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- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
observation: In 1969, there was information technology that put people on the moon. But we didn't have computers in the intensive care unit until 1982 or 1983. We had a computer that calculated cardiac flow rates out of the heart. And that was a very crude device that... View Details
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
You've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next level. What's the next step? There are plenty of guides that offer tips on negotiation strategies. As useful as these are for a grounding in the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
long-run consumption and dividend growth should be highly persistent and predictable from stock prices. BKY's calibration does better in this respect by greatly increasing the persistence of volatility fluctuations and their impact on stock prices. This calibration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
that is indistinguishable from panic."6 Almost everyone has colleagues who seem to fit this description: their energy, focus, and productivity are extraordinary—they are the first in the building and the last out—but even their... View Details
- 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
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
firms in order to find new measures of strategy and to understand their linkages to organizational structure within such firms. It shows how the core knowledge required for decision making and the coordination challenges in these firms drive their internal structures,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
appeared to be growing, the new Super 8 reflected the culture and identity of a firm originally rooted in film and consumer products. Sentiment aside, Clarke needed to decide if the new Super 8 fit into the company’s overall strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
CEO. Choosing a CEO is arguably the board’s most important function, and boards need to pay attention to candidates’ ethical fit as well as their business and technical skills. The case is also a reminder that society’s expectations for... View Details
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
of this. And it would be perverse if the solution was to dumb down or limit what the institutions can do in terms of what they develop, to fit the existing managers. I think the longer-run solution is that general managers have to become... View Details
- 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
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
putt and the remaining distance to the pin conditioned on missing. The first is modeled through a logistic regression, the second through a gamma regression. Both models fit the data well and provide interesting insights into the game.... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
against the need to reduce a platform holdup problem. Agree to Disagree: Frank Discussion, Attention to Cultural Fit Can Help Avoid Recruiting Errors Author:Sachin H. Jain Publication:Modern Healthcare (February 23, 2009) Abstract Almost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
For the school that so boldly launched the MBA 100 years ago and went on to become the bluest of blue-chip brands in business education, it seemed only fitting that Harvard Business School should mark its centennial year by examining the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
the acquired operation has a different culture than its existing operation. How can Gome remedy that? How does the acquisition, if it happens, fit the overall corporate strategy of relying on thin margin and volume? How would this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
cultural fit with JLL. Staubach paid its brokers with a commission model, which accelerated JLL's decision to let go of its long-standing salary and bonus approach. The merger also surfaced two interesting business opportunities. First,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
It simply doesn't fit experience on the ground. Without a broadly accepted theory of governance performance to provide a standard against which organizations can evaluate and improve their practices, every decision maker applies their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
and the communities in which it operates. Employees also want to know where they fit within the organization and how they can contribute to helping it achieve its mission and objectives. Furthermore, leaders now recognize that their... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
designed to enhance competitive effectiveness, we review the necessary analyses to ensure that resources are aligned with strategic initiatives. Most importantly, this module demonstrates how asset allocation fits into and supports a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel