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  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

it. And as a company grows, the kind of people you look for is a little bit different, too. Early on, you do what you can to attract as high quality of a person as you can. We... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

profitability from 15% to 30% over the past seven years, and was consistently selected as a "Best Workplace" in Japan. The secret to DISCO’s success, according to CEO Kazuma Sekiya, lies in its truly individualized management of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Jan 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

made on the right side or the left side of the brain. But this will never lead to deciding by a mechanical means, nor in predicting a decision outcome." There was even concern expressed about the efficacy View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50424 forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Productivity and Selection of Human View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2016
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June 7, 2016

contrast the strengths and weaknesses of "open-ended questions" (e.g., World Management Survey) with "closed questions" (e.g., Management and Organizational Practices Surveys). For this type View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

Ruhr [The Future of the Past: German Capitalism from the Viewpoint of the Rhine and Ruhr] Author:Jeffrey Fear Publication:In Uberschreitungen. Das Wechselspiel von Wirtschaft... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

a useful input to assessing risks, allocating quality improvement resources, and making sourcing decisions. This paper examines how the scheduling of inspections risks introducing bias that erodes inspection... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

People are hired to deliver empathy, a sense of humor, and total devotion to Customers (always capitalized at Southwest), something that has produced intense loyalty from flyers. These are elements View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 15 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 15

  PublicationsDo Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors? Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal 63 (December 2010) Abstract Many features of U.S. tax policy towards multinational firms—including the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2014
  • What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

quality of information better but the speed as well." Ralflippold felt we will face a bubble at some time, but suggested that bubbles have a positive side to them, that they are on one side View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

which operates through a logic of embeddedness. We examine how the effect of joint dependence on performance is mediated by specific elements of embeddedness: joint action,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World Bank project quality suffers as a consequence of political influence only when the recipient country is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People... View Details
Keywords: Managing Change; Management Development; Leadership; Organization Behavior; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Human Capital; Human Resources; Insurance; Insurance Industry
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  • 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

deployment to a challenging context is associated with human capital development. Managers initially deployed to more challenging contexts were not, however, more likely to break into the upper echelons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

experimentation ex-post and one that funds experimental projects ex-ante. In equilibrium it is possible that all competing financiers choose to offer failure-tolerant contracts to attract entrepreneurs, leaving no capital to fund the most... View Details
  • March 2024
  • Case

Biomanufacturing Decentralization by Stämm

By: Paul A. Gompers, Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, cousins Llamazares and D’Alvia founded Stämm, a startup based on the idea of decentralizing biomanufacturing processes and downsizing biotech facilities. After raising its seed and series A rounds, and while finalizing its series B round in... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Selection and Staffing; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina; Buenos Aires
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  • 21 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

degrees of outside influence they will and should tolerate. A Rich founder whose firm is lacking in human capital, experience, and capital may benefit greatly from a VC's... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

comprised of 1,476 founders in 511 entrepreneurial ventures. The empirical analysis consists of three main steps. First we consider determinants of equal splitting. We identify... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

attention―manufacturing of launch vehicles and satellites―its growth is in fact quite strong. That’s especially true when you adjust for the quality improvements and price declines in that area; something... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

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