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- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
may be "found mostly in state and community colleges and not so much in the Ivy leagues." But Hugh Quick commented, "Beware of government interference with schools." One positive example put forward was that of... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
continued and expanded, with further empirical exploration of a distributed model of innovation that includes communities and platforms in a variety of contexts and with the development of theory to explain the economic underpinnings of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Kristin, and Tolga Sınmazdemir Abstract— Finding suitable settlements to civil wars, then proceeding to reconcile and reintegrate civilian communities to realize such settlements and avoid future conflict, poses many seemingly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Kiatpongsan%20Norton%20PPS_31f17547-5033-401c-8ed2-ccc9b6a2b433.pdf Working Papers Bitcoin By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore Abstract—Bitcoin is an online View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
2009, the company embarked on a journey to build "One-Firm" with a unifying culture and governance system across business groups. IDFC aimed to provide seamless access to products and expertise across business groups, increase its competitive position, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
list, practice outside the U.S. (For the curious, the top four they list are Michael Porter, Tom Peters, Robert Reich, and Peter Drucker.) The authors point out that "although gurus vary in how they go about their work, all of them must do three things: View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
student-to-student interactions in face-to-face class sessions. The article outlines a technique used in an MBA marketing course for crowdsourced peer-to-peer assessment of class participation during case discussions and empirically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
communication exchanges, are not going to happen unless managers better integrate common standards. McAfee studied IBM's B2B midrange ordering system and interviewed key players to find out what worked and what didn't. Using his case... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
apparel and footwear, when City Year requested fifty pairs of boots for its youth service corps program. "In the philanthropic relationship," Austin observes, "each side benefits modestly. The NPO receives funding, goods, or services, while the company enhances its... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
happiness. Another factor that workplaces can focus on right now is creating opportunities for informal conversations. Small talk can play an important role in workplace happiness—and these casual interactions are the first to “go... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
guardians as holding opposing views of institutional change, we reveal how the complementarity and ongoing interactions between each set of actors served as a valuable resource for industry resilience and adaptation. Our primary data... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
as academics that rely on using the press. The more interactions I had with managers convinced me that they're always thinking about the press. So everybody's thinking about it, but we know nothing about it, as academics we couldn't say... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
on how firms interact in the marketplace. In the paper we provide a detailed characterization of the performance of both strategies. Q: Your work assumes there is transparency in the market with regard to the sharing of consumer... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
2011) Abstract In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation. We analyze the design costs and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Interactive Controls: Which, When, and Why? Author:Anette Mikes Abstract Taking a multiple-control perspective, I investigate a control debacle and its aftermath at a financial services company (MultiBank), focusing on an insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north dimension. A simple theory of human View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
since much of their interaction with management occurs in public. Specifically, we investigate sell-side analyst coverage decisions in the context of CEO and CFO moves between publicly listed firms. We find that top executive moves from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
event: gaining endorsement of the startup's technology standard, openly developing the startup's technology within the community (but not necessarily gaining endorsement), simply attending physical meetings of the community, and having... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
it so often does today. What's more, company executives should make fewer, shorter, and more targeted presentations to board members and spend more time engaging them in interactive discussions. For the board to monitor strategy, it first... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan