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  • 01 Aug 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

when he said, "Stretch ... allows those with the biggest vision to express it in a tangible way However, in my experience, it is also used in the same way the rack was used." Carl Binder pointed out that "... stretch goals have led mostly to View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 21 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 21

postpone the vote with the intention of reintroducing the proposal at some point in the future, or cancel the proposal for good? And what should they do with Mason, which management viewed as an "empty voter" in this matter?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

women." Leaders need to set bold goals and provide the resources for people to reach those goals. It doesn't help to have legislation with a very grand sounding name like No Child Left Behind and not give it enough funding so that schools can actually live up to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

evaluating—and helping to redesign—the posting of restaurant hygiene scores on Yelp.com. Implementing a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that posting restaurant hygiene scores on Yelp leads to a 12% decrease in purchase View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

intent on trimming expenses. So is the investment worth it? Baik and Srinivasan explore this tension in their working paper, “Private Equity and Digital Transformation,” cowritten with Wilbur Chen of the Hong Kong University of Science... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

for fake list prices but smaller in longer-lived stores and stores closer to regular retail channels. In a complementary laboratory experiment, we find that fake list prices have no impact on purchase intent when consumers have full... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles or refrigerators); when asked to list the first people they knew who came to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

increase in domestic investment, employment or R@amp;D—even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions and for firms that appeared to be financially constrained. Instead, a $1 increase in repatriations was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

you share these ideas? A: Of course, once you write something like this, you come to see many things through these lenses. As reported in the Financial Times in October, several UK firms including Shire Pharmaceuticals and WPP Group have announced their View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

CEO, with the intention of using the specialist for a limited time only. The specialist, on the other hand, takes actions that benefit not only the firm but also inform future employers of his or her abilities as a turnaround specialist.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 06 May 2002
  • Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

innovative products. Now, with customers taking over more of the design task, companies must focus more intently on providing the best custom manufacturing. In other words, the location where value is both created and captured changes,... View Details
Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel
  • April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Success; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Competition; Alignment; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
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  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

Siegel, and Xi Li Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical challenges facing the debate over the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

to go to the unethical facility, with the intention of being passed even though they didn't deserve it. You've got this big orphaned market of customers looking for that. So all of a sudden you might become more lenient to try to attract... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

that had begun to dominate the worldwide solar industry. While accelerated growth was attractive to 1366 and its current investors, the company believed that it would face considerable risks if it were to expose its intellectual property to the "wrong"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

facial tracking to explore how marketers can best use entertainment in ads to increase their effectiveness in increasing intent to purchase. The findings suggest that the optimal amount of entertainment differs by type of entertainment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

BartlettHarvard Business School Case 910-410 Describes the development of the global strategies and organizations of two major competitors in the consumer electronics industry. Over four decades, both companies adapt their strategic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

higher empathic concern for a person in need, which, in turn increased intentions to help. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-079.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

being a pioneer of impact investing: the application of investment practices in the delivery of high impact social interventions, with the intent of providing positive financial returns to investors. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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