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  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

forthcoming Abstract Capitalism, as defined in this book, is an indirect, three-level system of governance for economic relationships (i.e., economic, administrative, and political). Whereas economic markets can coordinate supply and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

Pérez Villaneuva, Mayra Espina Prieto, and Lorena Barberia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, forthcoming. Abstract The Cuban economy has been transformed over the course of the last decade, and these changes are now likely to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 8

improve education outcomes by coordinating the actions of diverse community stakeholders-nonprofit service providers, school districts, government, parents, businesses, and others. StriveTogether had an intense focus on collective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

advertising agency services and the slow pace of change over several decades. We model an agency's decision as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing a relationship with an agency and pecuniary economies of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006

a genocide that had claimed the lives of over 10 percent of its population. The case focuses on the formulation of an economic strategy to rebuild the economy and its institutions after the devastation. Rwanda, one of the poorest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-062.pdf September 2014 Managing Consumer Services: Factory or Theater Customer Experience and Service Design By: Karmarkar, Uday, and Uma R. Karmarkar Abstract—While services already dominate economic activity in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Innovation-Economics-Creative-Organizations/dp/1422143635/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351005820&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Architecture+of+Innovation The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

activities can be located inside a firm or across firm boundaries. In the latter case, activities may involve customers, suppliers, partners, or other stakeholders. Accompanying the physical value chain is a related information value chain through which involved... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 20 May 2016
  • Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

new report says as much. The report comes from The Commission on Global Health Risk Framework for the Future. It makes 26 recommendations which aim to strengthen the WHO’s leadership role in coordinating international preparedness and... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Health
  • 29 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

and took a plunge into the unknown. A relatively small number of largely older, uneducated voters decided that the younger generations of Britons who voted to remain should instead face the growing global competition on their own rather than as an integral part of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
  • 18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18

accelerate the diffusion of new environmental standards that require coordinated complementary investments by various types of private adopters. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-030.pdf The Political View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

economy of more impacted areas slowed down because: Chinese workers were concentrated in key sectors, such as railroads, manufacturing, and mining. It was difficult and costly to quickly substitute Chinese workers with other workers in... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 20 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

throughout the program's curriculum? And how does each relate to the general manager's role in today's dramatically changing supply chain? Raman: The program addresses three core themes in depth. Competitive advantage from the supply chain View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 24 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

corporate synergies should be defined at the top and realized in the business units. Just as the CFO coordinates the budgeting process, a senior executive should coordinate the alignment process—a... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43830 Team Scaffolds: How Minimal Team Structures Enable Role-Based Coordination By: Valentine, Melissa, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—In this paper, we integrate research on role-based View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

"The Big Picture" explores macroeconomic indicators, as well as those associated with the opportunities and constraints of the business environment; (2) "Regional Variation" makes a strong case for situating any analysis of China's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

the Cluster Mapping Project, uses statistical techniques to profile the performance over time of regional economies in the U.S., with a special focus on clusters. Clusters are geographically concentrated groups of interconnected... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

campaign compare when the tasks are performed internally rather than by an independent outside agency? Ownership of an in-house agency rests with the advertiser and allows the advertiser greater control over matters such as the assignment of personnel and the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access to capital and credit, mass markets encouraged large-scale... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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