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  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Elephants By: Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52284 Cooperative Strategic Games By: Kohlberg, Elon, and Abraham Neyman Abstract—We examine a solution concept, called the “value," for n-person strategic games. In applications, the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Nov 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

managers still need to seek other drivers of creativity. I Want My Functional Experts To Influence High-level Strategy Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer New research by HBS professor Anette Mikes and colleagues looks into how... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
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Overview

By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
  • 12 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 12

seek and how firms could deliver it. The result can be new revenue, increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, positive word of mouth, and cost savings. The multiyear process to price the 8 million tickets to the upcoming London 2012 Olympic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

political conventions, but firms based in Olympics host cities started ramping up the philanthropy up to four years before the Games actually took place. Marquis attributes this to a combination of goodwill and good public relations.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

"holy grail" as opposed to goals (often merely financial), missions or visions, or even a set of values. As Mourkogiannis puts it, "Let others play with 'strategy' and 'tactics' and 'management.' Purpose is the game of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 08 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

of transparency is a tricky one. For instance, some algorithms are reaching levels of complexity that are challenging to explain, and even good explanations of models can quickly become outdated. When algorithms are implemented poorly, employees may try to View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

organization. And finally they embrace inconsistency, allowing themselves the latitude to pursue multiple and often conflicting agendas. Read this article: http://hbr.org/2011/06/the-ambidextrous-ceo/ar/1   Working PapersBetter-reply Dynamics in Deferred Acceptance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2019
  • Case

Hapag-Lloyd AG:Complying with IMO 2020

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
A new environmental regulation known as IMO 2020 was creating what one industry analyst called “the biggest shakeup for the oil and shipping industries in decades.” According to the new regulation, all ocean-going ships would have to limit their sulfur emissions by... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Ship Transportation; Strategic Planning; Game Theory; Pollutants; Supply Chain; Corporate Accountability; Capital Budgeting; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; Transportation Industry; Germany
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  • 11 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

after she finishes work. His cell phone beeps: It's a message from the Soda X portal. The Chicago Fire soccer team is playing tonight, and the Guess? store that Tommy is approaching is offering him half-price tickets for the game if he... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
  • 14 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

Sneakers Game “Our goal is to be the kind of start-up that would terrify Nike—if Nike didn’t already own us.” Ron Faris, general manager of S23NYC, a Manhattan-based digital studio owned by sports apparel giant Nike, is on the phone with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School Case 118-061 The Whistleblower at International Game Technology Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8

Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of Moneybookers revenues were related to transactions from online gaming sites (down from 100% in 2002). Although the thesis was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

competencies that have literally changed the rules of the game for their respective industries worldwide. In spite of recent adverse publicity regarding Wal-Mart's personnel practices, all of these organizations have made their places of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 04 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 17 Sep 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

million emails and 80 million meeting invitations. Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers start rolling out the leader’s... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?

the best tank operators can make better, more timely decisions than their superiors—but only under certain conditions. First, frontline tank commanders have to have the intelligence and judgement to sort through a heavy load of information that is changing in real time... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

stay a leader," as Donna Dubinsky (CEO of Handspring, Inc.) says. Once a smaller or weaker firm starts to play defense, the game is usually over. So "play offense and play to win," is the advice of Intuit founder Scott... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

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