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  • 11 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

which company politics should improve government, from breaking up entrenched old boys' networks to leveraging a company's existing organizational expertise. Private firms have realized efficiency and performance gains in areas such as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

wondered whether freed male slaves might hamper feminism. "It becomes a serious question whether we had better step aside and see 'Sambo' walk into the kingdom first," Giddings read, quoting Stanton. (Stanton went on to write, "This is the negro's hour. Are we sure... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

hypotheses. And, again, there are other benefits. This stage of an ICP often leads to faster decision-making and pivots in a venture where founders and others have strong entrenched opinions about why things have or have not worked.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

David, Goliath, and Disruption

"disrupting" is of course the goal of their business activities, panelists said, it is also no small trick to cut through the entrenched practices surrounding established incumbents. Nor is it simple to prevent others from... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

women candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an intensification of barriers against women in these areas. Similar results for (mostly male) Muslim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

been diligent in filing lawsuits—they’re filing plenty of lawsuits. But Uber is fighting back. Often the company’s strategy has been to delay regulators’ every complaint, trying to get their service that much more entrenched so it will be... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

institutions are in flux. Many of the large German firms have huge legacy costs and entrenched corporate cultures that must change. Remembering August Thyssen reminds people just how entrepreneurial corporate Germany once was. I think... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

economy. The fraud renewed the focus on corporate governance policies worldwide, but especially in Japan, where the lack of board independence and a deep-rooted corporate culture entrenched in personal loyalties fostered an environment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

and implications for new browser upstarts such as Firefox and Camino. Do they stand a chance against Internet Explorer? Yin says Microsoft's entrenchment in corporate IT, the maturation of the PC market, and the technical difficulty many... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Abstract—Firms spend millions of dollars annually on whistle-blower hotlines, training, and other efforts to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and company policies. Yet malfeasance remains entrenched in the corporate world. Why? Too... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

and monetize their sites, all in shadow of a deeply entrenched incumbent. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912009-PDF-ENG Tequila Mobile SA Hanna Hałaburda, Jerzy Surma, and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 5

regulation by offshoring or by abandoning the market; or ignoring the regulation by continuing with entrenched business practices. The path a profit-maximizing firm will choose depends, in part, on the expected cost of non-compliance,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

explanations for this decline: there are striking differences across states by indicators of entrenched gender prejudice, with more prejudiced states showing a significant decline in the share of new women candidates after a woman wins,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law firm and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

for its ad campaigns through Agency Machine, its proprietary online platform. CEO John Winsor wanted to change the way that advertising was done, a difficult task in an industry entrenched in traditional models. The case follows Winsor as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

existing, entrenched systems and processes of the larger enterprise. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-042 Clover Food Lab: Building Out the Team No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

most densely populated areas in the world. The slum's living conditions are abysmal by Western standards and gets little to no support from the local government due to the entrenched bureaucracy that has seemingly misaligned interests in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied the company, with a hard-charging attitude embedded in the company's workplace culture, which allowed it to successfully take on the entrenched taxi industry. Uber looked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

host of factors. Intermediary relationships, institutional commitments, legal restrictions, entrenched customer behavior, and competitive practices often limit the type and extent of changes that a firm can realistically make. 2. Within... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

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