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- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
only one tool toward the larger purpose of motivating value creation. Healy: One of the things that strikes me is we have a whole set of alumni who are really outstanding people with excellent values. We have so many graduates who are... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
productive. That’s a missed opportunity. Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, and it builds trust among team members. And... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
bridge-building tool to elicit cooperation from powerful divisional managers in previously unaffiliated divisions. Cases & Course MaterialsAdvanced Electron Beams Harvard Business School Case 608-083 No abstract is available at this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
can provide a valuable source of product differentiation. And finally, advances in development tools (e.g., computer-aided design) coupled with a move to more open architectures and technical standards have driven down the cost of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation What does it take to truly change the world? Hirotaka Takeuchi shares the practices that help leading companies turn knowledge into lasting breakthroughs. Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
high impact entrepreneurship movement as a tool for economic development in countries around the world. In 2010, Jaime was named an Endeavor Entrepreneur. This case can accompany HBS Case No. 817-073, “MIA: Profit at the Base of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
risk—operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk—and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risks, the risk exposure calculator is introduced as a diagnostic View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Passion for another kind of far-reaching change was the driving force behind Diagnostics For All (DFA), a nonprofit offering a low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic tool that won top honors in the 2008 social venture track in addition to... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel Maurer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509024 Breaking through Action Plan Harvard Business School Exercise 409-059 The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
define theirs, the authors have devised a tool called the corporate brand identity matrix. It guides teams through an examination of the nine components of corporate identity, which include mission, culture, relationships, and core values... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
autonomous/dedicated teams, which vary in their capacity to manage integration. More formal product development approaches including the stage-gate process and critical-path method are described, as are agile methods and principles—and related View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
four factors allows special committees and their advisors to assess the degree to which the playing field is level in an MBO, and (by extension) the extent to which a market canvass can provide a meaningful check on the buyout price. This article then identifies more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
infrastructure ITG had constructed to support clients with customized software tools and technical support had grown well beyond sustainable levels. With his management team, Gasser had developed a two-part response to the challenge: a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an individually held commitment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
strategy formulation and implementation. In some sense, the paper explains why strategy is the quintessential responsibility of the CEO. Moreover, it shows that the optimal strategy should depend on who is CEO. It then turns that question around and studies strategy as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
terms of preparing beforehand, we found that it was essential for equipping those who perform necessary evils with the ability and tools to handle the task effectively. Preparing ahead of time gives performers a realistic preview of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
demonstrate that price-sensitive shoppers are more likely to incur search costs in order to locate discounted items. Our results show that adding search frictions can be used as a self-selecting price discrimination tool to match high... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
following question: how can data and analytic tools be used to create new value? The authors have explored that question with many clients. In their work, they've seen IT create new value in five patterns: using data from sensors in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
entrepreneurs face, the role of non-financial institutions/community-based organizations in addressing those challenges, and the financial tools available to lenders and borrowers in this segment. Students learn how to analyze financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne