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  • 31 Aug 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

preached about it.” In addition to questions about the data, there is the moral issue of whether diversity and inclusion should be promoted with or without supporting data regarding performance. David Wittenberg posed the issue this way: “Diagenes is correct to ask for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

ineffective, and despite a wealth of prescriptive literature, these processes often fail to lead to employee motivation or improvement. We propose that these feedback processes are often ineffective because they represent threats to recipients’ View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2019
  • Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

asking for children’s ages “at checkout” was potentially vague. They wondered what would happen if they specified the checkout date. Creating two different versions of the same menu, they tested it in real time, and determined that the change had a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

rethinking and reinvention of the business model, or how a company creates and captures value. Traditional strategy argues that competitive advantage comes from being better or cheaper. However, this is a very product-focused view. In... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

speed. We apply our model to shopping mall configuration and sales. We find that competition effects dominate within retail store categories, but that agglomeration effects exist across store categories. We find View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

a period of financial repression. Nationalization led to lower interest rates and lower quality intermediation and may have slowed employment gains in trade and services. Development lending goals were met, but these had no real impact. Finally, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transferred, potentially teaching the future competition and providing them with a platform to attack DSHM's core... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Participant Prepare for a managerial role and position yourself for advancement by learning how to effectively implement strategy. "What I found most valuable were the methods and tools, which were useful and practical. I’ve already... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

of time 2-3 years.” Can rules on non-compete agreements be fixed? What do you think? Original Column Non-compete clauses (NCCs), which prohibit employees from leaving for other jobs with competitors, have been a fixture of American work life for many years. Those in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • May 2016
  • Case

The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988—2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company’s stock price... View Details
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  • 29 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 29

2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

But the article also shows how individuals behave in concert because of the self-fueling trajectory in which response provokes response, in either positive or negative directions, in what are more popularly termed winning streaks and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-029 Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A) In spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Sep 2022
  • News

The Beauty Guide

mentors, they were all accomplished men who offered sound advice in both business and life. “Now that I’m in this position of seniority, I feel a huge responsibility to pay it forward,” says Freyre. “Given that there are not many Latinas... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

looked past their stubborn bargaining positions to their underlying interests. By stepping back and mapping the parties' real interests, it emerged that the farmers were worried about reduced water flow below the dam, the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

may be positive and is strictly lower than 1. We also investigate the possibility of platforms investing in "educating" unsophisticated users. In a competitive environment, such education is a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Received the 2022 Pioneer Award in Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center. Gerald C. Chertavian : Named one of 20 Linkedin Top Voices in Social Impact in 2022.... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

on sales that is positive for most brands. These results imply that brands seeking to attract multitaskers' attention and dollars must select their advertising copy carefully. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

set of matching candidates may be attractive because it also reduces the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches and so are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne