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- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
firm, therefore, lacks legitimacy and may be looked upon with suspicion by stakeholders. In order to gain legitimacy, a new firm is required to look like existing organizations, which possess legitimacy... View Details
- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
fairly following the rules of the process. In both cases, the researchers found that the department looked to outside stakeholders in order to establish that legitimacy. In the case of consequential legitimacy, Hiatt View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
me back to the apples, and leaders. As in all financial manias, the bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000 gave rise to swindles and frauds and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
increases. Diversification The Wrong Way Reinsurance firms are pushed to diversify, diversify, diversify, but they need to do it well, which Froot hasn't found to be the case. Reinsurers often diversify in order to garner good scores from... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
and Moritz Schularick Abstract For the better part of the past decade, the world economy has been dominated by a world economic order that combined Chinese export-led development with U.S. over-consumption.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
As a result, new technological opportunities inconsistent with that identity may be missed. Second, since identity becomes embedded in the routines and procedures of both the organization and external... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
challenges that the food system of the future presents: a changing climate, booming global population, the need for increased production of nutritious foods, and scarce land and water resources among many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
Before launching new products, entrepreneurs are often filled with doubt: Will their ideas successfully take off in the marketplace—or will they fall flat? To cut down on uncertainty, creators can post their inventions on platforms such... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Intelenet. Dixit had to firm up his strategy quickly in order to begin negotiations with Globank. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/213036-PDF-ENG The 'Chongqing Model' and the Future of China... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
directors. In order to qualify, shareholders had to have owned at least 3 percent of a firm's shares for at least the prior three years. Still, the announcement drew ire from some business groups, including the US Chamber of Commerce... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
time compared to the support departments. We suggest that the burden of compensating for the disconnected internal supply chains fell to the service providers because they were the only department that had both the ability to translate customer View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
while broadening its ability to fulfill its mission of “alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life” for millions more patients every year. The acquisition plan might change when, in September... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
time management is a shared responsibility." Frode Hvaring suggested that " in order to enable employees to mange their output in terms of priorities, quality, resources available and best work... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
times and came from many countries, the alumni who filled Burden that morning all shared an intense curiosity about where the new Dean intended to take their School. Just shy of 100 days into his tenure,... View Details
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
stock price is suffering because of delayed and disappointing results. Removing the controller, however, is proving difficult because he is related to the company's founder. What approaches can the investor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008
consumption, reviewing research in which people forgo positive physical consumption—and even choose negative physical consumption—in order to engage in conceptual consumption. Finally, we outline how conceptual consumption informs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14
Disney or Pixar. Instead, anime producers are locked into a highly fragmented domestic market, dominated by content distributors (TV stations and DVD companies) and advertising agencies. We argue that Japan... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
they will owe. They fear that they have not planned well for seasonal cash needs, when they have to pay for a big order of inventory, or when a large customer pays late. In a large business, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems... View Details
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
drop. It's all fine to read books and take courses, but we have this rich negotiation experience, and if we could tap it and analyze it in a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding