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- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
took root, DIS regained leadership in its market. "The process got things on the table quickly," Ludwig says. 3. Be Open And Inclusive Fundamental business innovations almost always require changing the worldview and the... View Details
- Profile
Casey Gerald
information and extreme time and resource constraints. You’ve got to develop a way to think through an approach to solve this challenge. You’ve got to figure out very succinctly a way to articulate that approach and defend your approach against 90 other people who... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
fundamentally changed SecondBite’s operating model. Declared an essential service in early March, it immediately appointed a pandemic coordinator and developed a four-phase pandemic response plan that included health screening and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
reminded potential founders that in the most challenging moments “they should never forget their North Star—the deep reason why you founded your company and what you want to achieve with it. Remember to always go back to that fundamental... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
bottom line: "Climate does affect in a fundamental way the basic picture of global development," said Sachs. Thus, the "harsh physical environment" of most of the countries in Africa "provides a tremendously difficult backdrop for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
that was poorly conceived, inadequately reviewed, discriminatory, counterproductive, and fundamentally anti-American” After reading the petition and the news reports on the executive order, the decision was fast and easy. President... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
standard measures of patent quality, we find that patents granted to firms involved in private equity transactions are more cited (a proxy for economic importance), show no significant shifts in the fundamental nature of the research, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
fundamentally understand the business. And that means a fundamental rethinking of how boards operate. This going back to the drawing board, Lorsch and Carter conclude, includes reviewing the roles boards... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
purpose, we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders...," states the Business Roundtable. Corporate social responsibility in theory How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility BlackRock's Larry... View Details
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
very limited by intent. Restricting content and making it hard to get was one of the rationales behind the campaign. What I like about the case is that it breaks so many fundamental marketing principles. One classic rule maintains that if... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
skills for our students. We’re fully convinced this is going to be fundamental mainstream investing in 20 years. Vikram Gandhi: One key driver is investor demand.If you look at the big pools of capital—family offices, pension plans,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
emerging economies. However, microlevel product development processes in these economies are relatively unexplored, and the mechanisms by which the emerging economy context might affect such processes are still unclear. In this paper, we explore the testing routines... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
fundamentally change the way companies purchased consulting services? Or, should the founders play it safe by remaining focused on executing their original business model—a proven winner? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
documented features of credit booms and busts, including the link between credit growth and future returns and the “calm before the storm” periods in which fundamentals have deteriorated but the credit market has not yet turned. Download... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
help companies with fundamentally viable businesses become financially stronger and more competitive. The Bankruptcy Code achieves this by giving companies a "safe harbor" while they restructure their liabilities, buying time... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
Price Competition Models Authors:Awi Federgruen and Margaret Pierson Abstract The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our understanding of competitive dynamics in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
Learning promotes performance in two fundamental ways. First, learning helps people develop skills and acquire knowledge. That is, learning is how people get where they need to be so as to perform in ways that they could not previously... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
Chuck Knight [former chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Co.] made conflict a fundamental element of his firm's strategic planning process, and while he has now retired, the process retains the same atmosphere of vigorous debate that it... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
the trading of patents: brokers, non-practicing entities (NPEs), defensive aggregators, online platforms, auctions, and unique entities such as Intellectual Ventures. We discuss the fundamental causes for the lack of liquidity in the IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
industry in the United States. Explores the interaction between the growth of a company and an overall industry. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406082 Fundamentals of Family Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne