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- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
with the lessons taught in BSSE. "I tell my students that they'll get a better framework in this 14-week course than I got in 14 years at the school of hard knocks," Huber says. "General Motors spent a billion dollars on my tuition. That was the negative... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
return on investment (ROI). Wall Street was a data-driven place to work, and if they wanted to create something that would survive beyond the tenure of the firm's existing leadership, they had to prove that the time, money, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
and using 'money' facilitates the exchange of goods and services. So we are still capitalists " Barry Shere commented that "I do not see how profits are neutered as a result of the pressure on prices and margins per transaction. As for lowered View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
consumer tastes, increased competition, and evolving advertising trends and sales channels. Seeing innovation as a key to future success, in 2016 the company established eighteen94 capital, its corporate venture capital arm, which had announced View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
also be necessary. Many companies assume that 50 percent, 100 percent, even 200 percent annual turnover in workers is “normal.” As a result, they fail to invest in programs such as upskilling that will dramatically improve their retention... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
mechanisms of value infusion in the institutionalization of organizations. Publisher's link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000044011 April 2015 Harvard Business Review The Type of Socially Responsible View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408128 Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal Harvard Business School Case 209-009 When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
literature when it comes to linking sales efforts with strategy. Part 1 of this book provides data indicating how and why sales remain (by far) the biggest part of strategy implementation in most firms, the issues involved in linking selling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
sales people. The article discusses reasons for that gap, the implications, and an example of what one leadership team did to link better its business strategy with sales investments and behaviors. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
insurance developed stronger private equity markets in high volatility sectors over 1990-2004. These patterns are further evident in U.S. investments into Europe. In this context, policy mechanisms are more important than the overall... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Similarly, in the case of an energy company like Enron, this model would call on directors to be concerned not just with shareholder value when deciding whether to manipulate the trading of natural gas contracts in California, but also... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
linkages on a strategy map that define and tell the story of the business unit's strategy. Summary Traditionally, competitive advantage came from access to low-cost raw materials, energy sources, or financial capital and an ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
turnaround of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 2002-2003 season? Was it Paul Pressler as head of Disney Sports, because he got investment funds from Disney CEO Michael Eisner and then hired Bryan Murray? Was it Bryan Murray as the general... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
http://hbr.org/product/multi-sided-platforms-foundations-and-strategy/an/714436-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-148 Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa This case considers the strategies of Charles W. Engelhard, an American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could promote the health and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Abstract We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (1) endogenous and slow diffusion of technologies from the developed to the developing country and (2) adjustment costs to investment flows. We calibrate the model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne