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- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
be investing alongside a Brazilian private equity firm, GP Investments, and must decide how to structure the investment. Especially, he must decide how to align his interests with those of GP. GP has recruited EI due to its prior... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
absent in the “2020-2021 Class of Lift Outs.” The lack of cultural integration may even be a short-term plus, freeing new recruits to devote their energies entirely to the tasks at hand, without the cognitive burden and social stress of learning new names or navigating... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie Zhang Abstract—The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative research questions in service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
outside investor who changes the company's trajectory and who brings in a new chief executive. Later, tensions rise between the two founders as their strategic visions diverge and as the company grows. Wozniak has now learned some... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
from Apple, NASA, and LEGO. We suggest that task decomposition and problem-solving knowledge distribution are not deterministic but are strategic choices. If dynamic capabilities are associated with innovation streams, and if different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
approach decisions regarding endorsements. Similarly, because star athletes and other celebrities are "brands" that have certain meanings for consumers, companies can spend millions of dollars to align themselves with those... View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
structured, with aligned incentives, to deliver the lowest cost to investors. Facilitators (not advisers) originally available by telephone, later supplemented with an easy-to-use website, differentiate Vanguard’s service to go along with... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
in Austria, China, and India. Students can explore strategy transformation, geographic expansion, the process of introducing new measurement approaches, alignment of activities with strategic goals, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
it's definitely outside the box of where I thought I would end up," says Le Roy Moore, who recently moved from operations to a marketing role that involves coordinating strategic initiatives across UP's business groups, including... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
moving upmarket to challenge the industry leaders. They point out that Uber, commonly hailed as a disrupter, doesn’t actually fit the mold, and they explain that if managers don’t understand the nuances of disruption theory or apply its tenets correctly, they may not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
before targeted), the chotuKool represented a technological marvel—a small, inexpensive thermoelectric appliance powered by a rechargeable battery. The case traces chotuKool’s development and evolution from an initial product concept inspired by theories of innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
errors and past demand realizations to predict future demand (extrapolating). So-called optimal inventory policies are categorized here by perceptions of demand that align with reality. Naturally then, deviations from optimal inventory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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As future managers, it is crucial to develop a comprehensive understanding of modern IT, gain practical experience in its application, and cultivate a strategic perspective on how IT is leveraged within organizations. This course is... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
it faced huge capital expenditures associated with constructing its manufacturing facilities. The company was at a crossroads: it had to decide whether to partner with IBM or align with other firms as it tried to keep up with Intel.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
allowed for different rates of evolution in different software modules and in another case conferred distinct strategic advantages on a firm (by permitting substitution of an at-risk software module without substantial change to the rest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
head of Strategic Partnerships, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at LinkedIn, began working with Culture Shift Labs, she loved how closely its mission aligned with what she works to accomplish at... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
our discussions and suggests directions for research to investigate its validity. Publisher's link: http://pps.sagepub.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/10/1/3.full.pdf+html February 2015 Antitrust Bulletin The Influence of Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
people of color rising in executive ranks (finally), communities will look to them to represent the needs of vulnerable populations. 2022 could be the year of the coalition. The leadership skill most in demand will be the ability to work across divides to View Details
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