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  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

forecasts as an input into the government budgeting-making process would probably reduce official forecast errors for budget deficits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51324 College Tuition, Public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

organizational capital in explaining performance. August 2013 foreignpolicy.com Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks with Iran By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—While the Obama team deserves high marks for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

started the turnaround of the company by first working on values—redefining them and communicating them widely. First, they do not merely focus on cost cutting and layoffs when a crisis arrives. While they may lay off employees (though with a different View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

capitalists bid for the right to invest on those terms by proving that they can add value to BzzAgent, Inc. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807057 Corning: 156 Years of Innovation Harvard Business... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

organizations in 20 countries, they and their interview team assessed how well manufacturers, schools, and hospitals adhere to three management basics: targets, incentives, and monitoring. They found that huge numbers of companies follow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

sector. In a second section, a multidisciplinary team of sociologists and an economist map how reforms in economic and social policies have produced declines in the social standing of some specific groups and economic mobility for others.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

planning to have between every device in every place on Earth, which will enable all sorts of functionality—especially in terms of mobile processing or mobile devices—the existence of this Internet transformation really could redefine... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

functional managers rather than general managers, a phenomenon we term "functional centralization." Using panel data on senior management positions, we show that changes in the structure of the executive team are tightly linked... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

all have to be in alignment." Along with Russell A. Eisenstat, an independent consultant and former HBS faculty member, Beer has developed a process called Organizational Fitness Profiling, which helps a CEO or business unit general... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

financial depth on the diffusion of capital-intensive technologies in the late stages of diffusion or in late adopters. Our results are consistent with a view that local financial markets play a critical role in facilitating the process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

long-term liabilities. These investors now formally recognize the importance of ESG issues for investment returns and stewardship. Large index investors have built teams that engage with companies in their portfolios, and large asset... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

given that product architecture has been shown to be an important predictor of, among other things: product performance, product variety, process flexibility, and future industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

provide reason to dismiss them as the wanderings of a restless mind. We propose that it is precisely the lack of control over and access to the process by which spontaneous thoughts come to mind that leads them to be perceived to reveal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1984
  • Teaching Note

NIKE (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-385-027). View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Value; Management Practices and Processes; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • 20 Feb 2018
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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 upgrade its data centers. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

around the world who want to study its practices. The Clinic's journey also holds lessons for organizations outside health care that must suddenly compete by creating a superior customer experience. The authors, one of whom was critical to steering the hospital's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

Bumping up against accepted theories in process improvement, a new research paper from Harvard Business School questions the value of prioritizing problems identified by frontline employees. Citing a hospital safety improvement program... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
  • September 1992
  • Case

ACCOR (A)

ACCOR, a French-based lodging and restaurant company, is described from its founding in 1967 to its 1990 acquisition of Motel 6. Particular attention is devoted to ACCOR's co-chairmen, Paul Dubrule and Gerard Pelisson, and the management policies they have put in... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Acquisition; Management Teams; Accommodations Industry; France; North America
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  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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