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- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of criticism have been directed at those companies' corporate boards. Traditionally, board... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
aisles. That shows the students that you're in charge. "Managers who manage for performance are more likely to be blindsided by events they should have foreseen and in many cases fixed." While Thomas did not automatically disdain the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
surveyed had no systems in place to exploit early sales data. One retailer, for example, ordered garments and committed specific quantities of each stock-keeping unit (SKU) to each of its stores 11 months before the product was even available to the public. Even... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
it could not raise equity capital, due, in part, to some accounting problems. Should El-Nazer bring this deal opportunity to the attention of TA's CEO, or should he do precisely what the CEO had told him two months earlier, "stop... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
Depot has studied deeply how to best deploy their assets in order to satisfy the customer in a way that allows for an excellent return on invested capital. They have also paid very close attention to what is likely their most profitable... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
devote more attention to its executive-development program? When the company went public in 1958, it put six outside directors on its board. One of these was Donald K. David, dean emeritus of the Harvard Business School. Surely he could... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
managers observed frontline staff work with particular attention to patient safety issues and facilitated open discussion meetings with employees about their safety-related concerns. Data Collection: Hospitals submitted data on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
words, they haven’t been looking. The researchers recently presented the paper at the SEC. Although it’s not yet clear what direction the agency will take under the new chairman, Jay Clayton, who was sworn in May 2, Di Maggio is hopeful the agency will give due View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
additional teachers?" Hot Competition Even as the OLPC experienced delays in securing orders, potential competitors were taking notice. The so-called bottom-of-the-pyramid market was now a focus of attention from mainstream PC... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
openness and the sociopolitical atmosphere) or some of the market factors, but few pay attention to both. We have developed sets of questions that companies can ask to create a map of each country's context and to gauge the extent to... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
too small for their attention and their stewardship. Their determination, commitment, and experience, in turn, flowed partly from their passion for what they were doing. It was—and is—part of their lifeblood. And that passion is a key... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
next logical stage of development in terms of how we manage, how we lead. It also means evolving ourselves so that we are better suited for a world of networked communications. Q: What inspired you to begin exploring this kind of evolution? A: When I started to pay... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
optimize brand exposure they need information on how to best retain consumers' attention from moment-to-moment during television advertising. This large-scale eye tracking study shows that the decision to zap or not to zap depends on how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
Success Authors: Josh Lerner, Antoinette Schoar, and Jialan Wang Publication: Journal of Economic Perspectives (summer 2008): 207-222 Abstract University endowments have received much attention recently for their superior investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model of Berkshire Hathaway to debate how to measure... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
and hazards. Several techniques can enhance the power and efficacy of queries: Favor follow-up questions, know when to keep questions open ended, get the sequence right, use the right tone, and pay attention to group dynamics. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
pharmaceutical drugs, such as those initiated by Turing Pharmaceuticals under CEO Martin Shkreli, had recently brought media attention to this issue. Baum believed it would be relatively easy for Imprimis to create compounded versions of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
their ample people skills effectively with clients; the benefits of using them with junior colleagues are even greater. Second, not everyone is an A player. A small dose of attention given to a B player goes at least as far as a large one... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
competitive strategy? Renowned for the cutting-edge websites that it developed to market major Hollywood movies and leading consumer brands, the firm had won numerous awards and garnered considerable attention within the advertising... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
minimal attention from historians and sociologists of science, whose analysis of scientific infrastructure has instead focused on formal scientific communication through journal articles and online forums, the formation of new disciplines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace