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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
they seek advice from others. However, increasingly companies that operate in high-anxiety settings (like financial services, health care, and education) are deploying self-service technologies (SSTs), through which anxious customers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
They recommend a more coherent strategy that divides CSR efforts into three categories including those related to philanthropy, operational effectiveness, and shaping the firm's business model to better create shared value. Consideration... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
major supply contracts, and improve operational efficiency and quality, but might not have attended any "courses" on starting a new business in his or her prior career assignments. An outside... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
Internet more efficient at what those stores sell, what they sell may no longer needed by the customer! Those are the easier ones to see in decline. But there are some businesses that at first glance look to be OK but on close inspection... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
fashion to new challenges, staying aligned for maximum competitive impact. Q: What are the chief impediments to strategy execution? A: The chief impediment is inertia. Over time, organizations tend to optimize the efficiency of their... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
performance on immaterial issues perform the best. These results speak to the efficiency of firms' sustainability investments, and also have implications for asset managers who have committed to the integration of sustainability factors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
based on the costs of using efficient processes and contingent on achieving superior outcomes. The end result will be a more effective and more productive health care sector. The paper concludes with suggestions for accounting research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
comparison to their private counterparts. We do not argue that all SOEs are efficient or that it is optimal to have government ownership of banks and other companies. What we aim to show is that the return of state capitalism is likely to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
entrepreneurs as they pursue impact or scale, or both. In our framework, scale can be interpreted at two levels: either as operational efficiency, which is achieved by minimizing unit costs, or expanding reach to cover a large proportion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Industry Harvard Business School Case 507-021 ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality meat, healthier animals, and more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
framework of functional biases (whether those biases are intentional or not), the analysis of the political dimension of the forecasting process, and the idea of a coordination system are new constructs to better understand the interface between View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
SEC) greatly increases the comparability of implementation across countries. So you can see that country-level adoption could be both economically more efficient and make the accounting much more credible to outsiders who need to rely on... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
his camera than the telephone. It was not long after he began his career that his mother never had to work again. When Sam Walton opened his first five and dime store in Newport, Arkansas, after being mustered out of the Army in 1945, his goal was to become the most... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
it to wholly separate and autonomous agencies, supported by efficient and autonomous court systems. Sadly, the Turkish judiciary and police are bywords for corrupt practices. Silverthorne: In Chapter 5, the essay’s authors explore... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
policies, the most obvious being a transition to more efficient agriculture. Other beneficial policies include accelerating the establishment of Protected Areas, ensuring that tree crop plantations are located on degraded land rather than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency (revised) Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
how to win? A: My advice here is simple: Think business model. Most managers tend to focus on cost management and operational efficiencies when they strategize during a downturn. While there is nothing wrong... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Many markets have "unraveled" and experienced inefficient, early, dispersed transactions, and subsequently developed institutions to delay transaction timing. However, it has previously proved difficult to measure and identify the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
public entrepreneurship is going to work, we have to cut off the failing projects and invest in those that are working. So it’s essential for us to try new things in quick and efficient ways and move on from them, eventually, if the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace