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- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
What better way to drive people to work harder and more efficiently, you may ask, than to offer them a special carrot: more money for hitting specific company targets? The idea seems perfect. Managers want their employees to pull out the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
interactions. So, how well can hospitals adopt new technologies? And is this a blueprint for organizational learning and technology adoption in general? Sara Grant: Why did you choose a hospital setting to... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Blog Post
Creating a World with Trusted Leaders: An Open Letter from MBA Students
“We as MBA students have a voice and with that a duty to make the voices of those most-vulnerable heard.” Amy, Sarika, and Steve (HBS 2020) watched in awe as signatures reached over 1,200 within a few days supporting the open letter they’d written to Fortune 500 CEOs.... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
cautionary note: ". . . the elephant in the room is the assumption of the availability and cost of petroleum . . . the economics of globalization will change dramatically in the decades ahead." Will what is true for the world... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private and public capital flows View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2019 (Revised February 2022)
- Teaching Note
Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
By: Chiara Farronato and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-003. Set in March 2018, the Case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. The Teaching Note offers guidance for instructors who wish to use the case either with or without its dataset... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
for the most part. And private conversations, by their nature, can't mobilize an organization to address the gaps between its business strategy and the structure, capabilities, and market realities it faces.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
initially positive indirect network effects decrease in strength, reach their limit, and eventually turn negative. The limit to network effects is different for different types of agents. For agents with few... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 5
School Case 112-096 In June 2010, Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services operator, acquired the African assets of Bahrain-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion-the largest ever cross-border deal in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Black Excellence: AASU’s 2019 Fall Retreat in Review
Co-Presidents Kim Foster (MBA ’20) and Melcolm Ruffin (MBA ’20) mobilized a team to organize the club's annual fall retreat. In addition to commemorating a landmark AASU moment, the purpose of the retreat was to build and further... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
process posing other more interesting propositions for consideration. Tony Wanless emphasized the importance of knowing the way leaders learn from experience, suggesting the need for "a synthesis of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
of development, equity retention, proximity and ease of collaboration, and control of intellectual property. The case further provides an opportunity for discussing the business models of global firms like oDesk and Dashfire. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
the exclusively domestic orientation of the "hierarchical industry leaders" can entail large missed opportunities for other members of the ecosystem, who are unable to fully exploit their potential in global markets. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
a higher price without raising its multiple. If the private equity firm wins the bidding contest, the profit model subsequently becomes a blueprint for managing the turnaround company and aligning company... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly saturated in the cities, China Mobile needed to broaden its base of subscribers. Wang believed that further investment in China's rural villages was a key... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
with manufacturers, although asking a manufacturer not to sign with Amazon, for example, might be a tough sell. In cases where the third parties develop products themselves, as is the case with many mobile... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Cambridge to Nairobi
I’m sitting in the outdoor veranda of an upscale café, sipping a perfectly made cappuccino and digging into a vegetarian quesadilla for lunch. It’s a pleasant 70 degrees and sunny, and all around me, young entrepreneurs are lost in their... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Peer influences appear to be substitutes for direct experience: the effects are strongest for those without exposure to entrepreneurship in their family of origin, and for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- April 2020 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G
By: Juan Alcácer, Horst Melcher and Akiko Kanno
The case, based on extensive interviews with NTT DOCOMO’s technology leaders, focuses on the opportunities and challenges that NTT DOCOMO faces with the launch of infrastructure and services for 5G wireless telecommunication technology. With higher data rates and... View Details
Keywords: 5G; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry
Alcácer, Juan, Horst Melcher, and Akiko Kanno. "NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G." Harvard Business School Case 720-413, April 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
the efforts on the part of its management to help institutionalize good corporate governance in India. Indeed, diffusion of corporate governance practices in India is rendered partly feasible by a coalition between firms and regulators that serves to educate regulators... View Details