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28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract We present evidence on the differences in the intensity with which ten major technologies are used in 185 countries across the world. We do so by calculating how many years ago these technologies were used in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

intense research with individual employees, try to make them partners in the research," she said. (HBS professor Nava Ashraf discussed this idea of co-producing knowledge in the Working Knowledge article, Climbing Down from the Ivory... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

graduate of the General Management Program, an intensive seven-week Executive Education curriculum at Harvard Business School. On April 22, beaming in from space via satellite feed, he spent half an hour addressing a packed audience of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

thinking intensively about the private equity industry. "This event will examine the changing structure of the private equity industry and the implications of the buyout wave of the past few years. It is clear that this industry is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

complained of intense time and productivity pressures, these issues were seen as a barrier only for women, defined as "work/family conflict." Meanwhile, measures taken to combat work/family issues pushed women off the partner... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

incredibly intense competition," Stafford notes. "But students don't have much context to evaluate what that really means and to understand what types of frictions prevent markets from being competitive." "It's not so... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

Thus, founder Jack Ma and his management team, who own a little over 9 percent of the company, can still retain control of its destiny. (Meanwhile, although Hong Kong stock market authorities are officially pleased to stay true to their rules and principles, we... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

22 Feb 2010
Op-Ed

Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis

subject himself to intense questioning by regulators and the media. Then he should make a personal commitment to every Toyota customer to repair the damage, including buying back defective cars. 7: Go on offense; focus on winning now.... View Details

Keywords: by William George; Auto

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

nature" and "an intensely human soul that champions dignity and freedom of spirit," Arjun Balakrishnan also pointed out the need for someone with "a solid grasp of big-picture forces ... the ability to understand... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

were working with companies daily versus 2 percent among venture capitalists. Will the intense interaction make a difference for private equity? It’s hard to say, but the hands-off nature and low expectations of venture capital firms,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

groups are more likely to have exited their transactions through an IPO or acquisition. Incentive schemes may lead to changes in the corporate investors' behavior, as the authors argue. Or it may be that firms—anticipating that their program will require View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

19 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

told the story of patient advocate Jackie Gruzenski, who faced an all-too-common experience when her husband was hospitalized for a cerebral bleed in 2009. Gruzenski was only allowed to see her husband during very strict visiting hours for the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

money. So it starts with a different kind of orientation. "They are intensely proud of their civilization and determined to preserve it, even as they have become leading players in a global marketplace" Second, the Chinese have... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

for "big teaming": intense collaboration between professions and industries with completely different mindsets. To explore the kind of leadership required to build the future, Edmondson and Reynolds tell the story of an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

to avoid intense price competition for the larger segment. A firm that conducts market research may therefore invest less in R&D and earn lower post-launch profits than a rival that has forgone such research. Backlash to Arbitration:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

closed, Lenovo is preparing for the intense limelight that would come with its sponsorship of the February 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. There, it plans to introduce a Lenovo-branded product line designed from the bottom up for the small to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

modern consumer society: agriculture, retail, pharmaceuticals, and the credit industry in post-World War II Germany, France, Britain, and the United States. In postwar Europe and the United States, the consumer protection idea "emerged out of nowhere, and it ended up... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

be opportunities to enter into higher engagement and higher value transactional collaborations. And, for a smaller, highly selective set, the partners might create the more intensive and demanding but higher payoff strategic integrative... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

will help make you a winner." Glaser's success story in fending off intense competition from Bill Gates & Co. and turning his seven-year old company into a prime purveyor of streaming video, audio, and music services on the Web... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

call. Lastly, I had 15 interviews in eight weeks. Travel took an intense toll on my body. I got strep throat twice in the month after I finished, and without regular exercise, I imagine my body would have broken down sooner. Silverthorne:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

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