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- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero sum, argues the author. By giving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
cultivators, especially on public lands. This reduced the costs of tenure insecurity. Political constraints prevented the government from subsidizing land reforms to a greater degree. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-023.pdf Quality Management and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
by contrast, developed an explicit strategy for collaboration and made organizational changes to aid performance in these efforts. Ultimately, these actions allowed them to identify and exploit new business opportunities. In sum,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
performance of the district's lowest performing schools. But, relatively few BTR graduates joined these schools-they were free to pursue teaching openings at any school in the district. Solomon knew the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
performance. Firms that perform well were more market oriented, more competitive, and less consensual in terms of corporate cultures, and more open and participative in terms of organizational climates. Better Sales Networks Authors:Tuba... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
for the decade after World War II because wartime destruction led to excess demand, which limited competition as firms rushed to expand capacity. Given the enormous job of rebuilding Europe and much of Asia, it was not until the late... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
concentration and are correlated with differences in firm performance. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2363528 Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 By: Chen, Hui, Katherine Gunny, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
systems." Citing Robert Clarke, past Dean of Harvard Law School, Joe recalled Clarke noted that "Boards could be stewards of the corporation, looking after its long term health, or compliance officers using the Board's time to audit its View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but his job is... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
measure of national competitiveness. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18249 Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance Authors:Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract This paper evaluates the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
performance after they go public. These results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-104.pdf Elections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
emerge over and over: teams become increasingly concerned with the risks of failure rather than the requirements of excellence. As a result, they revert to safe, standard approaches instead of delivering original solutions tailored to clients' needs. I have named this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
distribution: (1) assistance selecting funds that are harder to find or harder to evaluate, (2) access to funds with lower costs excluding distribution costs, (3) access to higher performing funds, (4) superior asset allocation, and (5)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
understand all the communications protocols and the way everything fit together. There was a time when that became less important in the whole server era, but now it's happening with the Web. In order to get performance out of the Web,... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
perform their jobs more safely and effectively. The latter required that workers engage in mutual expressions of vulnerability: they acknowledged their physical limitations, learned from their mistakes, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and sales systems, performance evaluation criteria, and on-going performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
in the ways they do business. Moreover, hub firms themselves must do a better job leading responsibly for the good of all, not just creating and capturing value but doing more to sustain other players in the ecosystem. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
actually built by these firms? Many would argue that answers to these questions are irrelevant. As long as services are performed and products manufactured, they say, such organizational configurations are beneficial. They allow companies... View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
In addition, businesses in which the government is a majority shareholder may be more suitable for countries that recognize a "double bottom line" where compelling social interests—such as energy security, economic development, or job... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909025 Malaysia Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 209-024 In the first six weeks on the job, the new CEO of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has developed an ambitious turnaround plan,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace