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  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

practices that it became a necessary dowry item. "You couldn't get married in northern India, in a middle class or lower middle class family, unless the girl's family was ready to give a Bajaj scooter." Yet,... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

direction. The only reason LAYC knew this was because it collected information on participants' attitudes both before and after the program. It was very transparent of LAYC to admit this, and it was able to make changes (in this case, moving from a mixed-gender to a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 25 Jun 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

older man led them to the back of one of the homes. Inside, he showed them a group of people huddled around the glow of two laptops, powered by a generator. “More than any other course, it teaches humility” "He said, 'All of my friends have computers,'" says... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

results of an exercise in which members of Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2009 collectively attempted to replicate Blinder's study. Overall, the MBA students' assessments of offshorability matched Blinder's well. Across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

accommodate emergent sources of value. For these firms, competition resembled neither economic rivalry nor collective action but a logic of interaction akin to parallel play. The resultant middle-range theory has implications for research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, whom he cited for his approach of “doing business in a first class way.” Dimon majored in psychology and economics at Tufts University and completed an MBA at the Harvard Business School. Darmody1 added other... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

of control, and he was considering disclosing the CEO's actions to the board of directors and a team of external auditors. There was much at stake. Kim's disclosure would undoubtedly ruin his friendship with the CEO, endanger Kim's own... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

time to maintain high standards and efficiency. Leaders of firms from start-ups to tech giants should give themselves the room they need to manage employee performance while shifting headcount to match strategic priorities when the need arises. Sandra J. Sucher is the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 04 Oct 2024
  • In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

Similarly, the fitness studios I frequented often adjusted the class schedules twice a year—almost like two “semesters.” Likewise, the enrichment activities my kids decided to participate in reset each fall. Even the Broadway plays and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

decoupling of the sources of value participants derive from any one experience—together open up the executive education industry to a radical restructuration. We argue that any consequential strategic action on the part of providers must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 21

team and the ways in which firms shift their identities, build innovative cultures and processes, and begin to change the world around them. Business leaders will find the book a source of both powerful examples and immediately actionable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

response to it, places that ruling in the context of U.S. government antitrust action against Microsoft, and describes Microsoft's efforts to comply with the ruling. Also covers Microsoft's appeal of the ruling, which was heard in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

survey that allows us to precisely characterize European biologic drug procurement institutions over time. Using data from three classes of biosimilar drugs, we analyze how market features and public policies predict entry, market prices,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

publicly listed firms ranges from comment letter (CL) reviews of firms’ reporting compliance to pursuing enforcement actions against violators. Prior literature finds that firm political connections (PC) negatively predict enforcement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

Paine: The book had its origins in the preparations for celebrating the Centennial of HBS in 2008. The School was founded because important Harvard alumni discussed with President Eliot their observation that a new class of executives who... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

gives an overview of the Fall 2013 class Building Life Science Businesses. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/814019-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-042 An Exercise in Designing a Travel Coffee Mug In recent years design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

opportunistic traders are local non-senior insiders, who come from geographically concentrated, poorly governed firms. Lastly, opportunistic traders are significantly more likely to have SEC enforcement action taken against them and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

or cult of the CEO was "Made in America." But the main point is that we tend to forget that American firms pioneered a vast, bureaucratic, middle management apparatus. As a trick, I've posted General Motor's organizational chart without the title in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

Holt: The man-of-action hero is a mythic model of masculinity, one that is distinctively American. Men of action are society's entrepreneurs. They're vigorous, charismatic outsiders who reinvent society's institutions. At the root of the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls

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