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- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems and associated components, some... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
behaviors, and values of a legacy organization, changing a business model from paper to digital, capitalizing on huge brand awareness and international presence, and promoting cross-functional and cross-divisional collaboration.... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
or the matter of taking advantage of an unsophisticated seller. Examining cases like this exposes the core principles from which people reason and act. Q: The two books Getting to Yes and You Can Negotiate Anything tend to be the popular... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
iterative manner. To learn more, read 7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19 Euvin Naidoo, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Tip: Protect the core business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
decimated Faber-Castell’s slide rule business in the 1970s, and computer aided design technology undermined the company’s manual drafting tools in the 1980s. With each new threat the Count had to decide whether to adapt to new... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
but tightly interweaved sections, the book's chapters provide regional surveys of the practice of global history on all continents, review some of the research in four core fields of global history, and consider a number of problems that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
In some respects, developing strategy is the easy part. Executing that strategy in alignment with strategic priorities is where real mastery of management takes place. We asked Harvard Business School senior lecturer Frank V. Cespedes,... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
As is clear to anyone who pays medical insurance premiums or has undergone any kind of medical procedure, the business of health care is an expensive one. The technology is expensive. The research is expensive. The services are expensive.... View Details
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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness
around the country. Recent convenings on campus have brought together leaders from diverse sectors to develop the research and to identify ways that business leaders, policy makers, educators, and others can apply the ideas and improve... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
Deflategate, the pro football controversy that spawned a media frenzy, Twitter war, even a presidential joke, has a new claim to fame as a Harvard Business School case study. At the heart of Deflategate is the question of whether the New... View Details
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Angela Q. Crispi | About
Angela Q. Crispi Bio Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54546 Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence By: Kim, Hyunjin, and Michael Luca Abstract—Dominant platform businesses often develop products in adjacent markets to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
Carolina. "Both organizations are deploying their core competencies," Austin points out, "and they have now moved into that third, integrative stage where they're combining those competencies to devise a unique approach to resource and... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
and its core value proposition. Describe your business model. Describe its stage of development (concept, prototype, beta, growth, etc.). Describe your primary source of competitive advantage. Summarize... View Details
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
number of self-identified gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender executives gained 733 percent. Another benefit: "By deliberately seeing ways to more effectively reach a broader range of customers, IBM has seen significant bottom-line results," says Thomas.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
core propagation mechanism of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–2009. What are the long-lasting effects of the GFC on small business credit supply? The authors find that banks affected by the decline... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
$3.94 billion in sales from its more than 3,000 retail stores and its online auction site. Even so, Goodwill’s core mission is to provide job training and placement to people with disabilities, criminal backgrounds, and other challenges... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
book Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. In fact, venture-minded managers in big corporations often have the tools and infrastructure to become more successful than their peers at startups, say authors Michael Tushman, a Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
fascinated by the old British style of operation. And advertising was seen as a glamorous thing” Kapur discusses his years as a developing ad man and eventual executive chairman of O&M India in a new interview with Sunil Gupta, the Edward W. Carter Professor of... View Details