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- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Psychology Preferences for Experienced Versus Remembered Happiness By: Mogilner, Cassie, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Consider two types of happiness: one experienced on a moment-to-moment basis, the other a reflective evaluation where... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2 billion to acquire Nest Labs, a new startup whose goal was to reinvent unloved home devices, such as thermostats and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20
Swatch Group, reflected on the positioning of Omega, its revived flagship brand. Which marketing strategy would best allow it to confront its main competitor, Rolex? And how would potential adjustments to Omega's product, pricing,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We hypothesize first, that prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
theorists differ as to whether exploitation undermines or enhances exploration. The debate reflects a gap—the missing theoretical mechanism by which organizations break free of old routines and discover new ones. We propose that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7
Operational complexity and relative merits of in-house manufacturing versus a contractor model are discussed. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-050 'When I look back ' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
budget across various offline and online channels. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511096-PDF-ENG State Bank of India: Transforming a State Owned Giant Rajiv Lal and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 511-114 February 2011: O.P. Bhatt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
reflect not a reversal of early mistakes but an effective sequence of organizing; and (2) why firms may benefit from unnecessary overlap between departments. They conclude that a period of decentralization and unnecessary overlap can be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007
instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Illicit Invention: Tracing Technological Development in the Shadow of the Law... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, the UK, and Africa. Students reflect on the mixed results of these ventures and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24
environmental performance. We hypothesize that key organizational characteristics reflecting visibility, such as size and environmental impact, shape this type of symbolic compliance and that these relationships are moderated by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
creates value for its stakeholders." On the surface, this notion appears to be similar to that of strategy. We present a conceptual framework to separate and relate business model and strategy. Business model, we argue, is a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
short, "The economic crisis in which the country now finds itself reflects not the failure of the free-market system, but more so the result of decades of misguided government policies that interfered with the functioning of that system."... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland Abstract—Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this pattern View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
Review Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS By: Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten Abstract—If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
http://hbr.org/search/613073-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-140 18 Months in a Startup: Zaggora.com The founders of Zaggora reflected back on a tumultuous year and a half in which they had generated, from just $40,000 in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
end of the 19th century, but it did not start out as a superstar paper or at head of the pack. Q: What overarching themes of business history reflected in the Times interested you most? A: I loved writing the Wall Street section. Many... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
created a fifth perspective solely to reflect environmental considerations. They argued: Our franchise is under severe pressure in many of the communities where we operate. Our strategy is to go well beyond what current laws and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
reflects the beliefs of the CEO and the management team or not? 2) Does it matter whether the CEO or management team have strong beliefs or not? 3) Why do people tend to develop strategies in line with their background and past successes,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
volume reflects exciting new work by political psychologists to understand the psychological processes underlying Americans’ political thinking and action. In 13 chapters, world-class scholars present new in-depth work exploring public... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel