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- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
worldwide reserves. In 2017, under the leadership of Dr. Mostafa Terrab, OCP was halfway through a $20 billion industrial transformation program aimed at increasing its industrial capacity, improving cost efficiencies, and boosting long-term competitiveness. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
economic drivers" of business use of the Internet, explaining, "The change in the production process of information is altering the way it's distributed. Information is moving from paper into bits. That is a fundamental change in the... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim Publication:Financial Analysts Journal (forthcoming) Abstract A firm's competitive environment, its strategic choices, and its internal capabilities are considered important determinants of its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
certain developing countries because the countries failed to meet certain standards for political stability, human rights, market regulation, etc. The new principles-based approach would allow CalPERS money managers to invest in companies that were financially... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
many organizers use high-pressure tactics to get cards signed. Probably the most damaging however is the impact unions have on innovation. Unions fight change — any change — on the factory floor. Over the years, management gives up trying to make factory improvements,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
Catalysts And Nourishers In addition to studying the effect of progress, the researchers analyzed the workday diaries to determine the factors that facilitated progress: catalysts (events that helped a project move forward) and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
discussed China's inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As a member of the WTO, Barshefsky said, China is moving from a protectionist position to a more active, strategic role, an international function it hasn't played for the... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
Peter Roberts outlines the alternatives JLL's top management analyzed as they considered how to move the organization forward. This case is the second in a case series that also comprises cases A, C, and D, and collectively covers JLL's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
(see Figure 2-3) and several new internal business objectives. Mobil U.S. Marketing and Refining, like Rockwater, moved to a new "customer intimacy" strategy that would offer a superior buying experience for consumers. Mobil's... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
many managers overestimate the attractiveness of using IP to exert market power. Rather, the value of the various means to protect and benefit from IP depends on firm strategy, the competitive landscape, and the rapidly changing contours... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
Simultaneously Publication:Long Range Planning (in press) Abstract As our world becomes more global, fast paced, and hypercompetitive, competitive advantage may increasingly depend on success in managing paradoxical strategies—strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Smartphone Industry By: Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu Abstract—Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions to mitigate hazards and gain competitive advantage. In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
and GEICO continued to gain ground on industry leaders State Farm and Allstate, which sold less than 5% of their policies direct. In 2013, Progressive hoped to revolutionize the purchasing of auto insurance and to build its competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
commercial strategy that is not yet fully defined. As Nutricia defines its strategy, it also has to define the strategic control systems it will use to monitor and fine-tune the strategy moving forward. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
enjoyable," a machine that is nothing short of "the greatest leverage of human potential ever developed." "As the commercial world moves from manufacturing to information, the tool is the personal computer," one alum noted, while another... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
parties operating either through the government or an insurance company that's paying. We would need a code. A code comes from the AMA [American Medical Association]. Will the AMA give us a code? Well, not easily, because the doctors are all View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
visits a noodle shop with an unnecessarily long wait, for example, she’ll reengineer the process in her mind: move the food there, put one employee here instead of two to reduce the line by half. “I’m pretty sure the owner would not... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
unpopular and very costly war in Iraq. Meanwhile, countries that used to be called "less developed" became emerging markets, and have invested much more in the development of talent than we have. So there are also concerns about the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
global competition and efficient markets. A rewritten version of an earlier note. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407022 Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
McKenna’s face, or at least the half of it that’s visible above her mask, lights up at the sight of it. It’s been a long journey to this point. She and her family, including husband Joe and two young sons, have just moved up from Atlanta,... View Details