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- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
capability. A more effective strategy, he writes, is to combine E and O, switching back and forth between the two approaches to fit the company's needs. Knowing when to apply one or the other theory is the key to being a successful chief... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-002 Classtivity: Payal's Pirouette A few months after launching a new fitness technology product, the small staff of New York startup Classtivity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
and other people with whom they have strong relationships and who take the time to understand them as individuals. With this support, they develop the strength, confidence, and self-awareness to gravitate toward paths that fit their... View Details
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
meanwhile, received a pass since their neutral rankings don't fit into an easy narrative. “A CSR positioning that says either you are already fantastic or you are trying to be fantastic is a risky position” To test the second part of the... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
model fits the practice of teleradiology. The article, titled "Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services," was written by Huckman; Jonathan R. Clark (HBS PhDHP '10), Pennsylvania... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
world." George employs all the right words in his thesis. He asks inspiring questions. He relates the experiences of a carefully selected sample of leaders that he regards as authentic. But as you think of those you know in positions of authority, do they all... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
and Store 24. The kit incorporates leading management experts' frameworks, outlining where they fit into the management cycle. Remedying Hyperopia: The Effects of Self-Control Regret on Consumer Behavior Authors:Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz... 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
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
their control for leadership effectiveness. He suggested that tribal leadership, described in a book by the same name, is “a perfect fit for the fast moving networks of the Seventh Sense.” It describes organizations formed around natural... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
are basically fit but who make an effort to look after themselves. The importance of consumers working to preserve their health though sensible, preventative measures cannot be underestimated; these consumers are reducing or at least... View Details
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
possibility and addressed the possible practice on its merits and demerits. As Shadreck Saili put it, " all other methods we use seem to be part of neuromanagement any method that can be used to refine the identification of a perfect View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
privately. "There can be little doubt," concluded Marwell and Ames, "that subjects in our experiment do not fit Olson's description of rational free riders in this isolated, abstract, but financially real situation." Their criticism is... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Balanced Scorecard Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts, with strategy execution lost along the way. A new book by Balanced Scorecard creators Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton aims to make strategy a continual process.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
very broadest terms, everyone expected biotech to "work" just like all other high-technology industries, and thus we deployed a lot of the same thinking, models, financial arrangements, and strategies that worked elsewhere, but just didn't View Details
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
emotional level with this initiative. As one Pfizer manager put it, "One of the reasons people enjoy working at Pfizer is that we conduct medical research that helps with the illnesses that mankind suffers." Indeed, this type of initiative View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
an overall sponsorship deal with the NBA. With his Stance deal coming up for renewal in October 2016, what kind of deal should Wade and Joseph-Metelus propose to Stance? And how would a newly structured partnership fit into Wade’s overall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
and remove them from power when situations change. Take seriously the statements made by unfiltered leaders before they take power. Choose unfiltered leaders who have been successful filtered leaders in other contexts. Shape the position to View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
of projects, to try things out, to see what works. Delivery of value is ongoing. The default in this model is action. The idea is you do custom assembly, but you put a premium on the ability of those things to fit together like Lego... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 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