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  • 08 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

that compensatory fit can only work when there is a powerful informal organization already in existence and when the gains from ambidexterity are substantial. Further, depending on the strength of the informal organization, breakdown in the conditions necessary for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

perceptions framework is of a single-stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant lead times, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA time series... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

too little influence to structural and situational factors. We examine whether this tendency leads even experienced professionals to make systematic mistakes in their selection decisions, favoring alumni from academic institutions with... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 28 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

turbulence” Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics, argues that, while market-based competition has been with us as long as capitalism, companies have been insulated from it over the last half-century by the growth of large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

limited intermediation, and corporate opportunism. Investor tastes, when combined with imperfectly competitive intermediaries, lead prices and interest rates to deviate from fundamental values. Opportunistic firms respond by issuing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

investors and investment funds. Furthermore, it was creating a network of microfinance banks through a microfinance holding company. However, in a context of rapid change and explosive growth of the microfinance sector, Jacques Attali,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm violators,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

continued in the 1960s, fueled by a booming stock market and corporate strategies that were heavily geared toward growth and diversification. In a classic 1960 article, "Marketing Myopia," Theodore Levitt was sharply critical of... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

case describes a critical inflection point in the growth of an international development "mentor capitalist" nonprofit, Endeavor. As Endeavor aims to scale its high-impact entrepreneurship model globally, founder Linda... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

in queue characteristics, we find that, on average, deviations lead to slower completion times, providing evidence of the costs of exercising discretion. Doctors tend to deviate more, and deviations tend to be less detrimental with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3

risk managers, can become influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsNote: Net Cash, Share Repurchases and EPS Growth William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Background... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

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more economically developed countries. But they do have something else: each other. "Peer groups are often used as a commitment device to achieve personal goals, but there has been little empirical evidence evaluating their effectiveness and analyzing what aspects... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 12 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

millions of portable computers and handheld devices. When the 3,000 or so hot spots that exist today jump to 10,000, a tipping point will be reached that quickly leads to development of some 300,000 hot spots, Dayton predicted, driven... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 24 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

of discrimination is taken up by the media or regulators. Second, as there is more room for sales growth with consumers who are not yet top spenders compared with those who are already top spenders, strict application of loyalty system... View Details
Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

  Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By: Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. Abstract—The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007

would suggest. However, our analysis also presents some puzzles including, most significantly, evidence of strong employment growth following adoption of dismissal protections. In light of these puzzles, we read our findings as suggestive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

for finance professionals striving to make well-informed financial decisions. Political homogeneity creates potential risks in the workplace. When decision-makers share the same political views, they risk creating echo chambers that reinforce partisan biases,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

how to build performance indicators to monitor financial goals, customer goals, internal process goals, and learning and growth goals. By focusing on these goals, the balanced scorecard gives managers a tracking tool for View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

findings and advice. Anxiety leads to poor outcomes. You will be less nervous about negotiating, however, if you repeatedly practice and rehearse. You can also avoid anxiety by asking an outside expert to represent you at the bargaining... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Cesaro e Associati

By: Christina R. Wing and Amram Migdal
This case describes the leadership succession planning process at Cesaro e Associati (Studio Cesaro), founded in 1986 by Franco Cesaro in the northeastern Italian state of Veneto. In 2022, Franco was contemplating retirement and passing leadership of his firm, which... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Family Business; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Small Business; Change; Change Management; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Entrepreneurship; Governance; Leadership; Leading Change; Management; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ownership; Family Ownership; Private Ownership; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Family and Family Relationships; Consulting Industry; Europe; Italy
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