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- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
read several of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books and they always inspire me and continue to haunt me long after I’ve put them down. The Remains of the Day is about purpose and the legacy that you wish to leave, and it is probably still my favorite of all Ishiguro’s books. I also... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
blew up at me, instead of firing him, I'd say, 'Let's work together.' I deferred to the wisdom of my team and the larger forces that govern us all. It was amazing how much unity all that created and how it allowed us to overcome seemingly... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
the history of Big Spaceship since its founding in 2000. Then the case shifts to a discussion of external dynamics: the firm's value proposition, which focused on providing start-to-finish, strategy-driven digital marketing solutions; its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2008 and 2012. In 2008, in order to strengthen the firm's brokerage team, JLL merged with The Staubach Company, a real estate services provider with a first-rate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
Partner (SEP) on his current client. (SEPs perform an oversight role for the work being done by the GEP and his or her team and are typically very senior members of the firm.) The case also raises areas where Everson can improve. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
forthcoming Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—The Fearless Organization offers practical guidance for View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
founded an open platform called SOFWERX to speed the rate of ideas to Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, and the like. His team even sourced the idea for a hoverboard from a YouTube video. But how should... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Business School Case 515-001 Disrupting the Meat Industry: Tissue Culture Beef Dr. Mark Post and his team at Maastricht University were perfecting their tissue culture beef product-made entirely from muscle grown in his lab-to give it the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Academy: Getting in the Game Harvard Business School Case 807-122 Urban Video Game Academy was founded to enhance the academic and career prospects of urban youth. How will its founder grow it into a sustainable business? Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
that they found some of the morphed images creepy or unsettling," they write in "The Tipping Point of Animacy." The Eyes Have It A follow-up experiment determined what part of a face best reveals its animacy. The researchers used the same... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
governments that caused their misery in the first place. In such mismanaged countries—which number close to seventy—a way must be found to change the basic system. Globalization—seen by many today as a sort of cure-all—will certainly not... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
tolerated with others. The sales manager who brings in big bucks but acts in a hostile, domineering way with his team may be seen as the definition of success, yet letting “a brilliant jerk be a jerk” could cost a company many other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
School Case 314-115 School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn (B) This supplements the "A" case. Joel Rose and Chris Rush decide to spin-off from School of One to found New Classrooms Innovation Partners. Rose and Rush... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
Relationship Management, Fontana is entertaining the possibility of commercializing his innovation. Doing so may provide a welcome new source of income during the greatest economic slowdown in recent history, and it would help in keeping the HGRM design and development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
currency. This reduced profitability because Clearwater's costs were in Canadian currency while its sales where largely in other currencies. The case also discusses the challenges of maintaining a sustainable fishery and uses the collapse of the cod fishing industry as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
CEO-doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an increase in functional managers rather than general managers, a phenomenon we term "functional centralization." Using panel data on senior management positions, we show that changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
910-409 On July 5, 2004, Pfizer's China team received disappointing news. China's patent review board just invalidated the company's existing patent on one of its most successful drugs, Viagra. Making matters worse, a Guangdong-based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abstract—This article seeks to encourage scholars to conduct research that is more relevant to the decisions faced by managers and policymakers. I define relevant research papers as those whose research questions address problems found... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne