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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
Johnson II in the 1940s, the credo proclaimed that J&J's "first responsibility" was to its customers and then to employees, management, communities, and stockholders-in that order. By the mid-1970s, however, Burke was troubled by a sense that the credo had lost its... View Details
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
influence across cultural, political, and economic divides. Other topics include: Developing an organizational architecture that supports the expansion into new product-classes, market categories, and... View Details
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
effective care teams and good management of local operations (clinical microsystems). Clinicians influence both, and local clinician leaders will have several key tasks. Publisher's link: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1301814... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
Congress for the authority to take them over, it was granted without much debate. I’ve spoken to almost every lawmaker, regulator, and executive who might have influenced that decision, and none indicated they lost much sleep over the... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
HBS student? “Strategy is a luxury. More acutely needed are people who can sell product or build product.” What were your favorite HBS classes and what made them so impactful? “My favorite classes were The Entrepreneurial Manager with Felda Hardymon; first-year View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3
we identify core insights about how firms compete against one another in established markets. Based on our evaluation, we argue that a promising research opportunity for strategy lies in exploring how firms strategically interact in new View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015
Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan Abstract—In this qualitative study, I examine the factors that influence the re-emergence of market demand for a legacy technology in a mature institutional field. I extend... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
from consumers shopping at the more popular store. Second, the intermediary may have an incentive to degrade the quality of search even further when its design decision influences the prices charged by stores. By altering the composition... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
Your Customer Relationships By: Avery, Jill, Susan Fournier, and John Wittenbraker Abstract—Consumers have always had relationships with brands, but sophisticated tools for analyzing customer data are finally allowing marketing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
characteristics of the waste-to-energy operation, the market characteristics for waste disposal and energy, and the mechanisms regulators use to encourage production of renewable energy, we determine the profit-maximizing operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
findings from this summer to regional CEOs at MMAC’s Board meeting in September as the organization determines how to move forward, and I’m grateful for how HBS and the Social Enterprise Initiative have contributed to my professional and personal growth. How has the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in which business leaders in... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
to be service-oriented volunteer leaders in their communities. I want to see our programs expand to markets that we are not yet in. And I want to see our efforts help to change the narrative about America’s veterans; that they are a force... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
work: let people be themselves; practice radical honesty; magnify people’s strengths; stand for authenticity (more than shareholder value); make work meaningful; and make simple rules. Theauthors also provide ways of assessing how a company is doing. Direct View Details
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Talia Gillis
consumer finance. I am interested in how the market and regulatory structure impact the way people interact with financial institutions and engage in financial transactions. The study of the process by which regulators adopt policies, and... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Innovation Authors:Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Financial Economics Abstract We find that VC-backed firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are more likely to go bankrupt, but conditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network effects View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
pharmaceutical firms that rely on creativity," she says. "Today's fast-changing global markets place increased pressure on companies of every kind to continuously create new products, services, and competitive strategies if they... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs