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- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
its market share was around 10 percent, surpassing that of the United States. As German firms compete on quality they also compete on brand: "Glashütte watches are not competing with Timex," he notes. Brand and quality are... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
lecturer of business administration and the C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell: Watch costs and find channel advantages Given COVID-19 transmission rates as of mid-November, the upcoming... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
investment. Steve Williams (MBA '84), senior director at Genentech, Inc., in South San Francisco, remembers watching a television program about the biotech industry in late 1987 with his father, who was fighting metastatic colon cancer.... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
many were watching her closely. Should she go so far as to make the unprecedented move of shutting down the mines? What message would that send to the company and to the mining industry? The lives of others, Carroll's reputation, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
well (and no one is there to watch you). Exercise is also an area where individuals have a great deal of control, which makes it a therapeutic activity in times of uncertainty. Short-term bursts of strenuous activity are not only... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
issue with a colleague in which we looked at feminist perspectives on a lot of topics, and I took on organizations. I had some early insights, though they were very hard to articulate, and they all entered into this project that became Men and Women of the Corporation.... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
among all the groups and individuals involved. Key among them was the "dailies"—gatherings of Pixar staff to watch and discuss presentations of work in progress. Such meetings occurred at other studios too, but at Pixar a wide array of... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
report data from an experiment where subjects in a Willpower Treatment are asked to resist the temptation to join others in watching a humorous video for 10 minutes. In relation to a baseline treatment that does not require willpower, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-143.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act Authors:Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Abstract This paper analyzes the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
watching the response." Let them lead while you learn. When you identify new offerings or markets where your assessment of initial risk versus potential returns suggests caution, a competitor may do you the favor of venturing onto... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
with infants born at later gestational ages, giving the baby a chance, not watching their baby die, and equating CC with euthanasia. Some choosing CC wanted to avoid infant suffering. Conclusions: The degree of detail and order of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
and events through the eyes of the men and women watching them in real time: to follow the arc of time, if you will. And this represented an exciting intellectual opportunity for me, as a historian and scholar of entrepreneurial... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
product dubbed a “wearables game changer”; and enjoyed a loyal customer base, particularly among technology early adopters and the community of software developers that created applications and watch faces for its products. Nonetheless,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
relevant facts, but if directly asked, they are more likely to respond honestly. Watch for dodging. Don't let your counterparts sidestep your questions—write them down in advance, take notes on the answers, and make sure you get the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
by keeping a tight watch on costs. They had to. Because growth capital had come in from almost all corners, expect one: major venture firms. Now, with roughly $6 million in annual revenue, and projections to double that within three... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
Rogers and her team are faced with the task of creating an Olympic Legacy Reserve Fund that could enable the city to achieve its sustainability goals, but involves a significant tax increase for Vancouver's residents and businesses. With the world View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
develop strategies for managing their own emotions, as well as those of the people on the receiving end, in order to facilitate successful task performance. Watching others, role-playing with a colleague, doing a dry-run in front of a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
and to sell media time. A second objective of the case is to understand the implications of social TV viewing, the audience engagement that results when people watch television with a smartphone or tablet in hand, participating in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
world of advertising by transforming the way Americans watched television. BCM had developed a technology to make television "clickable," enabling viewers to interact with the content on their television screens. By April 2009,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace