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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
the United States. “Because many companies are decoupling their supply chains from China post-Covid and moving them to North America in the phenomenon known as ‘nearshoring,’ Leni observed, “banks and investors have become interested in... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
decoupling of the company's resource allocation process from the highest-value strategic opportunities. The answer, some experts say, is to dispense with budgets entirely. The answer, some experts say, is to dispense with budgets... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
recently learned from such phenomena as the weak link between executive compensation and firm performance, and the impotence of so many corporate boards, American managers have become quite adept at decoupling the formal structures and... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
other countries, we see islands of competitiveness, where companies have managed to succeed in decoupling themselves from the most negative elements of the domestic environment while retaining the positive elements, as they attempt to... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
established firm," explains Teixeira, who details the phenomenon in a recent paper, The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors, coauthored with HBS Research Associate Peter Jamieson (HBS MBA'14). The companies spearheading the trend look... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
government institutional development influences the extent to which CSR communications are symbolically decoupled from substantive CSR activities. Our database includes all CSR reports issued by the approximately 1,600 publicly listed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
firms in front of the profit curve despite a high level of integration, Christensen, Raynor, and Verlinden assert. "To the extent a company like IBM maintains the flexibility to couple and decouple operations rather than irrevocably sell... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
to lead to improvements in dealing with the problem of economic benchmarking. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2517496 The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
deliberately worked to decouple the concepts of leadership and unsafe actions associated with stereotypical masculine behavior. Could you describe the kind of behaviors the company was trying to eliminate? I can tell you how the men... View Details
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
approach to paying for performance fits every organization. But the discussion suggests several pertinent questions: Should pay for performance be decoupled from company valuation? Should more judgment on the part of compensation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better and cheaper ways of doing that. Malls are going to increasingly transform into places for... View Details
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
and climate resilient foods and biomaterials! References [i] A. Tzachor, “The Future of Feed: Integrating Technologies to Decouple Feed Production from Environmental Impacts,” Ind. Biotechnol. , vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 52–62, Apr. 2019.[ii]... View Details
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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment
is seeking a way to decouple its development from emissions and to increase its energy independence. In this context, green hydrogen can play an integral role in India in achieving net zero by 2070 – in particular, green hydrogen is key... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
organizational condition is the decoupling of masculinity and competence. Whereas most dangerous workplaces conflate stereotypical masculine traits (being brave, tough, and strong, for example) and competence, displays of masculinity held... View Details
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
this case to develop theory about how the operational and cultural conditions of an organization can disrupt conventional masculine interaction patterns and identity-construction processes by decoupling images of leadership/competence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Publisher's link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/doi/10.1111/jacf.12102/abstract April 2015 CEIBS Business Review The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
power stems from its ability to identify and meet evolving customer needs, not its technology, says Thales S. Teixeira, author of the new book Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption. The company... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
gotten used to as consumers. Antonio Moreno: People still like going to a physical store to have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
conduct and to monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether or when these organizational structures can actually raise labor standards. We extend the literature on private politics and decoupling by identifying... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman