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- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
after being caught. The Cost Of Doing Business Siemens had moved aggressively into developing countries following World War II, when a German company was persona non grata to most of the Western world. Paying bribes to officials in a country became a regular business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
conversation that a good deal is or isn't likely to see the light of day. Or, it can take years to figure it out. In situations that take a long time to develop, it's easy to fall prey to "the fat file syndrome," getting too deeply View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
pointed to what he believes was a principal misjudgment: its view of “the globalization of products as a supply-side phenomenon rather than a demand one.” In the 1983 article, Sorrell recalled, “Levitt wrote that ‘instead of adapting to superficial and even View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
ahead of him—in a recent election, he almost beat a heavily entrenched incumbent. Tony is a veteran, with a Silver Star for bravery in Korea, and an entrepreneur. With his good friend Max, another attorney, he has started a law firm and... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Abstract—Firms spend millions of dollars annually on whistle-blower hotlines, training, and other efforts to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and company policies. Yet malfeasance remains entrenched in the corporate world. Why? Too... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
belong. Maybe you’re mission-driven with a mind to tackle a deeply entrenched social issue. The interactions we have serve as a significant source of information that can propel personal and professional change. When we put design in... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
successes). Whether economic elites use their influence activities with political and bureaucratic elites to create more possibilities for economic structural transformation or, conversely, use their power to entrench their privileged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
existing, entrenched systems and processes of the larger enterprise. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-042 Clover Food Lab: Building Out the Team No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
policies had become for them a way to keep out articles they just personally didn't like." And although Lakhani believes part of the entrenchment was because a Harvard professor was in the middle of the fray—"I think what happened was... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied the company, with a hard-charging attitude embedded in the company's workplace culture, which allowed it to successfully take on the entrenched taxi industry. Uber looked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
host of factors. Intermediary relationships, institutional commitments, legal restrictions, entrenched customer behavior, and competitive practices often limit the type and extent of changes that a firm can realistically make. 2. Within... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
companies doing that older, more entrenched organizations are not? Kotter: That's a big question we've written entire books about! Hamel: Let's look at it this way: Most companies' top managers will tell you that they have spent the bulk... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
(DMD) played a small role as a provider of high-end 2.5" disk drives. HP's management explored strategies for transforming DMD into the market leader, but other companies were already too firmly entrenched in the 2.5" drive... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
from outside that you should be doing inside to create proprietary advantage? Regulatory, Macroeconomic, Political, Societal: Are there impending (or early) shifts in regulation, political power, or society that threaten to disrupt View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
could successfully compete against the entrenched cable, satellite, and telephone companies (known as Multichannel Video Programming Distributors, or MVPDs). Was $39.99 per month a sustainable price point for Hulu's new virtual MVPD... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
social and environmental impact. Salas must also address whether he can sustain Amanco's balanced strategy while entering the Brazilian market, where he faces an entrenched and much larger competitor. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
these actors to change established practices and entrenched behaviors within a short timeframe to help Unilever meet its sustainability targets and also to improve the operations of its partners in the value chain? By encouraging... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
for its ad campaigns through Agency Machine, its proprietary online platform. CEO John Winsor wanted to change the way that advertising was done, a difficult task in an industry entrenched in traditional models. The case follows Winsor as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details