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- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
Upton, the days of installing a system, letting it languish over time until it becomes dysfunctional, and then undertaking a huge, expensive, and exhausting overhaul are gone forever. Replacing this old-fashioned "periodic"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
Doctors are afraid of getting sued. According to some accounts, 75 percent of them perform more tests and procedures than necessary to avoid potential lawsuits over medical malpractice. The phenomenon of “defensive medicine” has been examined View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
oversight. Those steps are just the beginning of a process that easily fills a full chapter of International Strategy; it's the sort of exhaustive approach that operating in today's complex transnational environment requires. "I enjoy the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
embarrassing, and exhausting battling in court, a judge awarded George's branch with 50.5 percent of the company's shares. The judge also wisely mandated a shareholder agreement (unfortunately with a buyout mechanism that was not very... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
within their board of directors, the firing of Lynx's founder-CEO and departure of its successor CEO, and a crisis sparked by media allegations that it had been spying on its users. Now that the company is finally becoming profitable, the two remaining founders are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
experience got me thinking that my employment opportunities had been geographically circumscribed by differences in the enforcement of noncompetes between states. While no one has conducted an exhaustive survey, several scholars' results... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
others!)." That said, Gino recently humblebragged on Twitter about the humblebragging research: "So exhausting to keep up with all the people asking for this paper." "That was a joke," she explains. "But people likely disliked the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
for which they lack formal training, and facing painful uncertainty about what happens next, deserve our admiration and gratitude. But that is not enough. At some point (and none of us know exactly when), exhaustion will overwhelm duty.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
States have usually been white men who were blessed with the right religion, family, or education. But "outsiders" have also created their own paths to leadership, a trend on the rise today. Paths to Power is the first book in fifty years to View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
the same numbers of two decades ago. Levy's genius, says Harvard Business School's Allen S. Grossman, was in not only recognizing the problem, but also bringing together resident organizations and board members to start solving it. “I entered an environment where... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
strategy to provide textbooks for college accounting courses. The Joffes are trying to raise private equity financing, but market conditions have made it difficult and the company is at risk of exhausting the senior Joffe's savings. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
however, half the initial financing had been spent, and UPromise was "burning" the rest at a rate that could exhaust it before year-end. But even as the number of employees exceeded 100 and the launch date for UPromise services... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
sending chicken soup to their home offices if that is what it takes. Leaders also need to model self-care for their teams. Looking disheveled and exhausted in virtual meetings can rattle employees and weaken confidence. At the same time,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
the future. Understanding these stories offers vital perspective on our own hopeful, anxious, and, at times, exhausting moment. The past is where we came from. We cannot afford to ignore it. View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
remaining founders are embroiled in exhausting fights over how aggressively the company should try to grow, and those fights are threatening to derail Lynx's recent success. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
profitable, the two remaining founders are embroiled in exhausting fights over how aggressively the company should try to grow, and those fights are threatening to derail Lynx's recent success. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
Rule Five: Face The Music Finally, many judo strategists begin with good intentions but end up exhausting their resources on losing battles—especially in the Internet era, as new technologies and competitors create better ways to compete.... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
firm-level data between 1998 and 2003. First, we present the first exhaustive description of the U.K. retail sector using micro data sources. Second, in the spirit of Foster, Haltiwanger, and Krizan (2002), we look at the contributions of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
to those at the base of the economic pyramid. The company is about to exhaust its first round of venture capital funding, and the business model has yet to gain traction. How should the business model be changed, and should the venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne