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- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
support for the Geneva Accords, an agreement for a two-state solution negotiated by unofficial delegations of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 2003. The results demonstrate that Israelis are more likely to support agreements that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
professor Constance Bagley discusses the most frequent legal flops made by entrepreneurs, everything from hiring the wrong lawyer to puffing up the business plan. Key concepts include: Entrepreneurs tend to delegate too much to the... View Details
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
delegation of Chubb executives to discuss insurance issues. In the mid-1990s, Chubb opened representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to do market research and assess the potential of the Chinese insurance market. In 2000,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
people.” “At some point soon, genuine ethical decisions will be delegated to these systems—to some extent, they are already,” says Joseph Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. “And by genuine... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective, corporate accountability reporting can internalize certain externalities into firms' resource-allocation decisions, although doing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
really give to someone like Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson or to Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Department nominee, or to Vice President Mike Pence? It looks like he’s a person who hasn’t delegated a lot in the past. So those would... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
political affiliations, so it can provoke both negative and positive responses. Nevertheless, in the age of Twitter, silence on an issue can be conspicuous—and consequential. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53647 Come Together: Firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/esm/doifinder/10.1057/9781137294678.0461 August 2013 Journal of Economics & Management Strategy Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing By: McElheran, Kristina Steffenson... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
things they would like to learn from, most notably in recent years in software, they are quick to send delegation after delegation to Nasscom's doors to figure it out. India doesn't reciprocate with quite... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
players). Second, the technology has to operate dependably, a problem in combat. And third and most significant, superiors have to be willing to delegate such decisions to frontliners. As a result, there have been as many spectacular... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16918 Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
risks—a process that can release more equity capacity. Finally, Merton argues, the job of managing the company's derivatives portfolio should not be delegated to in-house financial experts. The strategic importance of how a company... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
conditions mentioned included only if: Top management is ready to know more about customer experiences and make the investment required to put the knowledge to work. Management is prepared to delegate the task to a broad swath of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
limited quantity. The competition has no comparable model. Which price should the company choose? Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54489 Come Together: Firm Boundaries and Delegation By: Alfaro, Laura,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information technology investments, I find that a high net value of adaptation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
automatically must be delegated to the damage control specialists. Plans and actions should always focus on others' hearts as much or more than their minds. If you are at a middle or low level in an organization and see how a crisis can... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
as map out how changes will be made, and the CSO must often unify subcultures within the firm. But the CSO also delegates more sustainability responsibilities to various departments. So while at the Efficiency stage the CSO concentrates... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective, corporate accountability reporting can internalize certain externalities into firms' resource-allocation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in order to achieve a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
particular traits and skills allowing them to maintain relevance. These include adaptability, a proclivity for collaboration and communication, a willingness to delegate tasks when appropriate, and a disposition for curiosity and... View Details