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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
for this product. However, he is not entirely certain how this new business will function, both with respect to how the product is distributed and to how Sidoti & Company will get compensated for it. The case discusses Sidoti & Company's business model and how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract The article reports on a study concerning team building and the fit or interpersonal congruence among team members. The study found that the performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
which I conceptualize and describe as different calculative cultures. The study suggests that calculative cultures, which in these cases shaped managerial predilections towards ERM practices, are relevant, albeit so far neglected, constituents of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
as continuous variables to represent customer segment and average daily room rate. The case contains tables showing the output of the regression model and compares the fit of the moving average and regression models. The case allows... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the J.C. Penney business model and brand. However, with sales continuing to decline, the board fired Johnson in April 2013 and appointed Johnson's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
risk reports-that spread their expertise (toolmaking). While controlling the tools' design and implementation, the risk managers incorporated business managers' insights (teamwork) and made sure everyone could understand the findings (translation). Ultimately, experts'... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
prototypes, artists made jewelry, and developers punched out low-cost housing. Machines that had cost upwards of $50,000 now cost a few thousand and could fit on a desktop. Formlabs brings 3-D printing home Formlabs developed a... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
strategy. Without such a strategy, companies will have a hard time weighing the trade-offs of various practices-such as crowdsourcing and customer co-creation-and so may end up with a grab bag of approaches. They will have trouble designing a coherent innovation system... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
highly reliable sources, are generally not believed unless they fit the company agenda." Others maintained that planning without prediction is impossible. After all, a plan is a prediction. As Vishu put it, "Managers should base... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
encouraging the growth of good companies that can replace imperial excess with values-based capitalism; (4) restoring respect for government by ending decades of contempt for the public sector and ensuring competence in that vital sector; (5) connecting with the world... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
forecasting, despite a number of characteristics that make it a challenge to fit to a dynamic supply chain environment, to be effective in that context. We further show that the forecasting process, together with the supporting mechanisms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
tightest fit between actions and intended impact. An organization's choices must reflect its priorities. Once leaders have asked the right questions, the resulting clarity will help them with difficult choices they need to make to be... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Activity Based Costing System to the Theory of Constraints System (TOC). Using structuration theory as a framework, we posit that user responses and attitudes towards TOC are influenced not only by the technical features of the system and the potential economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
which makes sense. So fun and the enjoyment of problem solving fit together in open source. In our study of scientific problem solving, most people were not going to win yet still participated. We saw that, on average, 240 people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
clear-cut business strategy for its research laboratory, and, in turn, many of PARC's technologies did not fit into Xerox's strategic objectives. For instance, the Alto's ability to adapt to large customers' computer systems was... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
had done in tolerance stacking. Or should they "go broad" and continue to lobby headquarters for more complex assignments that might ultimately lead to program ownership for an entire vehicle? Each scenario had different implications for how GMTCI View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
employers offer fitness programs and healthy menu choices in company cafeterias, sometimes at lower prices than the less healthy alternatives. To promote screening and management of chronic conditions, employers are moving to on-site... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national categories. The place of registration, the nationality of shareholders, and the nationality of management often pointed in different directions. During... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
important to think about how that requirement meshes with the social context of the firm. This assessment of fit will help a manager determine whether the technology is incompatible with the social context of the organization and, as a... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
humans have become an indoor species, so buildings have a major impact on our health. say John Macomber and Joseph Allen. Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire Thomas DeLong, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains in a new book what makes a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff