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- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
rules, module designers still have a lot of choices. Their alternative designs will normally display different performance characteristics that customers care about. In a modular system, those alternatives can be mixed and matched. The... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
then clearly that process was slowed by the crises of the last decade. But it is a process that is continuing and may well for some time to come. If, however, we recognize that globalization is also built upon institutional foundations,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
controversial—essentially argues that information technology is highly overrated in providing competitive advantage and should not be regarded as an important source going forward, at least at the level of an individual organization. Other writers fret about the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
pairwise industry and establishment level and measure agglomeration in a global and continuous metric space. These indices exhibit distinct advantages compared to traditional measures of agglomeration including the independence on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck cancers. Methods: Four prospective treatment-based bundles were developed for patients with selected head and neck cancers. These risk-adjusted bundles covered 1 year of care that began with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
For the longest time nobody thought malls would be seriously hurt by ecommerce but now we have enough evidence to believe that the tsunami is actually coming. If you are not careful about thinking through the implications, you will be... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Harvard Business School Case 413-096 Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise Novartis, the world's leading health care company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies. The case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
operations of three exemplary global companies (two headquartered in the U.S., one in Latin America). The project looks at how the "giants" are transforming themselves in light of their continuing and increasing global scope,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
continuously update plans and actions against rapidly shifting challenges. 1. Pierce the fog of war Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, coined the term "fog of war." He understood that a strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
continued to encounter conflict and resistance, but he kept repeating the balanced mantra, "No money, no mission," emphasizing the need to achieve harmony among these seemingly incompatible objectives. During the next three... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
pre-paid vouchers to an online subscriber base-has by all accounts been spectacular. Our evaluation of daily deals is a cautionary tale for merchants: a substantial percentage are unlikely to benefit, and might well lose money, by using this type of campaign. But a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
negotiators believe they are capable of distinguishing between situations in which they can safely rely on intuition from those that require more careful thought—but often they are wrong. In fact, most of us trust our intuition more than... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
being.” Others challenged data documenting productivity trends. Their position basically was that there is no need for patience. The productivity dividend is happening. For example, David Wittenberg cautioned us to “Beware of snapshot analysis amid a trend!... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
that organizations take a careful look at what they need to know to meet their challenges and leverage their opportunities, and then figure out how to go about learning it. Although Garvin's prescription sounds simple in the abstract, he... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s product markets dictates that this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
associated with adult outcomes at home. Sons raised by an employed mother spend more time caring for family members than men whose mothers stayed home full time, and daughters raised by an employed mother spend less time on housework than... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
competencies required for achieving top-line growth through global partners are different than the competencies required to be successful in reducing costs via outsourcing. Yet, many companies continue to manage global collaboration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace