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- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
Spencer Stuart, directed by Julie Hembrock Daum; and independent researcher and management consultant Deborah Bell. The team worked for over a year before that to identify board members from more than 60 countries, in industries including... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
burn cash faster than they make it. But already successful pioneers such as eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo! have transformed industry dynamics, opened new career aspirations, and become emblematic of a new workplace style. The wanna-dots are... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
seeing real innovation in business, not in products but in what business does." Economic Facts Of Life There are three key characteristics of information technology markets—three economic facts of life, said Upton, that can help show... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
School Case 217-013 Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
substantially between 2006, when AWS was introduced, and 2010, especially for those firms that could most take advantage of cloud services. For the control group of companies in industries such as aerospace and medical devices,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
solving a problem with varying states of interaction with teammates: zero interaction with peers, intermittent interaction, or constant interaction. “Once upon a time, work in real workplaces was intermittent,” Bernstein says. You would... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16
growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only slightly moves tax and transfer policy preferences. An exception is the estate tax-informing respondents of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
taking considerable initiative to deliver the highest quality personalized service in the hospitality industry. The case also highlights Aman's strategy and operations which differ in many ways from industry standards. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
accomplished, including more freedom for business, more immigration, and big bets by the government and industry to meet imposing infrastructure needs. Ron Kurtz said, “I am concerned that we are facing a decline in the size and spending... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
growth, but we still have a very poor understanding of the value implications of these kinds of actions. So there's lots of room for improvement. Q: Are there certain companies excelling in this area, or any industries where ESG... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
making by high-affinity syndicates post investment. Taken together, our results suggest that non-ability-based "birds-of-a-feather-flock-together" effects in collaboration can be costly. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18141 Monetary Policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
real estate) used for collateral of would-be small business borrowers," Mills says. "The bankers say they can't find creditworthy borrowers and the borrowers talk about having to go to bank after bank before they find one that... View Details
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
competitiveness of her exports and the costs of her imported inputs. In a microeconomic sense, the business person also cares about tariffs (which affect trade), industrial policies, tax policies (on business directly, but also policies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
pair had been studying Silicon Valley mentor-capitalists (successful entrepreneurs who have cashed out of their own companies but serve as business coaches to fledgling enterprises) and wondered if a similar phenomenon were taking place in Asia. "We looked at... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208025 Silic (A): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS Harvard Business School Case 108-030 A French real estate firm must choose to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
employed by the hospitals in which they work. The resulting social interactions between these individuals and groups within hospitals provide a fruitful setting for examining issues that are of relevance to organizations in a broader range of industries. The hospital... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
individuals have won the "ovarian lottery." These winners or insiders have the right parents, obtain the right education, have the right skin color, are the right gender, and belong to the right institutions. Doors open. Opportunities emerge. Success seems... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718496-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-430 Redfin: Redefine Real Estate Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
over a short lunch, set aside an entire morning—remember, you've already decided that these talks are important. If someone catches you off guard and launches into discussions on the fly, ask to reschedule the conversation for a later time or date. View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
Field brand and part of the entrepreneur's means of distinguishing his offering at a moment when there were more than a dozen department stores in Chicago. So how did Field make his strategic mark? By establishing a powerful, relevant brand which acted-and still... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace