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  • 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

economy began to improve and the livelihood of many Chinese rose with it, their tastes began to change. Exposed to more luxurious foreign brands, many Chinese strived to purchase a Swiss or Japanese watch. How could Fiyta build up its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

norton ariely.pdf Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers? Authors:Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Firm-level sales... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

experience and performance fails to find a consistent effect of diversity in experience on performance. The problem is that diversity in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base but also creates... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

chapters how entrepreneurs both inside and outside of government can tackle problems by viewing them as opportunities, trying new ideas, scaling them up, and improving public life. “I’m not saying we should take all the behaviors of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

uncertain, ambiguous, and complex (VUCA), Web 2.5-enabled economy. We show that a trio of forces of digital disruption—specifically the disintermediation of the services of instructors and facilitators, the disaggregation of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

invest in external R&D to acquire new product lines and in internal R&D to improve their existing product lines. A baseline model derives the theoretical implications of weaker scaling for external R&D versus internal R&D,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409022 Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A) Harvard Business School Case 207-017 tKenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

competency and its ability to move up the value chain that will allow it to share the positive gains. If labor tries the old tactic of strikes, management will just outsource the staff from somewhere else ... " Globally organized labor may benefit from View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

Negotiation is a breeze if you're selling a unique product or service that others desperately need: Just sit back and let the bidding begin. Likewise, if you're a buyer in a buyer's market, getting a bargain is a snap. But what happens... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

large heterogeneity in employers’ values for offshoring labor services in this market, with implications for market policies to attract new employers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54291 Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

commitment to communicating about pride is to tap into a very powerful motivating force. Pride is an intrinsic, deeply seated human emotion, says Katzenbach, one that drives performance in the workplace in a number of ways, from creating and delivering a great product... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
  • 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

each branch of the armed services must make. Army and Marine Corps officers operate in an inherently uncertain environment. They define the mission but then give subordinates the flexibility to adjust to realities on the ground. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choice of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

be counterproductive if enough participants (especially those who don’t win) perceive that subjectivity (introduced via discretion) adds unfairness. We show that, on average, the tournament incentive plan was associated with improved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

Continued success in diagnostic systems relies heavily on product innovation and software engineering. But Ludwig found that the DIS division had lost its edge—a key competitor had improved its own products so that they outperformed DIS's... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader
  • 06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008

contracted while in marketing. The research identified customers that would be willing to pay more for the services that Purolator was or could potentially provide to them. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

fiscal obligations under bankruptcy-like proceedings. Many stakeholders felt hopeful that the Oversight Board could help Governor Ricardo Rosselló enact reforms that would improve public services, eliminate government waste, re-establish... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? And if not,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

growing rapidly in importance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52240 forthcoming Management Science Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services By: Ibanez, Maria, Jonathan R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

management had the potential to significantly improve the customer experience, Hilti was already a successful firm under its extant model and had to decide whether the restructuring of its business model was worth the risk. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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