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Lindsay Steinmetz
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? After working for a small, entrepreneurial organization I wanted to build a stronger foundation in general management. HBS expanded my knowledge of industries,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch is debuting a blog on marketing issues at Harvard Business Online. HBS Working Knowledge is reprinting his first entry, which looks at the Mattel toy recall.Mattel has been criticized heavily... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
believed the country had turned a corner. They appear to be winning their bet, since the project is ahead of schedule and under budget. "The social, environmental, and developmental aspects View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
the decision-making process. From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, by Yves Doz, José Santos, and Peter Williamson, focuses on a new breed of global company — the... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Chen Abstract—Quantifying the gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
on location. So GE is moving the mountain to Mohammed. There are a number of key aspects of the old deal offered by companies that simply aren’t as compelling to the rising... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
research has focused on various aspects of customer management in B2B contexts, including customer selection and portfolio management; managing a spectrum of customer... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
targets, but a tactical tool that’s rarely part of strategy formulation. Develop the best product, and let the sales department figure out the best way to get it to the customer, they think. And many sales... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
proposal and negotiating strategy seemed to signal a possibly corrupt deal among elites. This inadvertently triggered the involvement of the Honduran Congress, labor unions, political parties, potential... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
income. Finally, a unique aspect of the research setting allows tests of who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector enables readers to attain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. The authors offer tools to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
capabilities across markets: no learning, local learning, and global learning. Three equilibrium strategies arise: accommodate, marginalize, and collocate. We identify how these strategies emerge depending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
collaboration to be successful. Based on new kinds of technologies such as structured data exchange, "these collaborative commerce solutions," he said, "will allow firms to plan, integrate, and execute all View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
administrative aberration indicating weak state control, while others see it as a strategy for consolidating authority. This essay traces the historical development of iq ā and ijārah, two Perso-Arabic terms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
deep knowledge of local conditions and legitimacy as local representatives—to dramatically lower their costs of market and gain valuable on-the-ground feedback. Some NGOs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
understanding of the process aspects of cross-border negotiation in general. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-077.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsCola... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
being formed and then abandoned. Reformulating strategy in the aftermath of outdated alliances—and the inevitable addition of new alliances among competitors—is crucial for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
their own self-interest? Supporters say integrated reporting brings benefits to companies, including better risk management, development of strategies for long-term sustainability, and positioning View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
weight of published management advice, recommends that management teams engage task conflict but avoid relationship conflict. Implicit in this advice is the premise that it is indeed possible to separate the task and relationship View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne