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- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
some important negotiations, and often working alone," Mohan says. "They're negotiating their job offer or they have a startup and are negotiating with investors. So these lessons strike home." View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
on the process. On the other, it opens up the possibility that firms could capture these third-party actors instead—for example, drug companies influencing doctors with incentives for prescribing drugs or sponsoring medical conferences. Perhaps the larger View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't come easy without an... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
newer models. The most widely quoted references report lessons from only a few successful projects. Now a two-year empirical study, which the author and colleagues Marco Iansiti and Roberto Verganti completed last year, reveals... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
PublicationsThe Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds. Publication:Research and University of Chicago Press, 2010 Abstract Publisher's Book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
lessons to be had from the rise and fall of the last great period of globalization. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718023 Harvard Business School Case 718-030 Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (B) Supplements the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
on a profitable and scalable basis. With Pearson's overall strategy shifting from the developed to the developing world and from a supplier of books to a host of other learning products and services, the company thought PALF's lessons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
performed in the high-tech and science-based industries, and they believe the United States could learn some lessons from other countries that have grabbed certain industries by the horns. In China, for example, in 1986 four Chinese... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
unfolded, without the usual biases and distortions that come from 20/20 hindsight. The story of how Levy tilled the soil for change provides lessons for any CEO in a turnaround situation. [...] Reinforcing Good Habits Without a doubt, the... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
"The lesson here," says Narayandas, "is that relationships can succeed, even if they are asymmetrical to begin with, provided that companies manage them for mutual long-term gain." A second study, undertaken with... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
into the high-tech companies' use of technology to see what lessons may apply, and then we examine the differences that the grocery chain, manufacturing firm, or other type of organization, might engender. EE: How have companies like H.E.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
policy and managerial questions. The students work with clients, applying behavioral economics to propose solutions to problems that require some nudging of citizens, consumers, and employees to promote better decisions. Dina Gerdeman: What important View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
communities. Heeding the prewar lesson of Enterprise Associates, the founders agreed to raise $5 million in capital by selling two hundred thousand shares of ARD common stock at $25 a share. The idea of venture capital was so new that the... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
These are not short view real estate traders. Key Lessons What can we learn from these two projects, joined in common purpose but separated by 10,000 kilometers, Islam and Buddhism, and 70 inches of annual rainfall? What is the urban... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
into outdoor gear. He builds up a worldwide supply chain by recruiting people who want to gamble that there is a customer need not being met by polyester. NB: For prospective entrepreneurs, what are the key lessons to be learned here?... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
government to say, in effect, "We did this, it works, it is competitive," and the government then offers them the opportunity to institutionalize whatever the lessons were, said Khanna. "Many of the spaces have done just... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
have helped and what lessons have been learned. Finally, the authors suggest new directions for housing policy, including the integration of best practices from past lessons into existing programs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
50,911 fewer foodborne illness-related hospitalizations and 19.01 million fewer foodborne illness cases per year, reducing annual foodborne illness costs by $14.20 billion to $30.91 billion,” the authors write. Lessons for inspections... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
on some old lessons about what builds loyalty and commitment in the workplace, but do it in a new way. In Evolve, I write about the "Three Ms" that build commitment in the Internet age, because people aren't loyal for life... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
learn Kahn’s study on the effect of managerial quality on baseball team performance and Belichick’s example in practice offer valuable lessons that support the hype generated when coaches are hired. First, all other things being equal,... View Details