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- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
both organizations and employees benefit by emphasizing newcomers' authentic best selves. Paper: http://www.francescagino.com/publications.html First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Daniel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
through corporate-wide coordination by functional managers in headquarters. We find that the number of functional managers closer to the product ("product" functions i.e., marketing, R&D) increase as firms focus their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
the form of budget deficits, competition from other states, and coordination with central government policies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707008 Vignettes on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
of social connection is an important innovation likely underlying this distinctively human capacity to create large-scale social coordination and cohesion. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
whether ethnically diverse countries have a greater risk of civil war. Scholars have argued it both ways. Some say that if a society is very diverse it is very hard to coordinate rebel forces; you cannot get a large enough bunch of people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
reported that impulse purchases were down by just 5% when customers shopped on-line. About the same amount of perishable products were purchased per order on-line as in the physical store. Lesson 7: Coordinate All Technologies That Touch... View Details
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
examine include: How do you coordinate efforts between the new venture and core business? Does it ever make sense to eventually integrate the two businesses and under what conditions? The second way I am extending this research is to look... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
week, with blockchain it could happen in seconds. Blockchain could slash the cost of transactions and eliminate intermediaries like lawyers and bankers, and that could transform the economy. But, like the adoption of more Internet technologies, blockchain’s adoption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
to procure and distribute essential medicines and supplies; provide technical assistance to transform existing supply chains; and collaborate with in-country and global partners to coordinate efforts. The new U.S. Global Health Initiative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
on the enormous success of the event, last summer the Dean's Office invited Dobron to work full-time to refine and implement suggestions for improving campus life that were generated during the case discussions. "Our efforts were mainly focused on View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
it's definitely outside the box of where I thought I would end up," says Le Roy Moore, who recently moved from operations to a marketing role that involves coordinating strategic initiatives across UP's business groups, including... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Officer 4, U.S. Army Air Mission Commander/Standardization Instructor Pilot. Deployed to Afghanistan October–December 2001 to conduct multinational combat flight operations in Soviet MI-17 helicopter, support U.S. Special Operations Forces, and View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
proponent of evolutionary change, he is considering a radical move: create a senior management position responsible for e-commerce to coordinate web-based offerings and outreach across the Society's various departments, transition NGS... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) sits in front of a photo mural on the walls of the Mercy Corps offices in Washington, DC After a full-on morning of Zoom sessions from her home office in Potomac, Maryland, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) climbs into her SUV and plugs... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
of business. In 1927, R.L. McMaster opened Kut-Price drug outlets in Fresno and Modesto—as well as in Stockton. Gleason went on the offensive, coordinating Stockton’s Independent Merchants’ Association to open the town’s first... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
possible even a few years ago. The most obvious factor, and the one that has given rise to the "2.0" moniker, is that of online social media. Social media and, perhaps even more importantly, mobile phones have played a key role by solving the View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
customer needs both today and tomorrow, and the other that is focused on crazy innovation." Leaders who strike the balance well, note O'Reilly and Tushman, do so by mitigating the effects of separation with a structure that encourages cooperation. "The tight... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
B2B supplier exchange. 88 This new service was named Covisint. Issues have plagued Covisint since its inception. First, the Federal Trade Commission worried that the joint venture may lead to "...unlawful price signaling or View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
have to coordinate complicated networks of suppliers. Johnson & Johnson has to gain approval for new medical devices. Procter & Gamble has to develop effective product marketing plans. For these companies to be successful, they... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
enjoy that Some days I work with our CFO on food-spend projections, or help our COO build a multi-year strategic planning framework. Other days, I work with my team to coordinate food donations or manage inventory turns. Even though we... View Details