Multiple Control Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

system: Where are the best people and ideas in your field? "If you believe that knowledge is more and more globally distributed, chances are not all the best people work for you," he declared. Can you control the leakage of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

management systems used by direct marketers; software for creating and managing graphics, video, and sound; and convergence technologies such as broadband that provide simultaneous, high-speed transmission of sound, video, and data... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

Prescription drug costs continue to climb in the United States, but tightening a loophole in a federal law may help curb rising expenses, according to research published this week in Health Affairs. Efforts to control US health care... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions.... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

01 Feb 1997
News

Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)

upheaval - financial collapse, peasant uprisings, and political violence. What's going on? Some people see the repression in Mexico's political system and call the system authoritarian. Others see its... View Details

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

Cespedes: For most firms, the largest, most difficult, and increasingly expensive part of strategy implementation is aligning field behaviors and go-to-market systems with espoused strategic goals. It's the largest because doing this well... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

10 Mar 2021
News

Elevator Pitch: Game Time

Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound Concept: Tilt Five is an entertainment system that uses augmented reality (AR) glasses, a game board, and a wand controller to engage players... View Details

Keywords: AI; virtual reality; gaming; technology; entrepreneurship; startups; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

02 May 2016
News

Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?

officials and transit advocates. Shortsleeve said his goal is to balance the agency’s books for the first time in 15 years, even if that means taking on sacred cows. He said any savings will be reinvested in the system to make it run more... View Details

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and claim a disproportionate share of the value... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

on ways to grow the pie of social resources within the legal and legislative systems of the United States, as well as within the democratic systems of other nations. The constraints that democracies place on... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54036 August 23, 2018 NEJM Catalyst Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost By: French, Katy, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

influence an organization can have on social factors beyond its boundaries." Most research on organizational performance focuses on cause-and-effect situations that assume degrees of linearity and control that exist only in limited... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

system before my departure. I learned several things during my time at Uncommon Schools. First, veterans can bring our project management skill set into the workplace and make a huge difference to teams struggling with capacity and time... View Details

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

lasting changes in the lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

U.S. consumers more power over decisions related to health care. Those who advocate consumer-driven health care - including conference chair Professor Regina E. Herzlinger - believe that shifting control of health-care purchasing... View Details

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Business School Case 110-087 Continental Media Group has a series of business reviews struggling to achieve profitability. This case focuses on the use of management control systems to identify emerging... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, and culture. The View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2023
Book

The State and Capitalism in China

By: Meg Rithmire, Margaret M. Pearson and Kellee S. Tsai

This element explains China's political economic evolution from state socialist economy to a reform era state capitalism model to a more politicized, risk management approach we call "party-state capitalism." We emphasize the internal and external sources of perceived... View Details

Keywords: China's Political Economy; State Capitalism; State-business Relations; State Ownership; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; China

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30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary documents are often denied services or resort to bribing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

with respect to three fundamental areas of knowledge: Design Knowledge: The use of human-centered (and other) design methods to understand users, identify solutions to their needs, and gather feedback on solutions via rapid, iterative prototyping. Technical Knowledge:... View Details

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