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- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
investment hurdle rate on new products to stem the flow. But should all new ideas have the same hurdle rate? How can this help a producer sort the better from worse ideas in advance of bringing them to market? Will we as consumers... View Details
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
creating the sort of ambidextrous organizations we described earlier. How is the program structured to facilitate learning and the acquisition of new skills? Tushman: We employ a combination of approaches throughout the program to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
say, can be helpful — an approach that did wonders for a group at Nissan Design International when it was in the final throes of plans for the automaker's Pathfinder sport utility vehicle. No matter what form the incubation period takes, the group eventually has to... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
very important marker for COVID-19. When they debuted, smart watches seemed like sort of silly pieces of technology people used to count 10,000 steps, but they are becoming very important in giving early warning signs about dangerous... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
defense at age 29. In 1970, Rossotti and several Pentagon colleagues started American Management Systems (AMS). "We decided that big companies and government agencies could do a lot more with computers than just sort punched cards... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
worthy of consideration. He wondered, What if an Internet job site could sort through applicants ahead of time and somehow prequalify people before they applied? That simple question led to the business model behind TheLadders. “Part of... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
geographies, it seems reasonable to expect the contest for recognition to intensify. Many moral gray zones provide readily available intra- and inter-occupational sorting mechanisms. In global labor markets, moral gray zones will likely... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
siblings, that makes this even harder. Some sort of childcare solution is necessary. If employers could be flexible with an employee’s scheduling, that would enable the parent to support their kids’ education, particularly when they’re... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Organized labor, meanwhile, has little sympathy for any sort of sacrifice. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711084-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement (B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711085-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
and behaviors of both consumers and the distribution channels so that Montague folding bicycles have legitimacy." Harry Montague, an avid cyclist, is an example of the sort of "user-entrepreneur" studied by Tripsas.... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
sort of intense than it would be otherwise. And through the last few years, this is really something I didn't understand before I started working on climate full time, as I started building Joro a couple years ago—but climate justice and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Expensing options created a level playing field. Before, if you paid somebody in stock options, there was no accounting expense. But if you paid them in stock or anything else, there was an expense. That’s sort of silly. Now all forms of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
California, at the Plug and Play office, which is an accelerator based in the area, and there was some entrepreneur who was presenting I think like a smart dog caller or something like that. And we both sort of looked at each other and... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
1979). Counter to this notion, results from six experiments show that lay people adhere more to advice when they think it comes from an algorithm than from a person. People showed this sort of algorithm appreciation when making numeric... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
to existing competitors in a local market. We provide evidence that these results are due to a sorting effect, whereby firms trade-off service quality and price, and in turn, the incumbent attracts service (price) sensitive customers in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
expect their investments to outperform major equity indexes going forward, and they’re continuing to fund new endeavors. “It’s sort of the opposite of doom and gloom,” Gompers says. “We were surprised by how relatively unaffected the... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
problem, according to several readers, is identifying attitude in the first place. Bradburne Millett asks, "What sort of measurements are you contemplating to reveal desired attitudes on the scale needed to recognize their presence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
will enforce formal contracts just as they are expected to at home. What they may ultimately learn is that dispute resolution can look very different in different cultures. In Japan, which has a relatively small legal system and few lawyers, companies rely on... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius