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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
described by Levy. Finally, a "culture of maybe" exists when companies are highly analytical, yet also quite uncomfortable with ambiguity. They go to great lengths to gather more information and to perform additional formal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
employees clam up, the overall performance of an organization often suffers—and the effects can be dire, especially in an industry like health care. “Delivering patient care is one of those situations where timely speaking up can be a... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
concrete level, given that p2p file sharing networks are likely to improve in performance as Internet infrastructure develops, the content industry must make tough choices regarding their revenue models.... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52605 Relative Performance Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2011
- What Do You Think?
The Ultimate Question in Management
continuously inspire the passion and confidence for every employee to perform their role at the expected level or better?" (from Barry Cohen), "Will the world be a better place if I do my job well?" (from Mo Bjornestad),... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
belonging to the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization (LGPHO). The case describes the LGPHO physicians' experience during their first two years under the AQC, allowing students to assess the group's performance as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007, evaluating the up-to-date View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
even in the absence of property rights, SOEs may significantly improve performance, and document 42 Indian state-owned laboratories over 1993-2006—starting from a base of negligible U.S. patents—being granted more patents than all... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
obvious place is your own customer base. If you find them there, you should immediately curtail investment in improvements in overserved dimensions because customers will not value them. More critically, you need to consider disrupting... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
his research, Mukunda wanted to identify "those particular individuals who were the right people, in the right place, at the right time, to change history." By doing so, he hopes to improve our understanding of contemporary leaders and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
seen the rollout of “prescription apps” and the introduction of a system of nationwide health insurance coverage for digital health applications, the first of its kind worldwide. These developments are compelling and allow us to imagine the promise of digital tools to... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
1990s, NASA had implemented a program called "Faster, Better, Cheaper," (FBC) which involved making fundamental changes to the way the organization developed unmanned spacecraft. It was a massive organizational transformation effort that sought to deliver... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
we conceptualize two key challenges of governance they face: accountability for dual performance objectives and accountability to multiple principal stakeholders. We revisit the potential and limitations of recently introduced legal forms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
performance aggravates the impact of internal disruptions but not external disruptions. This supports the theory that firms which improve operation performance may do so at the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are majority-owned by PE sponsors exhibit superior long-term stock price View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51028 Harvard Business School Case 316-002 N12 Technologies: Building an Organization and Building a Business N12 Technologies was a startup founded in 2010 that employed nanotechnology to manufacture a patented material... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
over the last three decades, educational performance in the United States has shown only marginal improvement, and lags that of other developed countries in Europe and Asia. While some school districts have excelled, the majority of... View Details