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  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

the determinants of entrepreneurial activity in 37 developed and developing nations. We focus both on individual characteristics and on countries' regulatory differences. We show that individual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/economic-history/cambridge-history-capitalism-volume-2 August 2013 Science A Better Route to Tech Standards By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—Technological standards are ubiquitous, whether they allow... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
  • Case

ArcelorMittal and the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Sarah Nam, Sisi Pan and Eric Werker
During the summer of 2014, Alan Knight, general manager of corporate responsibility at the integrated steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, observed the unfolding of an Ebola epidemic in Liberia and other countries in West Africa with great concern. On the one hand... View Details
Keywords: Ebola; Epidemics; Ebola Private Sector Mobalization Group; EPSMG; Civil War; Sovereignty; Change Management; Judgments; Development Economics; Geopolitical Units; Globalized Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Safety; War; Wealth and Poverty; Welfare; Crisis Management; Mining Industry; Liberia
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  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

production requires massive capital investment," Esty says. And as natural resources are tapped out in developed countries, it becomes necessary to explore geographic areas that may not have an established track record in a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 24 Jul 2018
  • Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

all-or-nothing situations. Build buy-in, recognizing that offering rational argument and inspiring passion are both essential for gaining and maintaining momentum. And develop upward lines of communication... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

understanding of design and manufacturing processes to instruct successfully her American and offshore contractors on how to mass-produce designer clothing at affordable prices. Claiborne was an industry pioneer in many ways. She View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

deftly: “How to most effectively communicate with all employees remotely and show empathy, while running around with [my] hair on fire trying to save the current business while at the same time trying to shape the future of the company in... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 25 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

independent developers to build new features. The cell phone has become a lucrative platform for more than handset makers—also in on the party are makers of digital cameras, music services, and organizer software. Not only are existing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Alstyne Abstract Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform... View Details
  • 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

network clustering on problem-solving behavior and performance. The finding both provides a sharper tool for structuring organizations for knowledge work and reveals the challenges inherent in manipulating network structure to enhance performance, as the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • May 2022
  • Supplement

Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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  • 01 Dec 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

(iStockphoto/tolgart) In 1992, the very funny cyberpunk novelist Neal Stephenson brought “the pizza Deliverator,” also known as Hiro Protagonist, to life along with the notion of the Metaverse in his book Snow Crash. Hiro, a “member of the hacker View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Mar 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” This position sharply contrasts to Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman’s famous 1970 article, The... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Banking
  • 08 Jan 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

growth. One respondent turned the topic on its head, posing a more interesting question of whether equality fosters productivity. Several felt that innovation and productivity increases are leading to inequality. As Donald Shaw put it, "Technology View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

measures; 2) customers; 3) internal processes; and 4) learning and growth. Developed by HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan, chairman of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, and David P. Norton, co-founder with Kaplan and president of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

intersection of autonomy, sensing, and connectivity, you’ll find we are rapidly approaching that day.” Cell phones may also be a potentially rich source of useful data for cities, but citizens might be wary of having that data collected. Chicago is moving ahead with a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

have the in-house talent needed for developing prediction algorithms. Cities could hire consultants, but a cheaper alternative is to crowdsource competence by making data public and offering a reward for the best algorithm. A simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

hypothesis predicts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., communication links, geographic collocation, team and firm co-membership) will correspond to the technical patterns of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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