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- 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
- First Look
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
- First Look
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
- 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
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
discussion about it in comparison with some other alternatives to hierarchy. We then characterize the recent surge of socially engaged models of enterprise and press the case that this turning point warrants reconsideration of the merits of organizational democracy. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors and which are considered most important. We use survey data from 967 analysts ranking 837 companies to judge how their forecasts are related to evaluations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
Scientist 52, no. 6 (2009): 885-904 Abstract This article provides a critical reflection on the heavily normative nature of current accountability debates. In particular, it explores three streams of normative discourse on nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
dollars spent in the store not only increases the dollar value of the coupons received by the customer, but also yields higher redemption rates reflecting the massively improved relevance of the tailor-made offers to each individual... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
http://hbr.org/search/114007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-011 TaKaDu In December 2012, Amir Peleg, founder and CEO of TaKaDu, reflected on how to position his young firm for the next fiscal year and beyond. The small Israeli... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
http://hbr.org/search/613053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 413-107 Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait Ibrahim Dabdoub, the group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
Thyssen himself paid an immense amount of attention to issues of organization, accounting, and control, so in many ways the book reflects those interests. It became clear that Thyssen and his managers were doing many innovative things in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
identified and classified in terms of specifying, allocating, and utilizing capacity. The first two categories reflect challenges faced by infrastructure providers; the last category, challenges faced by airlines. Building Effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
of great experience managing a couple billion dollars in revenue and 1,500 salespeople. Our VP of engineering and our CFO are also like that. It makes a huge difference, because you can't have people going through this the first time—you need the bench strength.... View Details