Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (6,640) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (6,640) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 253 of 6,640 Results →
  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in supply chain management, service operations, and the investor's perspective on operations to MBA students and executive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 18 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 18

executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

Structural Transformation: A Competitiveness-based View

Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 12 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 12

the co-founders and co-CEOs of salaUno, Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana, were encouraged by the results of their fledgling start-up. salaUno was founded as a for-profit enterprise in order to have the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

evaluate them and take proper action if they are not performing.” Under these pressures from capital markets, most executives would begin restructuring and cutting costs... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2020
  • Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

bias in hiring and retention to grow a team that values diversity over the long term.  Build a leadership pipeline: Be proactive about identifying talent and promoting their professional View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

Marx—who holds six patents—spent ten years as an inventor and executive in the field of speech recognition. In this e-mail interview, he discusses the impact of noncompetes for inventors View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 9

Authors:Diego Comin, Mark Gertler, and Ana Maria Santacreu Abstract We develop a model in which innovations in an economy's growth potential are an important driving force of the business cycle. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Person Page

Media

Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

Area. We interpret this growth as a trend to coagglomeration in invention across technologies, and we explore different dimensions of this trend. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2008 (Revised December 2008)
  • Supplement

Gillette Company (E): Procter & Gamble

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
After arriving in 2001 as the first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he opted to sell it to... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Related
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 11

Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

better would fit this same profile. Now say you are a top executive of IBM or AT&T in the late 1990s. IBM has been famous in the minds of consumers for its hardware, from the big 360s of the 1960s to its PCs of the 1980s, View Details
Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson
  • 21 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

their companies' CRM initiatives had failed to deliver profitable growth and had damaged long-term customer relationships. Tempting as it may be to point the finger at your CRM technology, that won't help... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

including a full or partial sale of the firm. Students must assess the firm's strategy including the key risks and success factors associated with this industry; evaluate basic financial reports; assess the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2021 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Equity Bank: Charting the Future

By: Lauren Cohen, Michael Chitavi and Spencer C. N. Hagist
After climbing the ranks among Kenya's financial institutions from 66th to 1st, and toppling a quarter of the market share held by mobile money giant Safaricom, CEO James Mwangi must now guide Equity Bank into its next stage of development beyond "Equity 3.0." Should... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Decision Making; Market Entry and Exit; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Institutions; Economics; Kenya
Related
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

tax savings. We find that 2,281 top executives strategically realized their built-in capital gains prior to the tax hikes to save nearly $741 million in personal taxes in 2012. These executives also (1) make... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

women's beauty products enterprise Tweezerman faced the dilemma that every entrepreneurial growth company eventually confronts: "How much bigger can we get—can we handle the risk, the scale, the exposure, View Details
Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
  • September 1990 (Revised November 1994)
  • Case

Kao Corp.

By: John A. Quelch
As the Japanese diaper market expands, Kao management must determine its response to new product introductions by its two major competitors. Options include launching a new premium priced brand or a new low priced brand, or increasing advertising and promotion... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Industry Growth; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
Related
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

  Publications March 2015 AFP Exchange Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart. By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne