on executive decision making than exists by way... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering potential View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

selected through exit early in their careers, made time allocation decisions such as delayed marriage, and tended to migrate to places that were conducive to innovation. Father's income was positively correlated with becoming an inventor,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

identity are aligned, in the sense that each supports the other. In particular, decentralized decision making requires that individuals have the correct sense of “who we are.” At the outset of a change effort, management often does not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

outsource at the right price. 4. Delegate authority to someone who will follow through on the threat The time, energy, and resources that you devote to reaching agreement can suggest that you're desperate for a deal—any deal. The greater... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra