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  • 16 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

issues these organizations are trying to solve are large, complex problems that can't be addressed by any single entity. Furthermore, nonprofits seek to create social value, not just organizational value; have dispersed governance... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

disperse their activities to capture the opportunities and cost advantages of doing business around the world. Yet sourcing the low-cost inputs and building assembly plants in low-wage nations do not make a global strategy. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
  • 03 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

dispersed around the globe. But the one theme that has attracted the most HBS Working Knowledge readers over our 11-year history is how to improve personal leadership skills. A third of the articles on this page relate to improving work... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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By: Ashley V. Whillans
Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 29, 2006

standard deviation of demand, one that has been employed successfully in the recent literature uses dispersion among experts' forecasts. However, there has been limited empirical validation of this methodology. In this paper we provide a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

  Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract Many companies operate units which are View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

but is difficult when demand history is unavailable such as for new products. One method that can be applied in such cases uses dispersion among forecasting experts as a measure of demand uncertainty. This paper provides a test for this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

wage comparisons affect firm policies on executive pay? This paper explores that question using a 1992 SEC proxy disclosure rule that mandated increased disclosure of executive pay. We argue that this rule differentially increased wage comparisons within firms with... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

activities. Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Periodical:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract Many companies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Leadership in a World of Difference, edited by T. Pittinsky. Harvard Business School Press, in press Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf Tradeoffs in Staying Close: Geographic Dispersion and Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

Why is it more difficult for nonprofit organizations than, say, retail chains, to run efficient multi-site operations? A recent Harvard Business Review story concluded that nonprofits waste $100 billion a year through inefficient fundraising and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

and the consumers' discount factor, while statistically significant, fall in the region where PlayStation 2's position is unsustainable.   Working PapersPay Dispersion and Work Performance Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

dimensions. Consistently, banks that serve customer bases with more dispersed needs receive lower satisfaction scores than banks serving customer bases with less dispersed needs. Finally, a longitudinal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

pay. We argue that this controversy increased wage comparisons within firms, particularly those with geographically dispersed managers-managers with the greatest information frictions. Following the controversy, pay in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

whose demographic characteristics, and in turn needs, diverge more starkly from those of their bank’s average customers report significantly lower levels of satisfaction on a broad range of operating dimensions. Consistently, we find that banks that serve customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

as more effectively manage its geographically dispersed distribution center inventories. It knows as much about me as I know about myself. Up to now, it has been able to satisfy customer needs for rapid response. But during the pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

the intensive margin vary substantially across technologies; (3) the cross-country dispersion of adoption lags has declined over time while the cross-country dispersion in the intensive margin has not; and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

Long-term investors? Short-term investors? Transient investors? In addition, how are dispersed shareholders to sort out which nominees deserve their "for" votes? In the case of re-nominations, how is an incumbent's past... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey
  • 21 Nov 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms

term versus long term, fixed versus variable, and how to disperse compensation fairly among the firm. Growth Strategies, Risk Management, And Globalization Other issues of importance to the leader of modern-day financial organizations to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 09 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

this may save travel time and costs, it might be preventing inspectors from doing their jobs more effectively. One possible remedy: Managers could impose a cap on the maximum number of inspections per day, and rearrange schedules to View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service

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