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- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
technologies, thereby leading to the development of a constituency of physicians around each technology. For example, when angioplasty entered mainstream use in the 1980s, most hospitals that already had cardiac surgery programs felt that... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5
seeks to address how leaders develop a customer-centric organization, as well as how an organization saves its flagship brand after a crisis. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007
response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's growing middle class, made up of younger consumers with more fashionable tastes. Like hypermarkets, Hualian Family Stores include both food... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
the detrimental effects of each trigger. We conclude by discussing implications and recommendations for organizational scholars to take a more integrative approach to developing and evaluating theory about unethical behavior. Learning... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
political leaders in the country are wrestling with the question, what comes next? Will Japanese companies adopt western business practices, and at what cost to its own uniqueness? As with the School's four other international research... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
suggests that this model-which tolerates moral complexity-is perhaps one of the few that can adapt and endure over time. Manufacturing Morals is a perceptive must-read for anyone looking for insight into the moral decision making of today's business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
surprises, say Bazerman and Watkins, are a common form of leadership failure. "Predictable surprises happen when leaders had all the data and insight they needed to recognize the potential, even the inevitability, of major problems,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
and India are best poised to emerge as market leaders in Asia: Chinese firms in Shanghai "reflect relatively entrepreneurial cultures, open organizational climates and a relatively high degree of market orientation," according... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
usual methodology of studying organizations in a particular industry or geography, Zhang went wide and deep. He developed a longitudinal sample of 1,069 leading public firms in 35 countries and 24 industries. His chief finding: The social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
the growth of younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other education-industry links; and 4) linking View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
pole may not appeal to everyone, but it is fundamental to how the FDA functions. Conflagrations concerning products like RU-486 and COX-2 inhibitors are almost inevitable considering how many divergent interests and disputes over evidence the FDA has to balance. The... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth in host countries, particularly developing countries. It provides a broad overview, with a focus on two elements that have recently become particularly important, (1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
presented in the Harvard Business Review article "Are Leaders Portable?" co-written with Andrew N. McLean and Nitin Nohria. The records of former GE general managers demonstrate that even skills widely perceived as generalizable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
described the Metaverse as “alternate digital realities where people work, play, and socialize.” That reminds us of the things that were promised us by futurists at the time of the development of the internet, many of which have exceeded... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
portions of its profits in the business—through research and development, market expansion, capital expenditures, and most importantly (and often forgotten) development of talented people and leaders. This virtuous circle creates value... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
or is the phenomenon evident in other developed economies-such as Australia? We assessed Australians' perceived and ideal wealth distributions and compared them to the actual wealth distribution. Although the United States and Australia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
system doesn’t absolve leaders of responsibility, either. “Be vigilant,” Badaracco says. “Try to control the uses of what you produce, and develop a value, or a culture, of aggressive responsibility.” Learn... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Many markets have "unraveled" and experienced inefficient, early, dispersed transactions, and subsequently developed institutions to delay transaction timing. However, it has previously proved... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes
—should business leaders and policymakers do about the gender disparity? Research by Professor Boris Groysberg and colleagues shows that male and female board members have very different takes on the issue Better by the Bunch: Evaluating... View Details