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- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
knowledge about process and productivity improvements that lower costs while simultaneously maintaining or improving outcomes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51774 in press Journal of Personality and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
we document the processes through which acts of silence became self-reinforcing. The dynamic model of silencing conflict induced from our data has implications not only for norm development, but also for a variety of other domains... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
find that transparency, by visually revealing operating processes to both producers and consumers, generates a positive feedback loop through which value is created for both parties. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
implementation plan for a specific market—Brazil—is described. In particular, we are given data that were used in the roll-out process that showed the market's managers how they compared with other markets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
unexpected changes to work processes are discussed. The case also allows for discussion of how to plan a phased implementation with adequate time for organizational learning to occur between the time that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
But with few exceptions, organizational structure has failed to keep up with other market-fueled technological innovation. As a result, a lot of companies are stuck in a structure rut, and aren’t operating as smoothly as they could be. “We have this sort of binge diet... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
announced a new strategy, which he called "One IBM." Having planted that stake in the ground, the company carefully chose what businesses to divest—its energy was then pointed toward the One IBM theme. Processes were... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
stabilize prices, develop a plan to rationalize capacity, and so on. The mentality was that all companies should share equally in the pain; then no one will get hurt too badly. Of course, this approach leads to a perpetually uncompetitive... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
this want/should pattern, and we briefly discuss survey results suggesting a potential explanation for this. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAEC Systems Business Plan Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Business School Case 618-021 Great Lakes Banking Group: Data Management In May 2016, Michael Rechtin, an expert in international data center law, advised global financial services firm Great Lakes Banking Group (GLBG) on its plans to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
PublicationsSelling to Many Countries—Within the U.S. Authors:Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (fall 2010) Abstract In pursuing growth, many companies have plans to sell to emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing New Venture Opportunities Harvard Business School Note 809-163 The note describes a systematic process for framing and researching the issues that should be analyzed in the course of considering a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with driving strategic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings
The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
through a largely unguided process like biological evolution with a gradual impact upon the distribution of power among economic and political actors, the emergence of factor markets typically required fundamental reordering of power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a merger. Finansbank AŞ... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
similar "micro-projects," but instead he decided to pursue them and fly under the radar of corporate headquarters. Successful innovations emerged, such as an Easy Lister feature, and separate registration processes for private and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
of the benefits associated with a diverse workforce. While it is critical for managers and researchers to understand the processes and outcomes associated with diversity, much work remains to be done in this important area of scholarship.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire cycle of care. We describe the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne