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- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
comparable economics, they need to get a huge premium. Steve's response is that they don't have to get Microsoft's economics. They can do much worse than Microsoft's economics and still have a good business. The problem is that even at a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
support is the "meta-product" under which all aspects of commerce are subsumed. Deep support means "getting my life back." In order to provide this, deep support means that commercial entities absorb both accountability and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
with these markers of poor market performance? Q: And what’s your response to that? Dafny: It is heavily linked to the limited and diminishing degree of competition in so many health care sectors. Sadun: And we actually see that in the... View Details
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
expected Anglo's risk managers to emerge as "the heroes of risk management." "I saw these larger-than-life personalities making deal-making and deal-breaking decisions—billion-dollar megadeals," she says. "There's a lot of power involved... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
retailers require a rapid response from their suppliers. Indeed, a replenishment delivery time of no more than one to two weeks is now regarded as standard operating procedure. In their book, Hammond and her colleagues observe that... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
more as we move into the fall. In the meantime, chances are we can expect a significant amount of market volatility. So what do we do now? For starters, I believe that the federal government must focus on entitlement reform, new revenues,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
The partnerships worked because three essential components were in place: mutual expectations, mutual influence, and trust. When the task forces were commissioned, Childs and Gerstner set expectations and made sure that roles and View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-038.pdf Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience (revised) Authors: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In many manufacturing and service settings, fluid teams of individuals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
a right-to-work law was not a major part of their election platform because of the union opposition they thought it would generate. Quietly, however, Republicans did support a right-to-work law that was expected to attract more jobs to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
accounts at a Schwab branch office. "There is a certain ceremony that most people are used to when large sums of money are involved," he explains. Because customers aren't comfortable using their mouse to hand over significant dollar amounts, they go into a branch... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
of principles for responsible investment, a standard that falls well short of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decisions. Myth Number 3: Companies cannot influence the kind of shareholders that buy their shares, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
and organizations, when confronted with a severe threat, tend to constrict their information processing, focusing “tunnel-vision” attention on dominant rather than peripheral environmental cues. Threatened parties then tend to rely, in a rigid manner, on familiar View Details
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
today's managers need to harness technological advances, manage and lead a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipate and react to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, compete on a global scale, and operate in a socially View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
written a couple of chapters in other books on just this topic. Businesses can be powerful generators of social value because of their distinctive sets of competencies and resources. A major challenge facing business leaders is how to enhance the effectiveness of their... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
almost overwhelming." He said estimates indicate there are about 700 venture capital or private equity firms currently active, and it is expected they will raise more than $230 billion this year. "I heard somebody say recently... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
assets, including customer relationships; innovative products and services; high-quality and responsive operating processes; skills and knowledge of the workforce; the information technology that supports the workforce and links the firm... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Dickinson's Ludwig owned up to his responsibility for problems with a multimillion-dollar IT system brought to him by a task force he had commissioned to speak truth to power, and then outlined his commitment to fix the problem, he earned... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
faced a uniquely challenging combination of home and host country political risk. This article reviews the company's responses to these adverse circumstances, challenging the prevailing literature that interprets so-called... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne