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Abhay Saboo

number of high-impact roles including monitoring the quality of 6,000 suppliers and overseeing the transfer of CT scanner production from Japan to China. "It wasn't just about technical issues," Abhay notes, "but how... View Details

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

commercial strategy that is not yet fully defined. As Nutricia defines its strategy, it also has to define the strategic control systems it will use to monitor and fine-tune the strategy moving forward. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources

worldwide from Euromonitor International. EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) - Current country and company information emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Use country-specific industry reports: Business View Details

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Career Timeline - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" article outlining Five Forces Framework in Harvard Business Review 1980 – Publishes Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors 1982 – Tenured at Harvard Business School 1983 – Co-founds View Details

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

five leader behaviors that have a positive influence on people's feelings, and the daily diary method allowed us to identify these behaviors at a very granular level. One of these is supporting people emotionally. The second is monitoring... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

the customer has no need to look elsewhere. Therefore, ensuring high-quality service is fundamental. The consumer bank monitored the service levels ("request fulfillment time") for its HVCs, surveyed its customers every six... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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Real estate: emerging markets

Where should I begin my research on real estate in frontier and emerging markets? Research Topics Suggested Resources Overviews ABI/ProQuest
Find articles and reports using keywords specific to your market and real estate sector; also a good source for Business... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method

Cooper. “It helped me see the value of getting direct input from those on the line in order to put successful process improvements into effect.” First-year MBA students currently participate in eight simulations, and there are more than a dozen in the second-year... View Details

Keywords: Educational Innovation

01 Dec 2020
News

Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)

limiting news intake first thing in the morning. You also have to factor in and respect additional responsibilities due to the pandemic, such as child care. Finally, monitor moods. I always make sure my clients know the seven criteria for... View Details

20 Apr 2020
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Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

productivity, because productivity involves so many different factors. Among the nine foundations for a healthy building (see graphic) is “security,” a term the authors expect will take on a broader meaning in a post-pandemic world. Building security will involve View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

19 Sep 2019
News

Predicting Human Behaviors

front of a faux dashboard. A large monitor simulated the view through a windshield as a car drove on a quiet suburban street. On one side of the road, a woman walked casually down the bike lane. On the other, a young boy with a backpack... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

performance, customer knowledge, internal processes, and learning and growth. The balanced scorecard is a practical management tool that marshals the value-added potential of people throughout the organization toward the achievement of long-term goals while providing a... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest that the board itself had approved involving Andrew Fastow’s dual... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

performance on real-time dashboards, making monitoring less onerous. “Small-business owners tend to focus on their customers, and on their products and services,” Mills says. “They often don’t have time for the accounting and paperwork.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

don't know enough about the human brain to make hiring judgments based on monitoring activity within certain parts of the brain, or about the people who plan to use neuromanagement or about their motives I caution you to be careful what... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

financial reform legislation, the gap in small business credit data was recognized and a specific provision was included to allow for more credible monitoring for small business access to bank credit. Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

29 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

tracking whether a person smiles, grins, or breaks out in laughter. Continuously measuring smile responses and facial cues allowed the team to determine a person's interest in viewing the ad and their intent to purchase the brand. The ad watchers were View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

28 May 2019
News

Tech for the People

project to livestream city council meetings on Facebook Live. His collaborations also included a partnership with the cloud file-storage company Box to archive videos of city council meetings, and a registry designed with IBM to monitor... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

governance system from U.S. companies; banks acted as monitors for Japanese companies, and the boards of Japanese companies had been dominated by insiders. In April this year, however, the commercial code was revised, and now Japanese... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2009
News

An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

If so, who should that be? The Treasury has proposed that systemic risks be monitored by a newly formed Financial Services Oversight Council, with the Fed becoming the primary regulator of all institutions posing such risks. I disagree... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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