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- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
assumptions, business partners, incentive systems, and employee selection criteria. Given the scope of the changes, communication is critical. Q: What are the most important lessons you hope readers will take away from the article? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
proposals. It's important to know when to declare a winner, especially when relationships are involved. New MBAs sometimes learn this lesson to their regret when recruiters rescind job offers in the face of demands for special perks. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
mindsets, they innovate around (rather than through) technology, and they scour the globe for good ideas. These strategies, we believe, are as important for managers in developed countries as they are for executives in the developing world. The View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
long-standing business leaders from emerging economies across the globe. They offer compelling insights into how entrepreneurs based in these countries survived turbulence and change, and the lessons that can be learned from their... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
learn some lessons from the limited success of current approaches to design their strategy in this exciting area. Do You Really Want to Be an eBay? Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
framing alters perceptions of (in)completeness, making intermediate progress seem less complete. In turn, these feelings of incompleteness motivate people to persist until the pseudo-set has been fulfilled. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016
many issue areas, Indian gaming has probably generated the greatest amount of activity in recent years. In particular, the negotiations that led to the immense success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut have become almost mythical in nature, with states... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015
associates, where should it begin? Finally, how were the lessons learned in this case applicable to corporate America in 2014, where only 5.2% of Fortune 500 CEOs and 16.9% of board members in the United States were women? Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12
limitations of governance and information-intermediation institutions worldwide, should IFRS limit the use of fair-value accounting? How should the IASB respond to the growing power of emerging markets such as China in international standard setting? What View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3
set of math concepts through a mix of teacher-led instruction, live and virtual tutoring, and online lessons and games. Teachers could specialize in the concepts and instructional approaches they were best at and work with students who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
meaning in the workplace could be more satisfying careers for us all. Each May, at the end of his Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature course, Scotty McLennan goes one step further. "I ask students to think about the lesson... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
No other large district in the country has such a high percentage of charter schools. Q: How does New Schools for New Orleans fit into the reform landscape in the city? What were some of the lessons from the case? A: One of the benefits... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
1999 and 2000 when Pets.com came along; they dreamed up this strategy very early on. To me, it's a lesson on just smart strategic leadership. They saw the threat and came up with a smart strategy that placed them where the puck was going.... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
approach risk management, issues of greatest concern, tools and processes used in practice, the benefits and limitations of quantitative models and balance between the use of models and exercising judgment, and lessons learned from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
Arkansas. As I worked on Giants of Enterprise, I found to my surprise that my subjects all shared a number of traits, and these became the key lessons of the book. For instance, someone once said, "If you don't stand for something,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
illustrates the potential for creative and strategic negotiation to overcome what many regard as impossibly high barriers—as well as the painful lesson that negotiating virtuosity plus the election of a charismatic leader hardly suffice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
lessons and interactive tools to personalize learning for every student. Although there is room to grow exponentially in India, BYJU’s decides to enter the United States and other English speaking international markets. It believes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
School of Business at the University of Virginia. "I walked out of each meeting with him sensing that I had been told to figure things out for myself—but with a gentle, encouraging expression of how to do so." For Willis Emmons, Christensen's teaching seminar... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
the world a somewhat better place. It's a safer world in which to advertise, and a safer world in which to do business if more computers can be trusted to do what their operators want rather than what some unknown third party hopes to accomplish. Q: What are the View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
in prison, the St. Pierres prevailed, and ASC was standing tall as China's number-one fine wine importer by volume and value in 2013. ASC had developed a reputation for quality of product and service, beating out the competition of private wine importers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne