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- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its business model. We consider... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2022
- Supplement
Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia (B)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In 2020, Francisco Staton, president of Arcos Dorados’ Caribbean Division, and Héctor Orozco, Managing Director of Arcos Dorados Colombia, were looking into Arcos Dorados’ options to consolidate its food delivery service in Colombia. This time the matter at hand hinged... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Tactics; Logistics; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Mariana Cal. "Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-396, November 2022.
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
society through a cultural change that had solidarity as its core value. In our sample alliances, this motivation was associated with a specific company type: family-owned businesses. These are companies... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
about needs and generate peer pressure for giving. And different locales do seem to have developed different conceptions of what is appropriate activity in this realm. In Silicon Valley, it is well known that corporate social action is very results-oriented, engendered... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
opportunities for changes in corporate culture to encourage sustainability. While the U.S. chemical industry remained defensive and focused on legal compliance, there was a greater proactivity among the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
General Management: Processes and Action
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Computer Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; Video Game Industry; China; India; United States
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
That They Are Now Losing Authors:Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers Publication:Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Although some have heralded recent political and cultural developments as signaling the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
building a culture based on collaboration, teamwork, and respect—and not tolerating employees who dominate or treat other employees as if they are there to serve them. Leaders sometimes inadvertently send the wrong message by excusing—or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
stems from the Catholic Worker movement's personalist tradition, which means that Haley House staff and volunteers work intensely with small numbers of people as a way of trying to create deeper change in them. Haley House launched the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and change the mix of marketing promotions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions
thinking that all our plans can look the same everywhere, that all our brands can feel the same everywhere, and we have made huge mistakes in that regard," he said. Changes Brewing AmBev, one of the world's largest beer producers,... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
"derivative" projects that use existing (and proven) designs to deliver new science experiments to the surface. Of course, the cultural change required to do this would be significant. Building... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
information aggregation treatments do not affect total equity investment when we make the investment environment more realistic than in prior experiments. Previously documented aggregation effects are not robust to changes in the risky... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
effects. Euvin Naidoo just received hardcover copies of two special books I have been looking forward to unpacking over the summer: Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time, by... View Details
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
about them” What my co-author Stephen Turban and I were ultimately able to produce is the first work I know of that looks empirically at how interactions between individuals in headquarters change when employees move from cubicles to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
son of the founder, realizes that major operational and financial changes are required to maintain the restaurant’s long-term viability. This case is intended to provide students with a better understanding of the personal, professional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
and Latin America. Why Azmi? “India has the world’s largest cinema industry, and it exercises an enormous cultural impact within the country,” says Geoffrey Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History. “Shabana Azmi has long... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but by just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the should self operates at a higher construal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace