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attention of the chief executive that many of the piece workers throughout the plant are in the habit of discontinuing their work three-quarters of an hour before closing time." Why are the workers leaving early? What can the chief... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
had the courage to invest in its performance, and they used it to gain a significant competitive edge. It is naive to assume that other sharply discontinuous technologies will not offer similar transformation opportunities in the future.... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
and innovate in their business models. HBS professor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan Enric Ricart present an integrative framework to distinguish and relate the concepts of business model, strategy, and tactics. The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: A... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
satisfied, high-paying customers. In essence, incumbents can disassociate themselves from a business in exchange for a better one. How can we identify when flight is in progress? Changes in customer or product mix can be a clear sign of flight, as are plans to View Details
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List of Videos by Professor Bower
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Bertrand Collomb, Honorary Chairman and Director, Lafarge." Succession Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 2008. Video.
Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Reuben Mark, Chairman & CEO, Colgate Palmolive Co."... View Details
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Alan L. Wurtzel
Wurtzel took the helm of his family’s electronic retailing business and built it into a major retailer of electronics and appliances. He discontinued the company’s discount operations and invested heavily in two retailing concepts – a... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 02 Mar 2011
- News
Last Look - March 2011
LAST ISSUE’S LAST LOOK: As you may have noticed, we are discontinuing the Last Look feature, for we have run out of usable photos from the archives. Modest Andrew Vogel (MBA ’01) wrote: “I believe this is from the 2000 HBS show STARt-up... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
job, so it was like, "What am I going to tell these folks?" It told me a lot about the pressures of an organization, and the discontinuity between making budget and not making it.— W. Earl Sasser We got into the golf cart. We... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
Abstract This paper documents that ventures that are funded by two successful angel groups experience superior outcomes to rejected ventures: they have improved survival, exits, employment, patenting, web traffic, and financing. We use strong View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
MBA Cohorts Will Merge Next Year
outstanding educational experience, stimulating innovation and change in the MBA Program, and providing valuable experience and learning about program delivery." While the decision to discontinue the cohort system was based on a number of... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
discontinuity design that facilitates sharper identification of treatment effects, we find a significant and discontinuous increase in tax avoidance following Russell 2000 inclusion. The tax avoidance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: The Money of Invention
capital activity of the last few years in the context of the broader history of the industry. While they suggest the events in recent years had many similarities with earlier cycles, they highlight some fundamental discontinuities... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
serious attention at HBS, was intoxicating. That year, 26 graduates went into the real estate field, in no small measure due to him. I will never forget his time-honored recipe for success: "Find a discontinuity and capitalize on it."... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
taking place with another company. Using a third party puts distance between the company and the candidate and gives both sides the freedom to discontinue discussions without damaging their egos and reputations." Another risk that... View Details
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
that were discontinued at Hewlett-Packard, these programs may indeed have an upside—but there is a potential downside lurking, too. The HP experience was eye-opening as well as sobering. Thirteen separate units of the company—at different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
are to ‘define’ a new economy—what are the discontinuities and what are the radical advances that would build consensus about a new economy?” What are the earmarks of a “new economy?” What do you think? Original Column Whither the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
were realized. What we label the CEO-specific Q and past return explains equity issuance, but it does not explain debt issuance, investment, or profitability. Two discontinuity analyses show that the specific share price that the current... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
like private equity fund managers, especially in terms of forming exit strategies at the time of business development; base decisions on an assumption of increasing competitive discontinuity and impermanence; avoid "cultural... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of staying and trying to reach some... View Details