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- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
on cost savings, then get upset when they don't materialize quickly enough. Q: What research are you working on now? A: I'm looking at how the Italian networks of small and medium-sized companies use technology. It turns out that they... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
asserted, "more highly skilled individuals will have to work even harder to make sense of all the material now available to them. And even though e-commerce, IT, and the Internet bring with them great opportunities, the advantages... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
wrong choices. This case examines a decision made by IBM in its semiconductor process technology strategy: a material to use as a dielectric insulator in its leading edge silicon chip technology. While at the time of the decision it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Corporation Harvard Business School Case 808-075 Teaches students to diagnose the circumstances under which time pressure can facilitate or hinder creativity. A team's creative "genius", Miles Grady, who previously conceptualized a revolutionary View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
contributing. Probably a greater ability is to deliver materials that can be experienced at different levels. In other words, going back to the gap between novice and master to allow people to find their own place on that continuum and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
designated partners within the larger fluid department. Our multi-method study reveals the design and benefit of minimal team structures (team scaffolds) in fluid work settings. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1987724 Cases & Course View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
accountability and span of control to motivate different levels of innovation and entrepreneurial behavior. Six propositions are derived inductively about when, why, and how managers make these choices. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280355 Cases... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
an hour, or 90 minutes at the most. There are tremendous diminishing returns in lengthier meetings. When you only have an hour, you don't waste time on nonproductive tangents. You also need to think about how you structure the meeting. When meeting View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
Security and Exchange Commission mandated that publicly traded companies had to disclose all material information to their investors at the same time. The researchers found that after the introduction of that rule, the return spread of... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
something missing. He was actually contending with far deeper concerns than how to gauge distance from the blackboard. He was young, the same age as some of the students he was trying to teach. He didn't believe in a lot of the teaching View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
item, that really means you'll sell between 5,000 and 15,000 units. Instead of buying 10,000, it might be smarter to buy 5,000 finished units and materials for an additional 10,000 units to be assembled quickly if early sales are strong.... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
is unlikely to materialize without changing payment models and incentives to promote value over volume. Achieving such a seismic shift in incentive structures will require time, energy, and collaborative efforts. As technology advances,... View Details
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
surprising because the Intuitive Criterion refinement is the most commonly utilized belief refinement in the literature, while the Undefeated refinement is rarely employed. Our results have material implications for both research and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
how power struggles activated faultlines and were, in turn, reinforced by them, and documenting the emotion regulation processes triggered by subgrouping and enacted through language-related choices and behaviors. Cases & Course View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2397317 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 515-042 Simplot Plant Sciences: Designing a Better Potato Privately held Simplot has developed a new... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Publications April 2015 John Wiley & Sons The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Michael P. Krzus Abstract—The Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39382 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 913-041 SaferTaxi: Connecting Taxis and Passengers in South America SaferTaxi, a taxi booking service in South America, must develop its... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
may trace to historically contingent conditions under which markets are constructed as legitimate. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-047.pdf Cases & Course Materials Ze-gen: Commercializing Clean Tech Lynda M.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
investment bank has a real interest in a company in some fashion; but this information tends to be buried in very small print in the back of the materials provided by investment bankers rather than up front. This is a failure of the... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace