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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
The art of business today seems to be the ability to influence resources your company doesn't own—resources such as the production scheduling of manufacturing partners, the packaging requirements of distribution partners, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
either fail to reach their full potential or cross the line into destructive or even unethical actions?" Design/methodology/approach—To find out, they interviewed many successful leaders of major... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
In the process, he shows how organizations can best equip themselves to take advantage of potential sources of competitive advantage that arise in the global setting. In International Finance: A Casebook, Desai provides case studies on... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
an HBS club in the Midwest, commented, "Lincoln workers receive high pay and job security, and there is no need for a union there. But I'm not worried that there will be a diminishing role for unions, because most of you are too dumb to run View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
long. She could not help but think the American Dream, or even just the chance to live a dignified life, was out of reach no matter how early she left for work or how late she stayed. Because she had been in charge of workers’ safety at a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
are not proactively evaluating potential gaps in their knowledge or addressing their shortcomings.” In addition, Groysberg and Cheng’s survey found that age can be a factor in keeping up with new technology. Among older directors, 39... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Business Review What’s the Right Kind of Bonus to Motivate Your Sales Force? By: Chung, Doug J., and Das Narayandas Abstract—Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
effectiveness because people were not accountable to each other for progress, did not have shared understanding of their work, and faced interpersonal risks when reaching out to other roles. The redesign introduced new mesolevel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
Coval about the relationship between the government and the private sector, and how policymakers should critically evaluate federal stimulus plans to help local companies. Sean Silverthorne: First, a little bit about your empirical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
the country's first public access technology center established in an inner city, said the center has 26 computers plus video and music editing equipment, and offers residents classes in computer programming. The center is conspicuously located in Harlem to send a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
understanding about what brands matter to consumers," says Alvarez. "So if consumers are switching brands, or buying based on promotions, you can drive the customer to your own label." Brand-based data can also be used as... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
point out in the book's introduction, the FDA must also operate as a political and governing agency. Decisions are expected to be made in transparent rule- and procedure-based ways, and in many cases they produce outcomes that reach... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
longer than follow-on entrants in regulatory approval. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that the cost of this delay is upwards of 7% of the cost of bringing a new high-risk device to market. Considering potential explanations, I... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
49 on the latest Fortune 500 listing. Anyone with a computer is familiar with the phrase "Intel Inside." With this book, professor Tedlow has taken us inside Andy Grove. Richard, it's great to have you with us today. Aisner: You've written about giants of... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
consumers; he did it in terms of the customers he targeted. When you are making a market, who you choose as your initial customers and whom you decide not to market to is critically important in defining what the brand and company will... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
Farronato, Andrey Fradkin, Boston University; Bradley Larsen, Stanford University; and Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School of Management. We asked Farronato, whose interests include economics, innovation, electronic commerce, and electronic markets, to share the View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
year. Early research shows that students in schools led by NLNS principals are outperforming their peers, but Fenton remains driven by his vision of a system-wide, scalable model for education reform that recognizes the achievement View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" (BPS) has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace