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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
and boot it up and all of a sudden it works. It's anything but that. Q: In your preface, you explain that there has been less progress in the strategy field understanding the interaction between economic forces and organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
time. Book link: http://www.e-elgar-business.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12519 Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues Authors:Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda Publication:In Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
search listings by about the same quantity. This effect appears to result from interactions between the design of search results and users' decisions about where and how to focus their attention: users who decide what to click based on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher — or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a... View Details
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
they do, think what they think, and why they like or don't like your products. Getting that level of insight requires more intensive interactions with customers than CRM tools permit." It requires that you develop a "poetic... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for masculine... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
developers that couldn’t play by the discounters’ strict rules had fewer sales channels. With all the fun that toys bring to kids, the business is characterized by copycats, empty piggy banks, and aggressive competition that might make a... View Details
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
manage investors' expectations, and how you manage partners. The competitive advantage of the U.S. economy lies in our great science institutions and university infrastructure. —Gary Pisano "I see a lot of great research going on... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Google's prominent placement of its Flight Search service increased the clicks on paid advertising listings by more than half while decreasing the clicks on organic search listings by about the same quantity. This effect appears to result from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
founded a regional marketing effort to brand or market the area, but then shifted focus to building clusters. Examines the motivations of companies and company executives to get involved in regional competitiveness efforts and provides a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning
2 console. The game concept was simple but groundbreaking. Standing in front of the EyeToy camera (which sits unthreateningly on top of the TV), users place themselves into the game, appearing "inside" it on the television. There they View Details
Keywords: by Youngme Moon
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
the layoff research of our colleagues as a touchpoint, we are troubled by the potential long-term costs of this trend, including reduced innovation, lower team engagement, and attrition of talented people. The path to competitive... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Abstract We study competitive interaction between two alternative models of digital content distribution over the Internet: peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing and centralized client-server distribution. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
School’s faculty the autonomy to pursue answers to the business research questions that interest them most. Faculty members stay close to practice, interacting with business leaders and managers in the field to research the world’s most... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
existing theory would predict. We discuss how these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact and of how organizations can more effectively realize the strategic value of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
guardians as holding opposing views of institutional change, we reveal how the complementarity and ongoing interactions between each set of actors served as a valuable resource for industry resilience and adaptation. Our primary data... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In this paper, we consider how fluid teams and fluid tasks interact to affect team performance. We study the effect of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to changing tasks by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
technological outcome predicted by purely economic or organizational models. We also show that interactions of producers, users and institutions shape the development of collective frames around the meaning of new technologies. We thus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace