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- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
initial public offerings to longitudinal data on employment composition from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We construct a set of comparable firms by looking at companies that filed and then withdrew a plan for an IPO. To... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
and to Tactics Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart Publication:Special Issue on Business Models. Long Range Planning (forthcoming) Abstract The notion of business model has been used by strategy scholars to refer to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
them in turn. At the most simplistic level, you focus on addressing strategic questions such as: Why will this new technology meet customer needs, even if those needs aren't obvious right now? Why will it form the basis of new business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over 100 countries, Arcor analyzes how it can become truly global with production facilities and distribution networks in various regions,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
growth requires. This article explores six common mistakes that executives make in this arena: 1) Failing to provide the right kind of oversight. The CEO should spend meaningful time with the team and with potential customers; 2) Not... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
with Monster, to which he had sold Military.com. Within its first year of operations, Affinity Labs launched eight vertical portals including PoliceLink, NursingLink, TechCommunity, and IndiaOn. While the company was well ahead of its original View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
except at the innovation frontier where we do see foreign companies setting up. So even as many in South Africa would see the acquisition of a successful company as potentially not the right kind of direct investment, the fact that it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
the dynamics of these types of markets, and to plan their business strategies accordingly." In this interview, Baldwin discusses the research and its implications for entrepreneurs who would like to become their own user innovators.... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
bespoke, and digital media. Because Spiegel & Grau, a Random House imprint that holds the rights to the book, lacks the funds to market Carter's memoir at a scale deserving of a superstar, Droga5 is asking Microsoft to shoulder most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
worked tirelessly to operationalize her new mutualist ideals, which comprise collective strength, independence, and shared protections. In 2008, she plans to move the organization into the health insurance industry in an effort to support... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
moving upmarket to challenge the industry leaders. They point out that Uber, commonly hailed as a disrupter, doesn’t actually fit the mold, and they explain that if managers don’t understand the nuances of disruption theory or apply its tenets correctly, they may not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
two questions. First, when (and why) should a company’s strategy be developed by its CEO versus by some outside analyst or other insider? Second, how does strategy interact with vision (in the sense of a strong belief about the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
organizations and in the right locations to deliver high-value care. The strategy for moving to a high-value health care delivery system comprises six interdependent components: organizing around patients' medical conditions rather than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
organization's frontlines and back offices. This new partnership with employees is reinforced with personal and team objectives linked to unit and corporate achievement, and, typically, with a new incentive plan that enables all employees... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton