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- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
members of the collective, Hill rejects the idea that they should be chosen in order to conform to a freeform type of corporate structure, a "one big happy family" mentality. People in organizations of collective genius, she insists, need... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
are sufficiently large, a pure-strategy equilibrium exists where both B firms are active in the market. Although there is competition in the complement market, the monopoly Firm A may earn lower profits in this environment. Consequently, A may prefer to accept lower... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
mortgage should continue as the backbone of the new system. It helps keep monthly payments low, and protects consumers from interest-rate volatility. Given the recent extreme economic stress, Uncle Sam must stand behind these mortgages in the secondary market in View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
Leroux was elected in 2008 as Chairman, President, and CEO of Desjardins Group. In order to compete effectively in a demanding and changing financial services industry and survive the global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the global commodity chain approach that argues that manufacturing/core economies absorb the bulk of surplus generated in the commodity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
2018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
The carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates. Purchase this note: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
ablokhin SUMMING UP Is the Amazon Organization Losing Its Ability to Learn? There was little sympathy for Amazon’s loss of online retail market share at the outset of the current global pandemic among respondents to this month’s column.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
at the top than business acumen and "soft" leadership skills do. Members of senior management now have more in common with their peers than with the people they manage. To thrive at the C-level, you must be a strong communicator, a collaborator, and a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
resources.—James Heskett C. J. Cullinane adds to this list of questions: Are "open" platforms, such as that for the IBM PC, more supportive of innovation than "closed" platforms, such as Apple's Mac? And does the "intent" of the platform... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
all) available seats. Boston’s school choice system, for example, reserved half of each school’s seats for local neighborhood applicants while leaving the other half for open competition. This paper shows that in the presence of reserves, the effect of the precedence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
Contractors often change their orders at the last minute, but CEMEX found that, on average, it took three hours between the time when a change order was received and when the View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
little experience competing for resources and bucking inappropriate processes within a stable, efficiency-oriented operating culture. In order to be confident that managers have developed the skills required to succeed at a new... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
the reputation of one of the greatest global brands is sullied by a tragic alligator attack on a small child. The marketer has no greater responsibility than to ensure the safety of the consumer. So why do we not hear more about safety?... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
level provides important lessons for executives, policymakers, and the groups who benefit. But such knowledge also suggests more work to be done in order to learn how global business trends, such as industry... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
and nutrition and readiness to learn in schools is also well established. Forthcoming revisions to the Millennium Development Goals are expected to again highlight the importance of disease prevention and health care to the global... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
2017 Advances in Strategic Management Geography, Location, and Strategy By: Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, eds. Abstract—Changes in both technology and global political economy have vastly accelerated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
development. Detailed historical economic and social data allow an evaluation of policy results. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706497 Inniskillin and the Globalization of Icewine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
of India's Public R&D Laboratories By: Khanna, Tarun, and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract—In this paper, we build on the standard resource dependence theory and its departure suggested by Vernon to offer a novel explanation for why state-owned entities (SOEs) might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
order to do so, they need the help of foreign "investors" that are familiar with the frontier. Of course, these foreign partners will not do all the work. Domestic companies need to provide certain inputs and exert effort.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert