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- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market. Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
productivity, because productivity involves so many different factors. Among the nine foundations for a healthy building (see graphic) is “security,” a term the authors expect will take on a broader meaning in a post-pandemic world. Building security will involve View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
if city regulators wanted to see the impact of licensing three new businesses on a particular block, they could monitor changes in Google Street Views, cross-referencing that data with online reviews in the neighborhood and housing... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
patterns and reduce your monitoring staff by 25 percent, but it’s better to explain how the public will get through rush-hour faster and how they will be able to pick up their kids more quickly,” says Weiss. In addition, he says, “city... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
efficient storage would get us a long way forward." Another potential plus: Consumers would have more control over their energy usage. Homeowners would be given in-home meters to monitor their energy use and even control how much... View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
operational, financing, and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which product developers can play a useful role in monitoring the deployment of their technology abroad. The analysis demonstrates that when firms want to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
narrower span. She must focus on compliance with standard operating procedures, and she is monitored through detailed input and process measures. The span of influence. The third span corresponds to the width of the net that an individual... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
this information. This provides us a very rare opportunity to monitor the performance of individual board members," says Ma. "In the United States you know this happens, but you don't get to observe it." Social Influences... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
of the financial scandals that propelled the recent economic collapse, Heese looked at enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, asking why regulators were so amiss at monitoring firms' compliance with accounting standards.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
However, if you're Fitbit or any of the other tracking and monitoring devices on the market today, you should be very concerned. The Apple Watch claims to render everything in these devices relatively obsolete. For $200 more than the... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
and monitor the CEO, scrutinize the performance of the company's leadership team, oversee financial reporting and disclosure, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. The recent failures triggered regulatory and legislative... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
largest insurance program. To meet this target, the government will rely on technology to effectively scale services, monitor quality, and ensure accountability. While India has seen great strides in informational technology development... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
because of poor eyesight, McNamara wanted to be close to the action in 1943 and helped man the US Office of Statistical Control in London, where he applied the statistical methods he had honed at HBS to monitor troop and supply movements,... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California’s retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to monitor and enforce Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) contracts, a system of price-fixing, then known as “fair trade.”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk of governmental monitoring affects the extent to which CSR reports are symbolic or substantive. First, we examine how firm characteristics reflecting dependence on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
differing results of high-tech companies started in Silicon Valley and Boston's Route 128 loop. What is different about Nanda's work is that it's some of the first research to go beyond the regional level to consider peer effects within a firm. Using a rich dataset... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
elsewhere." Going forward, he predicted, as the television screen and computer monitor converge into one "box," the banner ads that dominate the Web—but do little to engage the attention of consumers—will disappear. Another... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
commercial strategy that is not yet fully defined. As Nutricia defines its strategy, it also has to define the strategic control systems it will use to monitor and fine-tune the strategy moving forward. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
discriminate. During the time the researchers investigated, MLB had installed cameras pointed at the strike zone in a third of ballparks as a way of monitoring umpires' accuracy. They found that when cameras were present, umpires made... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
that strategy is being monitored on an ongoing basis," he says. “The caliber of our participants and the bonds they form is one of the program's strongest drawing points.” The southernmost point is about commitment to others.... View Details