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- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
opportunities by reconfiguring existing assets and competencies. We review the literature on dynamic capabilities and, using IBM as a case example, show how their strategy process permits them both to explore new markets and technologies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
ZIP codes. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53271 Harvard Business School Case 718-419 Hilti (A): Fleet Management? This case explores the strategic decision-making process of premium power tools... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
for the company’s various customer segments. Students must consider whether PatientPing’s pricing, sales team, and sales process are optimal based on the unique challenges of the health care industry. Additionally, students are asked to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
pursue an MBA, the answer was, "No, absolutely not. She would advance just as quickly staying with us." A number of recruiters said that what they value most is the screening process top schools use to pick students, and a few... View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
fits with their clubs? One sees time and time again that processes used to determine a good fit are deemed successful after the fact—a classic case of survival bias. So how can we tell if one is a good fit? And what are the dimensions of... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
process a $100,000 loan are comparable to a $1 million loan, but with less profit. As a result, banks are less likely to engage in lending at the smallest dollar level. Some banks, particularly larger banks, have significantly reduced or... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
internally. Program developers felt they were at the mercy of broadcast commissioners and that they were being treated unfairly, having to endure a long bureaucratic process that ended in their show proposals being rejected more than half... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17
and asset retention-retaining existing customers for the long-term. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009
process in the event of failure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-087.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAltoona State Investment Board: December 2008 Harvard Business School Case 809-095 Rod Calhoun, the head of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
compare prices over the web irons out cross-border price differences and expands trade. A poor farmer in India can check commodity prices on the Internet before he sells his crop to the local buyer. Thanks to a progressive decline in data View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
accuracy.) The researchers also hired a team of workers through the crowdsourcing marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk (AMT), a popular source of data processing assistance. The workers examined the property photos on each listing and rated... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
in this field. Although the academics and CEOs agreed that innovation was key, especially process innovation, the content analysis revealed significant differences in the words most frequently used by CEOs—innovation, leadership,... View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006
This paper examines accountability processes in a nonprofit organization serving immigrants and refugees, with special attention to their impacts on mission-based activities. The research finds that upward accountability requirements of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
by the Department of Defense. In his chapter on the history of the Internet, Shane Greenstein examines the role of the federal government and the iterative process that DARPA engaged in to develop what would become the Internet. So it's... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
sheet in hand. Despite this huge milestone, Kapoor knew it was only the start of a long process of raising money. He only had three days to get back to Vikram Sharma and indicate whether he would like to initiate the diligence process.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010
11 million in interior China. The case covers Hang Lung Properties' due diligence and thought process with respect to anticipated rental income, construction costs, and land costs. The auction includes many other well-capitalized firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
destruction to describe the never-ending dynamism of capitalism. He went on to define this process as one that "revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
audience as well, especially when it comes to retail investors. Q: What best practices can other companies learn from Total and its experiences in financial communication? Miller: Total applies 3 principles to its financial communication. First, it focuses on the... View Details