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  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

with HBS Research Associate Susan Winterberg. "This isn't just an academic interest for us," Sucher says. "We want to change how people think about this topic. We know there are sound and legitimate reasons why companies turn to layoffs—to respond to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

Heart Harvard Business School Case 507-025 The firm has to choose between an established brand, Tanishq, and a new skunkworks brand, GoldPlus, to go after the Indian plain gold jewelry market: Tanishq, initially targeted at a western... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

selection, and athletic participation. Two initial studies, utilizing explicit and implicit measures, captured the stereotype content of different racial groups: the Asian stereotype was seen as more feminine whereas the Black stereotype... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

initially skeptical about the group, success is unlikely. This suggests how important it is for companies seeking to build standards around their technologies to find credible standard setting bodies with well thought through policies to... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

honor code significantly reduced or eliminated unethical behavior. While dishonest behavior motivated moral leniency and led to strategic forgetting of moral rules, honest behavior motivated moral stringency and diligent recollection of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

transitions to a decade after Rickenbach made this strategic decision, describing the development of the industry and PAREXEL's place within it. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/314056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished via social movement abetted, to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Making the Case for Leadership

management, still a novel concept in that era, a move that initially met resistance. But because TQM forced company-wide excellence in everything, not only in product quality, “It was one of the best things I ever did in a leadership... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to selected... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 20

including internal and external crowdsourcing contests. Emphasis is placed on exploring actual open innovation initiatives within Siemens and their outcomes. These include creating internal social- and knowledge-sharing networks and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 15 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

based on value. Value-based competition will serve to drive innovation. 4. Moving to value-based competition has important strategic implications for providers as well as health plans and employers. Providers: In an environment where... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

sustainability performance and how its sustainability initiatives were contributing to its financial performance. The narrative of this call was very similar to the narrative of the company's first "integrated report," which was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade Center bombing and arrived in China. Initially he planned to teach English, but soon the entrepreneurial spirit of the country caused him to begin exploring opportunities. He... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207092 Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game? Harvard Business School Case 707-501 In September 1999, the Microsoft Xbox team was wondering which strategic choices would give it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

RX for Change

care,” says Professor Richard Hamermesh, faculty chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative and an instructor in MHCD. Established in 2005, the initiative serves as a gathering point for faculty research,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Karl Ulrich, Wharton professor, must decide between a commercial and "open source" model for his new business case venture. Students analyze a variety of open source and proprietary business models and formulate strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Innovation Profiling process to determine what barriers were preventing the company from achieving its strategic objectives. The result showed that the company needed to make changes in the areas of capabilities, coordination, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

alternative paths to career success: officers of higher initial ability are more likely to invest in skill, but caste affinity to the politician's party base also helps secure important positions. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Profiles from the class of 2007

who speaks fluent Hebrew, Arabic, and English and who has long been involved with peace-related initiatives and nonprofits, that experience convinced him “to work on the business side of peace.” “Peace in the Middle East,” he says, “will... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice