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- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
problem, according to several readers, is identifying attitude in the first place. Bradburne Millett asks, "What sort of measurements are you contemplating to reveal desired attitudes on the scale needed to recognize their presence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Success requires appreciating the diversity at the base of the pyramid and the importance of scale in undertaking ventures there. Witness Manila Water's success in the Philippines and Hindustan Unilever's in South Asia. Failure to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
308-038 Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader of a small nonprofit. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
railroad, the country could depend on a rapidly expanding population on which to build markets and scale corporations. Q: Having examined roughly 1,000 articles covering more than 150 years of business, what changes did you notice in the... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
linkages on a strategy map that define and tell the story of the business unit's strategy. Summary Traditionally, competitive advantage came from access to low-cost raw materials, energy sources, or financial capital and an ability to invest in physical capital to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
believes that “all-remote scales even better than the traditional model the benefits of all-remote: writing down your processes, stimulating cross-company informal communication, they get more pronounced at scale.” Carmichael’s comment... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
that they may want to provide a lot of information initially to attract investors in the first place. Then as the platforms mature, they can scale back the amount of information they share over time in an effort to level the playing field... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
Tesco shops were replacing independent businesses. "What the politicians did not anticipate was that these large supermarket chains were going to come in anyway, regardless of regulations," Sadun says. "They had reached a View Details
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
Summing Up Do increases in social sector productivity, which seem to prevail at least in the U.S., benefit consumers at the expense of workers? Or is the scale weighted in favor of the latter who may benefit two ways, in terms of both an... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
does not scale as strongly with firm size as exploitation R&D. The resulting framework conforms to many regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Internalization of advertising services is much more widespread than has hitherto been appreciated and varies widely across industries. To explain this variation, we draw on concepts from research on scale economies and transaction costs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
technology enablement for emergency preparedness and response have taken on increased significance. Public health organizations like ADHS play a critical role in any statewide preparation for large scale emergencies. With issues like... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses will not survive more than a month.” Small businesses have been scaling down and temporarily... View Details
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
to better pair employees on teams to improve idea quality, according to Koning. Consider team composition. Whether or not they actually administer a personality test, supervisors generally have an idea of where team members fall on scales... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 May 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
company had performed well and was gaining momentum. Interline was a rare asset in terms of the scale it had reached. However, there were still unknowns. Would buyers reward Interline with a high valuation multiple that reflected its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
29 percent, and customer satisfaction scores actually improved when compared to conventionally managed stores. The effort stalled only when the planned strategy was scaled down and Martin's successor halted further expansion of the... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
CRM and voicemail systems Technology can scale human efficiency, but only up to a point." Ganesh Ramakrishnan added, "The technologies to communicate, collaborate and access infinite information have evolved and spread much... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
asked that question in the past couple of months. Those replying with a 9 or 10 (the most positive) on an 11-point scale (0 to 10) are "promoters"; a 7 or 8 labels you as a "passive"; and anything from a 0 to a 6 makes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/719014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-031 BlackBuck (A) The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
aggressively and scale its business. They also needed to make business choices about next steps. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813023-PDF-ENG The World Bank in 2012: Choosing a Leader Iyer, Lakshmi, and Ian McKowan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne