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- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility—the degree of fit between the needs of customers and the capabilities of the operations serving them—on customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
this book and its lessons all the more urgent? Michael Horn: I think the anxiety of individuals right now in the job market is off the charts in many respects. We know individuals stay in their jobs right now, they're not quitting because they're nervous about will I... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
fit into their regular curriculum. The program launched in September with over 850 students participating. Winter and Spring sessions drew another 1,000 participants overall. Weekend Sprint News Article Senior Executive Leadership Program... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Was there any middle ground? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/915027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-067 Quincy Apparel (A) Quincy Apparel designs, manufactures, and sells work apparel for young professional women that offers the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
across is that "one size fits all." This strategy effectively sacrifices many opportunities due to an unwillingness to explore how differences in regulatory environments, institutional environments, and tax rules can create... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Bussgang, Jeffrey Abstract—Relative to established organizations, start-ups can be hard to figure out. What are the jobs to be done? The best entry points? How can you tell whether a company has potential for success and is the right fit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
people buy and read books. Steve Jobs and Apple were similarly influential in the sale and distribution of music through iPod and iTunes. Successful leaders possess the ability to understand the impact of the context on their business and to adapt their leadership... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
integration across multiple offices, ancillary businesses, early adoption of financial reporting software, and consensus-based decision making. The firm was proud of its corporate culture and sought to maintain it as it grew, bringing in only people who would View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
masculinity is also pursued in other work settings. Research has documented how mainstream organizations conflate stereotypical masculine traits with effective performance in white-collar jobs, such as manager, scientist, and lawyer: Success in these jobs is often... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Professor of Business Administration and cochair, Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship One such example is CellScope, which manufactures a device that fits easily over a smartphone's camera so a parent or school nurse can take a photo... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Activity Based Costing System to the Theory of Constraints System (TOC). Using structuration theory as a framework, we posit that user responses and attitudes towards TOC are influenced not only by the technical features of the system and the potential economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
focus was the physical campus, on which he had a huge impact — expanding the Morgan Hall office building from 53,000 to 116,000 square feet, adding the Shad Hall fitness center, and completing the Class of 1959 Chapel. He also effectively... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
people and lots of money. The opportunity seemed right for Bronner, who had founded Digitas, a marketing-services firm that created customer-loyalty programs for clients such as American Express and AT&T. It also seemed a good fit for... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
clients while attracting new customers.” At Steuben, Haupt says that there’s an ongoing assessment of the appropriate balance between a product’s form and function and how that fits with the way people live today. In the past, she notes,... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
by the things I have experienced and the people I have met. My perspective was shaped by glaring contradictions. People just didn’t fit the neat patterns I mapped out in my young mind. My most intelligent sailor never got a college... View Details
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
organizations. The American approach to ad hoc globalization suits the interests of the Treasury and of the private financial community perfectly well, and it also fits broader patterns of American foreign policymaking over the past... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
everyone needs, whether you’re single or married. Otherwise, you become just another commodity. There are 50 million people dating online—you need to stand out and be memorable. But your personal brand can’t be aspirational. It needs to View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
space, and asks how the voice assistant should fit in with Alphabet's larger portfolio of products and services. While the mobile phone was the major platform for Google Assistant, Alphabet had recently introduced a range of smart home... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
was considering whether to buy natural gas properties from Dominion Resources. The question is whether the acquisition fits the corporate strategy. In exploring the questions, students will have the chance to consider what is in fact a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
camaraderie, time with animals or nature, self-expression. If your normal fitness routine is no longer possible, switching to an online version of the exercise may be satisfying. If it is not, try something entirely different: Moving the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams