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- January 2014
- Teaching Note
R&R
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley M. Spence
This a revised teaching note for R&R case(9-386-019). View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
insisting that no one's contribution be marginalized, and framing new information within familiar contexts, teams can escape the performance pressure paradox and keep doing their best work when it matters most. Book:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
closer to Earth. Two years ago, the agency awarded a nearly $7 billion contract to SpaceX—launched in 2002 by PayPal and Tesla Motors cofounder Musk—and Boeing to transport US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) starting... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
capital and risk. But the trade-off is that the manufacturer frequently runs short on its medium and especially its high-variability items. That means lost sales and maybe a canceled contract with a prized customer. In the third test, the... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
value were both key. Many of the companies I had worked with before brought me on in contract roles, which eventually led to full-time opportunities when I was ready. Today, I’m a Partner at CEO Coaching International, where I work with... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
stopped pursuing the technology and set out on developing our own solution, a move that—I’m sure—crushed the team at the laboratory: watching what they thought was a sure partner and lucrative contract slip through their fingers. This is... View Details
- 26 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
From Product Development to Business School
stopped pursuing the technology and set out on developing our own solution, a move that—I’m sure—crushed the team at the laboratory: watching what they thought was a sure partner and lucrative contract slip through their fingers. This is... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
rights. Protection of property rights in the country is still poor and a major deterrent to investment. Greece scores just a 3 out of 12 on a World Bank's strength-of-legal-rights index, actually decreasing from 4 in 2007. Tellingly, the time required to enforce a... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 10 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: It’s a Bad Idea to Ban Customers From Recording Videos
not part of a passenger’s contract with United. (In a request for rulemaking, I recently asked the Department of Transportation to rule this and similar policies invalid and unenforceable.) But even if the policy was binding, it wouldn’t... View Details
- Web
Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
to make in an AI enabled world. These could include how you should negotiate your employment contracts or other business agreements, how to consider choices in your personal life and how to rethink the power of collective action in... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
or when I’d step back into full-time work, I found that maintaining relationships and continuing to add value were both key. Many of the companies I had worked with before brought me on in contract roles, which eventually led to full-time... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Startup Operations - Course Catalog
between the organization to external communication with customers, partners and investors - and role shifting as the organization scales. Startup Business Operations We will explore legal matters, budgets, contracts and early go-to-market... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path
the waste management industry in Lebanon was rife with corruption. Securing municipal contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Renewing Baker: Tom Michalak, Executive Director of Baker Library
We are in the process of working out a contract with two of our vendors of licensed commercial products that would also permit us to provide these services to alumni from our own platform for a fixed fee. Aside from technology, what else... View Details
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
ahead of the previous year! During the pandemic, 5.7 million new homes bought the Betty Crocker brand, which was the highest penetration growth across all General Mills brands. That kind of consumer demand required radical action. We quickly engaged with several new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
full-time employees, the new factory will add another 50 people per shift, doing everything from laser-cutting steel frames to inspection, painting, general assembly, and quality testing. The company worked with contract assembly to build... View Details
Keywords: Amy Yee
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
Companies that traditionally offered defined benefit plans have closed them to new hires, and even frozen them for existing employees. Just look to Seattle, where Boeing workers on January 3 narrowly ratified a contract that will convert... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
should be answerable to directors for poor performance but in fact are not. Directors, representing an indirect form of governance, are poor representatives of owners. They are far too lax in influencing employment contracts and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
business continuity plan documentation, including contracts with vendors and insurers, to reflect evolving risk exposure and infrastructure needs. Technology: Similar to how you would test your tech systems, review your agreements under... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
directors and thematic working groups that shared information, drove partnerships, and facilitated investment across businesses and the municipality. These contracts were not branded as “sustainability” initiatives – they were just viewed... View Details