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- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212031-PDF-ENG Social Finance, Inc Shawn Cole, Rawia Abdel Samad, Matt Berner, and Raluca DragusanuHarvard Business School Case 212-055 Social Finance attempts to design and launch a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
The turn of the 21st century has been laden with high-profile corporate scandals, prompting widespread concern about the standards of conduct followed by big business. Intrigued by the complexity of managing corporate behavior in a global... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
as complicated local etiquette, obscured decision-making processes, and heavy reliance on interpersonal relationships instead of legal instruments all add to the complexities of Sino-foreign business negotiations and can make the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
values and tried many times to formulate the distinctive characteristics of the various services." In essence, the "Navy spokesmen attempted to distinguish between the Army as a 'manpower' organization and the Navy as a finely adjusted View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
we think about everything," he remarked. "Information technology has to march in lockstep with business," agreed Verizon CIO Shaygan Kheradpir. Software that automates complex transactions and expanding customer service on the Web are... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
capture—which isn't tied to a specific place. Those systems can be anywhere that CO2 is available in the atmosphere. Which is everywhere. JM: The density of those molecules is much less, therefore it's a much more difficult sort of energy... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the business landscape, hierarchical forms of organization remain dominant, and organizational democracy commands only scant attention in organizational theory. The precise reasons for this trend... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
processes. As we walked through this research with them, they could see the impact that middle level and operating managers have on the process, both on its implementation and on the ideas that arise. I think they realized that they couldn't just hardwire their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
trauma—on players' long-term health, a complex issue that could affect the league's growth. In other words, the league has to play both strong offense and stellar defense to achieve its $1 billion-a-year growth-rate goal. But fans can... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
between organizational boundary spanners contributes to the formation of trust between firms. Our findings, using data on the supplier-buyer relationships of two major US auto manufacturers, suggest that history affects trust formation in a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
management of Vale, a Brazilian diversified mining company and the largest iron ore producer in the world, was under pressure from at least two fronts. First, the emergence of China as the most important consumer of iron ore in the last few years had changed the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
that data. However, Sportradar's core business was thriving, whereas a recent attempt to branch out into video player tracking systems had proved to be a costly failure. The team weighed the pros and cons of various media ventures,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients' increasingly global and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
complex political environment; and 3) Manage a team: Forge a high-performing "we" out of all the "I"s who report to you. Packed with compelling stories and practical guidance, Being the Boss is an indispensable guide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
systems. The links between multinational firms form a distinct type of international system for the private sector—one that is simultaneously enmeshed in geopolitics and international markets even as it is also autonomous from them. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
subtle than it sounds," says Ton, "because, in fact, it involves information passing through the system in all directions." To accomplish that, Mercadona invests in field employees called "prescription... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
favorite HBS class? Christine: "My favorite class was TOM, which helps you understand operating systems and processes behind how people and organizations work. One of my favorite memories was when Professor Christina Wing took us on a... View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
be taken into consideration when deciding on the length of the school day and the frequency and duration of breaks throughout the day. Second, school accountability systems should control for the influence of external factors on test... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
investigates dialog and objects in recurrent social practices. Drawing from both streams, this paper seeks to shed light on the complexity of cross-boundary teaming, while highlighting factors that may enhance its effectiveness. We... View Details