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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
began to move into the position of dominance that it enjoys in the MBA curriculum today. Building on the foundational work of Adolf Berle and Gardiner Means on the separation of ownership and control in the large corporation, and of... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article instead analyses how the WTO has sought legitimacy for itself and for the underlying institution of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
when a better price can be found online. The change in shopping habits will only speed up as the younger generation becomes a dominant force in retail shopping. These consumers are increasingly comfortable buying online in categories that... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
after much smaller scale errors or "near misses." These formal studies were forums designed explicitly for the purpose of learning from mistakes by probing deeply into their causes. In addition, cross-functional teams, known as... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to efficient and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
rather than the level of joy impact viewer retention most. The effect of joy is asymmetric, with higher gains for increases than losses for decreases. Based on these findings, the authors develop representative emotion trajectories to support ad View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
I am also looking at how incentive systems can be designed to promote long-run performance. Excerpt From rethinking The Mba: Business Education At A Crossroads By Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick G. Cullen Voices from the... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
accrue) interest due on its unsecured debt after the filing date. The upshot of all this is that Chapter 11 is designed to give distressed companies access to significant amounts of cash when it is most needed. It buys them valuable time... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
for entrepreneurs and startups. The authors discuss issues of power and of managing privacy, fairness, and public trust. Martha Lagace: What trends are you seeing around platforms? David Yoffie: The first question one must ask is: Are platforms the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
success if it sold 200,000 copies. Today, the bar has been raised to 1.5 million copies, thanks in part to the dominance of "big-box" retailers (such as Wal-Mart and Costco) that only stock twenty or so bestsellers yet are... View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
Consider two organizations with the same noble purpose: to solve the problem of poor eyesight in developing countries. The first, the Centre for Vision in the Developing World, follows a traditional nonprofit model, soliciting donations that fund the creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
economy. “A platform owner may imitate them and enter their markets by offering similar products,” Zhu explained. “Before you build your business model around platforms, you need to think about how to minimize the risk from these platforms” History has documented many... View Details
- 19 Nov 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?
Banning Big Box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers Research shows how regulations designed to protect independent retailers from big box competition may backfire. Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail Retailers can offer great product... View Details
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
environment not by doing nothing, but by accelerating past organizational routines based on established assumptions.— Donald N. Sull The benefits of this knowledge sharing, however, are likely to decline over time as the industry settles on a View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
dominant logic and power of the most influential culture traits, the more we can design an operating climate which through leadership and managerial system and design... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users and also open collaborative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
mergers are likely to put more pressure on vendors. "You'll see, ultimately, a shakeout in consolidation on the vendors' side," he said. "I think it will complicate life on the vendors' side," Barnett said of the mergers. "The vendors are now... View Details
- 02 Sep 2016
- Op-Ed
The Twitter Election
advertisements in battleground or swing states. These ads are designed to raise doubts about and paint a picture of Trump before he has enough money to hit the airwaves in earnest. Complementing this air war is Clinton's well-organized... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira