Strategic Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138794313/ January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings By: Luca, Michael, and Jonathan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

willingness to experiment. They’re seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical. And research suggests that these behaviors translate into better innovative performance. But despite the fact that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

latter to price lower and thereby increase total consumer traffic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-010.pdf Exclusivity and Control Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Abstract We analyze platform competition for content in the presence of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

we would see people with no information get really exploited,” says Israeli, “but it turned out that shop reps interpret lack of price knowledge differently for men and for women. When men said they have no idea about prices, repair shops seem to have interpreted that... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

the country and found there is currently greater support for government taking swift action to address the problem.” The panel then explored investment strategies and how business leaders consider climate change in long-term strategic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

19 Dec 2024
News

The Musts of 2024

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors that Drive Effective Selling, Frank V. Cespedes laments the fact that sales and strategy rarely make a joint and complementary appearance in MBA classrooms or academic journals. Professors stick safely... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books

11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Nov 2013
News

Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

Everyone had to open up shop again," he says. He soon became an entrepreneur-in-residence at Idea Village, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping entrepreneurs in New Orleans by supplying them with strategic consulting and... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

tradition of questioning Alaska’s relevance, dating back to criticism of the Alaska Purchase in 1867, dubbed “Seward’s Folly.” However, to know the Arctic is to understand the strategic role this region plays in America’s security and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Meet the 2018-2019 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

on a Fulbright Scholarship. David Mou (MD/MBA 2014) Click Here David Mou is the co-founder and medical director of Valera Health, a behavioral health company that allows providers and payers to better manage chronic medical and mental... View Details

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

a series of meetings so as to surface and test a set of core strategic assumptions. Or they might assign someone to play the devil's advocate so as to ensure that a thorough critique and risk assessment of a proposal has been conducted... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

Hagiu and Altman provide a framework for doing so. They lay out four specific ways in which products and services can be turned into platforms and examine the strategic advantages and pitfalls of each: (1) opening the door to third... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2012
News

A Silent Workplace Crisis

in the health, productivity, and retention of their experienced employees, addressing the issue of aging and elder care makes both economic and strategic sense. Yet the number of employers offering elder-care referrals is declining... View Details

Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2014
News

Clubs Hopping

strategic planning." COMMON CHALLENGES "Nonprofits are so resource-constrained, they typically spend a lot of time fighting fires and don't have the time to step back and really think strategically. When you're a mission-driven... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

At Your Service

Frei and Morriss: No heroics, please—partner with customers to make strategic service choices instead of trying to be the best at everything. In their new book, Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

18 Mar 2020
News

Leading Change

the deployment of digital networks, data, and AI in a company can create major strategic advantages around scale, scope, and learning while minimizing growth restraints. But they also explained that AI creates major challenges such as... View Details

08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

is more than the sum of its parts. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-097.pdf Financial vs. Strategic Buyers Authors:Marc Martos-Vila, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Jarrad Harford Abstract Within the great oscillations of... View Details