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- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
their vast knowledge of disruptive innovation and experience in helping established companies capture game-changing opportunities, consultant Johnson, Harvard Business School professor Christensen, and SAP co-CEO Kagermann set out the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
In an age when mergers, acquisitions, and spin-offs are increasingly common in business, you need a new skill in your kit bag: the ability to analyze and value potential partners, deals, investments—even your own company. The Business Analysis and Valuation Model (BAV)... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
transforms them from "box-checkers" to "frame-makers." Frame-makers understand how important it is to attach the tools they create to C-level business goals, such as linking them to the quarterly business review. Frame-makers stay... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
portal is a tool for everyday life, something they click on dozens of times a day. But unlike a telephone or a directory, it is an intelligent, radically interactive tool that can customize itself to each... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 13 Jun 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
That Costs HOW Much?
Pricing the Right Price for You? Not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and sellers. How Our Brain Determines if... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
version of an earlier case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406076 PublicationsThe Tools of Cooperation and Change Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Matthew Marx, and Howard H. Stevenson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
that? A: We offer a number of useful tools in the book. Take a mechanism we call the "risk exposure calculator," for instance. Keyed to elements of growth, culture, and information management, it alerts managers, even as they're toasting... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
On June 26, an article appeared on the web site of The Guardian titled, “When should a tech company refuse to build tools for the government?” In a statement, Satya Nadella said the company’s contract with ICE “is supporting legacy mail,... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
being engaged and given incentive to change. I don't know what tool or technology could be used for that, but anything that improves communication between and with providers, that kind of standardization, would be huge." Other Articles In... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
the company's e-commerce project objectives. Different tools and techniques are available to measure the different aspects of e-commerce performance. For example, online surveys and polls are powerful tools... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a process we term toolmaking, whereby experts create, articulate, and shape tools that embody their expertise, is central to the way in which the risk managers in our study garner... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
to their price-oriented "parcel wars"; another is a burgeoning Web-print business at their retail outlets. Q: You characterize performance pricing as hard work. What must business owners understand to get started? What tools do... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use as a tool to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
with tools for identifying and solving these problems, engage their employees and suppliers in their improvement efforts. Q: Your book notes that typical stores experience staff turnover of 100 percent each year. How do you see successful... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
collaboration encouraged by today’s communication tools like Slack and Skype good or bad for finding the best answer? “I don’t want there to be zero communication, but I do think that transparency and communication do have downsides"... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
responsibilities; and address matters of size, scale, and complexity while maintaining the qualities that make professional services firms unique. A valuable new resource, this book redefines the role of leadership in professional services firms. Innovation Killers:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
(forthcoming) Abstract We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
must address a major design problem: Sophisticated investors have been gaming the system by applying specialized screening tools to scoop up the choicest loans with the lowest default rates, leaving less experienced investors with less... View Details
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
women in the room who said, "I'm ready." Their last child was going off to school in the fall. "I want the tools to figure out what I'm qualified to do, and what I want to do. How do I locate the right employers? How do I... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace