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- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
learn some lessons from the limited success of current approaches to design their strategy in this exciting area. Do You Really Want to Be an eBay? Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015
recursion, interaction, and subjective construal between the self concept and the social system. In two lab experiments and a field experiment in a global consulting firm, we tested the hypotheses by offering people reflections on times... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
self-report of a licensee. Self-reporting gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
outcome, even though that was the effect you wanted in a Western market. On the other hand, a sense of peace might be misconstrued as a failure." Valid Concerns For businesses looking to enlist the services of a neuromarketing company, she advises watching out for... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016
forthcoming Boston: Harvard Business Review Press The Three Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—How to Innovate and Execute. Leaders already know that innovation calls for a different set of... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Business School Case 817-088 Hygeia Group: Delivering Quality Care in Nigeria Fola Laoye is the Group Managing Director of Hygeia Group, a Nigerian healthcare insurer and provider, and she is deciding on the optimal strategy to grow the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
such agreements. Ironically, when I returned to Boston a few years later for business school, the founder of the first company invited me to do some consulting on the side while a student, but I wasn't able to because the Massachusetts... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
sophisticated database software, and the Internet would enable them to actually deliver on the promise of customized offerings to each individual customer. But that hasn't happened to the extent it should have, says Cleveland-based View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
have a differentially lower response to these perceived benefits. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1590245 Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster Authors:Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca M. Henderson Abstract Much... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
center of much discussion. The advice most often provided to managers is to weave the brand into the most potent popular culture trends. Recently, consultants and ad agencies began emphasizing the reverse: recommending that managers seek... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
Case 708-479 This case on the globalization of East Asian pop music is useful for teaching concepts of regional business strategy and also of cultural arbitrage. Music companies in the case must examine why certain markets are clearly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
Armed with your research, how should brand owners respond? A: Brand managers today have little appreciation for the extraordinary brand-building opportunities that come from using the brand to tell stories that resonate in American culture. Academics and branding View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
micromanage. Create an inclusive environment and express interest in team members’ success and personal well-being. Be productive and results-oriented. Be a good communicator and listen to your team. Help your employees with career development and discuss performance.... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
have the in-house talent needed for developing prediction algorithms. Cities could hire consultants, but a cheaper alternative is to crowdsource competence by making data public and offering a reward for the best algorithm. A simple model suggests that open tournaments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
advantages by viewing the two as symbiotic. If Western corporations fail to do the same, they will lose their competitive edge—and not just in China and India but globally. The trouble is, most companies and consultants refuse to believe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2011
- Article
Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation
By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett
How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details
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Bernstein, Ethan S., and Frank J. Barrett. "Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation." Research in Organizational Change and Development 19 (2011): 55–90.