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- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
using market incentives (Apple's program to draw independent developers to its iPhone/iTouch platform.) We asked Lakhani to discuss in more detail the strategic options available to managing outside innovation. Sean Silverthorne:... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
have backup software that's ready to be deployed, or how long it will take to rebuild a system, you'll be in a better position to make thoughtful, deliberate decisions. Analyze the root causes. Whenever a security problem is found, the organization should conduct a... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Rate, Innovation and Productivity: Regional Heterogeneity, Asymmetries and Hysteresis By: Alfaro, Laura, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, and Yanping Liu Abstract—We evaluate manufacturing firms' responses to changes in the real exchange rate (RER) using View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
reminiscent of FDR's New Deal. Here, McCraw details that putting money into people's pockets and into institutions is politically easy and economically sensible. But, he stresses that if the government doesn't reinvigorate regulation as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Political System Harvard Business School Note 308-063 Offers a detailed overview of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system today. Key issues that are discussed include (1) the relationship between the Communist Party... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
peripheral products. I wanted to explain in some detail how this happened. Nancy Koehn: Reading Al's work, I was struck by the implications of technological change for the demand side of the economy. As a historian watching the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
seek the best health care value regardless of location. (Some consumers will continue to choose local care because of greater convenience even if the quality is not as good.) Value-based competition will be supported with detailed... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
regimes. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50186 Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using detailed data on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
detail, internal events that led to the creation of this pilot. It examines details of the water market relevant in Intel's decision to move the pilot forward. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412100-PDF-ENG Tough... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and priorities. We report findings from a detailed case analysis of a successful supply chain planning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
a detailed financial model that will help students analyze the impact of hiring additional sales people and the consequent impact on sales and profits. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813114-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
immediate response. Provides detail concerning the history of the airline from its founding in 1999 through the February 2007 crisis, which forced the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights over the course of six days. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
based in India, decided to use principles from the Toyota Production System (also known as lean) to fundamentally change their operating model. Looks at why Wipro chose to use lean and how they went about implementing it in a novel context such as this. Provides View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
reserve prices or other details of its dealings with advertisers. Furthermore, Google does not generally disclose the terms of its contracts with publishers. Due to Google's opacity, advertisers, publishers, and the public face... View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
is the largest ice cream producer in Russia in 2002, but is facing strong competition from Nestle despite its success over other multinational competitors. Contains detailed exhibits, allowing deeper analyses. A rewritten version of an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
Yanping Liu Abstract—We evaluate manufacturing firms' responses to changes in the real exchange rate (RER) using detailed firm-level data for a large set of countries for the period 2001–2010. We uncover the following stylized facts: In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
founders, and senior executives and asked each to answer detailed questions about his or her approach to strategic decision-making. Their replies revealed a typology of four approaches. Our results can’t say that any single approach to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services industries and ownership structures such as state-owned firms, business groups, and private and foreign firms. Detailed balance sheet and ownership... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
Bank to the local government, targeted to pay for roads, power, and other necessities. Partners In Profit Clearly, many details need to be worked out if the WDC is to become a reality. It would require a few companies to step forward and... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
or is it still too early?" Dick Costolo wondered as he reflected on the latest acquisition offer. He had been building FeedBurner with his three co-founders for almost four years and was staring at the details of an acquisition offer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace