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- 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 investments with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
initially skeptical about the group, success is unlikely. This suggests how important it is for companies seeking to build standards around their technologies to find credible standard setting bodies with well thought through policies to... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
shifts from the corporate team to lower organizational levels when the new business initiative reaches economic and cognitive legitimacy. We use these insights to revise the organizational ambidexterity concept, considering the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
understood and the design space is mined out. But "mining out" is not inevitable. Some design spaces—for example, in computers, information technology, and entertainment—seem to have boundless capacity to engender new, fascinating designs. Q: In your model,... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
really like niche products much. Elberse outlines the implications of her research for producers and retailers, and offers strategic advice to both groups. Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An Analysis of Lehman Brothers'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished via social movement abetted, to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
including internal and external crowdsourcing contests. Emphasis is placed on exploring actual open innovation initiatives within Siemens and their outcomes. These include creating internal social- and knowledge-sharing networks and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
based on value. Value-based competition will serve to drive innovation. 4. Moving to value-based competition has important strategic implications for providers as well as health plans and employers. Providers: In an environment where... View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary business models and formulate strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size, wherein it was constrained by a structure of having... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
signed may sour. Risk Factors The most common causes of social contract problems are lack of awareness and benign neglect. The parties involved inevitably form expectations about how the deal will be carried out, whether they discuss them or not. Even if View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after raising the fund, they were about to close a deal on a target company, but the seller wants to renegotiate. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
products containing the A2 protein only primarily in Australia and China. With sales of NZ$730 million in 2017 and a desire to grow, a2MC formed a strategic relationship with Fonterra, the world's sixth largest dairy company, in February... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
despite recent problems. On a more strategic level, he needed to recommend how to take the company's Sustainability Initiative to the next level and consider whether changes were needed to its organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
a major push into the production of exclusive, original programming, one of the industry's most competitive areas. Hulu's new initiatives occurred during a major transformation in the TV industry as the Internet had revolutionized every... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
strategic behavior by any party. In opening-up improvisations: Relational acts bring the parties together. The parties make positive value statements throughout the negotiation and typically assume mutual honesty. Substantive... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Overview Confidence in an organization is more than just a spirit of "We can do it." It is the foundation, systems, and culture involving positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny, respect, teamwork, accountability, collaboration, and View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel