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- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
Finally we look at the role of reverse engineering in the development of capabilities and how it enhances a firm's absorptive capabilities. It is intended to be used as a background reading for the case "From Imitation to Innovation:... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
potential customers, how the company will capture a share of that value, and what types of innovation to pursue. Critics tend to discount "routine" innovation that leverages a company's existing technical capabilities and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
has a PhD in volcanology, or the study of volcanoes, is capable of some pretty sophisticated mathematical analysis. However, she and her colleagues initially relied on what she calls "napkin math" to explore other ways to... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT services industry as players seek to develop their capabilities for their growing domestic market. We describe the implications of our findings for CIOs in developed countries. Our main prediction is that the challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
forecasting, despite a number of characteristics that make it a challenge to fit to a dynamic supply chain environment, to be effective in that context. We further show that the forecasting process, together with the supporting mechanisms of information exchange and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
internal processes. Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution. Keeping The Board Strategically Involved Take the experience of First Commonwealth... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
English and relatively strict rules have been introduced with Der Neuer Markt. These advances have increased the incentives for capable managers to seek entrepreneurial routes. The second difference is the access to technical knowledge.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
control, and contractual flexibility," they maintain. "Thus it looms as a potential complement or substitute for all of the major categories of existing media and appears capable of serving a wide range of communications... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
than putting them at odds, allowing AI to be used for the greater good. Many health care organizations are starting to use AI AI, which encompasses machines and software capable of reproducing human behavior in solving complex problems,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
structuring social sector management programs in order to educate cross-sector leaders capable of addressing critical societal problems. Organizational Errors: Directions for Future Research Authors:Paul S. Goodman, Rangaraj Ramanujam,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
internet. The case explores how the firm facilitated surveillance and monitoring of the internet under the Golden Shield project launched in 2000, and in 2004 served as a key participant in the CN2 upgrade that greatly enhanced official View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
rival, Alibaba, had made rapid moves to improve its logistics capabilities and expanded aggressively in the offline market. Liu must decide how JD should compete and how to expand the company’s offline strategy. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
for stretching the organization’s mission. While some may be able to deepen their existing funder relationships, others may need to find new funders to match. Third, the decision to zig or zag may create gaps in organizational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
managed properly it is the culmination of a development process that takes place over a number of years, led by the CEO working with the board of directors. In the ideal situation several candidates will have been developed, each of whom would be more or less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
interactive online course that leverages the unique capabilities of the online format to pioneer a learning style just as revolutionary to online courses as the case method has been in the classroom. "At first blush, you say you... View Details
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
energy and ideas our students bring to these challenges, and that we as a faculty help them develop the skills and capabilities needed to practice this kind of leadership." So even as the market system has created threats to its own... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
RCA's Sarnoff Lab, and the Rockwell Science Center, and as it built its capabilities and ventured into new application areas, it discovered a "killer app" for optical communications which led to its acquisition at the height of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
possible with modern smartphones loaded with technology like GPS, compasses, accelerometers, and orientation sensors. I would call it a tour-de-force in terms of using all the capabilities embedded in modern smartphones and showing what’s... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
right solution for Bangladesh. He assembled a critical group of partners in a venture, GrameenPhone, which included Scandinavian telecom operators; Grameen Bank, the microfinance pioneer; Bangladesh Railways; as well as a Japanese investment firm. Each partner brought... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne