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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
designing and managing an operations organization. The best way to do something depends critically on the characteristics and capabilities of your organization and the competitive context in which it finds itself. That is, lean... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
internal factors that constrain or enable these responses, and examine how the firms’ responses affect their performance. Our empirical context is the U.S. newspaper industry, which has experienced increased competition following the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
nonconforming mortgage borrowers. Why the stark difference across market segments? “Quantitative Easing only allowed the Fed to buy conforming loans,” explains Di Maggio. “By law, with limited exception, the Federal Reserve can only purchase government-guaranteed debt.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
intense margin pressure. This case allows students to discuss the keys to Beingmate’s past successes and debate its existing strategy in the context of a very complicated market. One key question is how Beingmate might leverage its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12
Ulrike Malmendier Abstract To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the context of entrepreneurship and policies to create a favorable environment for entry. Such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
archival and published sources. Similar to recent studies that emphasize the importance of income, political decentralization, and the level of political voice to the spread of primary education in developed economies, we also find these factors to be important in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
Badaracco, Jr., the School's John Shad Professor of Business Ethics, sums it up this way: "I wouldn't want a Fortune 500 company bringing me religion." Echoes Vaill: "Talking about spirituality in the business context feels... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
cope with uncertainty about their task, and I'm working on a theory piece delving into the conceptual foundations linking teams' context to their use of expertise from members and outsiders. In addition, I've just launched a research... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
outperformance." This case provides an opportunity to evaluate Goldman's decision to raise capital, the cost to the firm of Buffett's investment, and the decision by Warren Buffett to make the investment, all in the context of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
opportunity to start over, similar to our thought experiment. I wanted to follow their efforts, and specifically to see what entrepreneurial activity would spring up in the highly uncertain post-storm environment. I wrote a context case... View Details
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
context of a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, it examines the operational changes associated with transitioning ownership from the founder to his son, including formalizing equity stakes and internal processes, establishing a clear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers, or input suppliers. These tradeoffs lead to a comprehensive discussion of the defining features of MSPs. The formal model we develop focuses on the MSP vs. vertical integration choice, which we interpret... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
the business environment are changing in the future. The CSO is the ambassador with the vision, the person who decides what needs to change when it comes to how the company is interacting with the communities and the broader societal View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
leadership positions and contexts that demand more complex ways of being in the world. You may be surprised, as we were, that many of your leaders may be "in over their heads." (See Kegan's 1994 book In over Our Heads: The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
participants were given a situation involving a global context (strategizing about the future of a foreign wire service and advertising at an international sports competition). When asked to brainstorm in a local View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
subnational regions have gained increasing attention both as a level of analysis and as a level for policy making. This chapter aims to explore what this new context implies for the role of regional governments. It is motivated by a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
advertising and design, but are also predominant in human-resource-intensive industries such as law, publishing, and consulting. Two other aspects of the industry made advertising an interesting context for research on new venture growth.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
for promoting community participation in rural India need to be understood within a broader political context of poor local governance and caste politics. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
manager (PM) in technology companies, detailing 1) PMs' responsibilities; 2) different ways to organize the product management function; 3) how PMs interact with other functions within technology companies (e.g., engineering, product marketing); 4) how the nature of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne