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- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
business of providing services to patients. (Those who are uncomfortable with the notion of businesses in health care can substitute the term service lines.) The question "What business are we in?" is an important one because it... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
strengthened. These changes may reflect the growing role for the euro as a reserve currency in the international financial system. The risk-minimizing currency strategy for a global bond investor is close to a full currency hedge, with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions is best explained in terms of industrial structures, inclusive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
purview of headquarters. Headquarters has given them full responsibility for performance with little direct oversight, and allowed them to develop a more objective view of the enterprise and its strategies. This enables them to entertain... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
full advantage of its growing product portfolio. Students debate the merits of going after new customers by building an enterprise sales force or mining the existing customer base with an inside sales force that already has a lot on its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
enrollment changes. After that point, the course fee is non-refundable and any financial aid will be removed if the course is dropped. Students should refer to the GEO website (login required) for full details on IFCs and to be sure they... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Obrador filed complaints with the Federal Election Tribunal, per the constitution, Maurer notes. And many prominent members of the opposition conservative party, if not conservative candidate Felipe Calderón, have defended López Obrador's right to challenge the results... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
performance measurement with the goal of increasing a nonprofit's ability to serve more people more effectively. This note discusses the full set of venture philanthropy practices and their impact on grantees. It also explores what could... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
length every time. And although art-based processes realize the full capabilities of talented workers and can benefit from great worker talent, by no means do they require exceptional or especially creative individuals. Nor does great... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
read it, and you know it will always run as claimed. That’s the substitute for institutional trust, and while it’s powerful, it limits what you can do in these systems to some degree, because you have to design software that can be... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
perversely, originates in the fact that Tony's life is full of purpose and progress. His calendar is filled with meetings, and there are usually urgent phone calls to return. Tony is also accomplishing a lot, and success brings its own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of at least 51 people in Panama after they ingested medicine made with diethylene glycol, an industrial chemical similar to antifreeze that a Chinese company used as a substitute for pharmaceutical-grade syrup. In June, officials at the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
value than e-commerce, such as immediacy, curated selection, or allowing touch and feel of non-digital experiential goods. Thinking of online shopping as a compliment and an opportunity, rather than as a substitute and a threat to offline... View Details
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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA
organization. The agreement is designed to facilitate the educational objectives of the course, by giving the Global Partner reasonable assurances (about confidentiality, for example) that will encourage its full and open engagement with... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
and Machine Learning By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Evan Starr, and Rajshree Agarwal Abstract—The advent of artificial intelligence in the form of machine learning technologies ushers new questions regarding the pace at which it may View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
possibilities as opportunities to complement what we currently do. Let me explain. I don't think anything can substitute for the magic of what happens on our campus and in our classroom. While I know the phrase "transformational" sounds... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
& Course MaterialsA123Systems Harvard Business School Case 606-114 A123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company, Yet-Ming Chiang, was a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
interdependence between the IGO network and the domestic institutions of states. The interdependence between these global and domestic institutional forms is complex, with target-country democracy being a substitute for economic IGOs, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
rapid appearance of clones drove a high level of standardization and modularity in the industry, and value was distributed along the value chain depending on levels of competition and ability to substitute components at each level. On the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
data, is computationally light and allows for flexible substitution patterns. We apply the model to a data set containing browsing and purchase information from a retailer stocking over 500 products, recover the elasticity matrix, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman