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  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

per consumer visit and 2) influencing stores' choices of strategic variables (e.g., pricing). We characterize the conditions under which there would be no role for search diversion as a strategic instrument... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

innovation and technology at the top of their lists, but it’s also not something that they do well,” concludes Groysberg, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration. The two findings, adds Cheng, “go hand in hand. If they don’t see innovation as a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 31 May 2017
  • Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

industry is at the heart of much research at Harvard Business School. Here is a sampler of stories about restaurants, chefs, food science, and more. D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable Under the leadership of Chef Davide... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

"internal" with "external" negotiations, especially focusing on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work is the view that each side's View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, with a special focus on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work has been the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

sales as an engine of growth in the early 2010s, but international sales had also stagnated over the past few years. Wal-Mart's leadership had targeted the rapidly growing e-commerce arena as a strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

with greater frequency, and these formerly isolated clusters have begun to interconnect into larger networks through which information flows more freely between companies. Such environments provide both strategic opportunity and potential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

Taylan, Elie Ofek, Oded Koenigsberg, and Eyal Biyalogorsky Abstract—This paper studies the strategic interaction between firms producing strictly complementary products. With strict complements, a consumer derives positive utility only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407025 Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses Harvard Business School Case 406-102 Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2023 (Revised February 2025)
  • Background Note

Corporate Climate Targets

By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
Companies that are addressing climate change by mitigating their greenhouse gas emissions often set reduction targets. This note describes several types of widely used carbon reduction targets, including carbon neutral, science based, net zero, real zero, and carbon... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Strategy; Climate Risk; Target-setting; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Measurement and Metrics; Strategic Planning; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

in Austria, China, and India. Students can explore strategy transformation, geographic expansion, the process of introducing new measurement approaches, alignment of activities with strategic goals, and issues in leading change both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

expropriated American investments, but in almost every case the U.S. government's employment of economic sanctions or covert action obtained market value or more in compensation-despite the growing strategic risks. The advent of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

Business School Case 409-060 This case illustrates the leadership and management challenges of starting a new firm based on a new business model and how success creates pressures that challenge the work/life balance which was one of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

development interests on asset management, risk management for global investment, and negotiation and deal structuring. He also served in a variety of leadership roles: as chair of the Finance Unit (1986-88); as senior associate dean,... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52291 Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L. Tushman... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

higher crop yields and reduced carbon emissions, the company's return on this investment has been estimated at $5 billion. The company was even more ambitious when setting its next set of 10‐year goals in 2006. In this statement, Dow's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

School—Gary Pisano, David Upton, and Steven Wheelwright—show how a well-designed operations function can become a strategic competitive weapon. Their book is titled Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

http://hbr.org/product/non-equity-financing-for-entrepreneurial-ventures/an/814005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-010 Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports eBusiness Division Describes a senior management team's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

American corporations manage the racial composition of their elite leadership groups in response to these norms. What Can We Learn from 'Great Negotiations'? Author:James K. Sebenius Publication:Negotiation Journal (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

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