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- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
iPad, the company's third major innovation released over the last decade under its iconic CEO Steve Jobs. Apple's strategy of shifting its business into non-PC products had thrived so far, driven by the smashing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
succession planning processes are very important in leveraging great executives and managers. It pays for firms to invest in hiring and developing great managers. Second, a given year’s winning percentage is not affected by the previous... View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
Canadian culture, all Canadian measurements are in hockey rink units, or HRUs.) Social media activity was intense, and consumers even organized Double Down "Bro Downs" where men competed to see who could guzzle the most Double Downs. In response to the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
California, and the Rothman Institute (RI), a private-practice physician group in metropolitan Philadelphia, illustrate three keys for successful bundling: excellent data on outcomes and costs, proactive management of the patient, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
most important." I spend my life trying to make the next generation a little less neurotic about money.— Joline Godfrey, Independent Means, Inc. As the founder and CEO of Independent Means, Inc., a financial education company aimed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
Massachusetts landfill. By summer 2010, Davis's team was poised to take the next big step in building a successful clean-tech company. It was time to take the company's technology to market, identify customers willing to pay, and scale... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
challenges ranging from global competition to digitization. In times past, being caught flat-footed might have set a company back several years, but it could recover. Today, the threats are existential in nature, and competition can emerge quickly and from the places... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
that potential investors pay special attention to the career histories of all involved. Careers Count So what career factors gave biotech a boost? Higgins found three specific advantages in chief executive officers who led a successful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut, Foxwoods, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
(B4): Lee Iacocca—Driving Impact Lee Iacocca, a successful CEO of an auto company, devoted himself after retirement to several social causes. Describes issues in the transition. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411042-PDF-ENG MacroMarkets LLC Robin Greenwood and Luis M. ViceiraHarvard Business School Case 211-006 MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
often buttress the existing social contract. When the wrong minds meet. Sometimes problems arise not because of cultural differences but instead because the right people are not involved in negotiations. For example, when two CEOs... View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
is a network of successful private health clinics that primarily serve middle-income populations but which have the potential to reach low-income markets. On what basis should Acumen decide whether or not to invest? What performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Business School Case 409-060 This case illustrates the leadership and management challenges of starting a new firm based on a new business model and how success creates pressures that challenge the work/life balance which was one of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
and allowing them to make riskier, more novel, investments. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-032.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsPatricia Gottesman at Crimson Hexagon Lena G. Goldberg and Mary Beth FindlayHarvard Business School Case 312-068... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
success made the question of how to balance the priorities of growth and the preservation of the culture that had made everything possible all the more important. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
Aetna’s move is not consumer friendly, it does make financial sense–at least for the time being. According to CEO Mark Bertolini, Aetna sustained more than $430 million in pre-tax losses since January 2014 in the individual health... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
greedy 'leaders' and then later became more optimistic Unfortunately, I don't see much evidence that CEOs are becoming more altruistic or humble. Just the opposite " Was Warren Bennis's optimism regarding the future of leadership... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
schedules slip and targets are missed...." Above all, leadership is generally thought to be critical to the successful application of stretch. Edward Hare reminded us that "the essence of great management, leadership even, is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett