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- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
Burroughs. "Now who are they? IBM is still there, but Cisco and Microsoft did not exist in the '70s. So if we just listen to the voices of the [major players], the policy implemented is out of date." Loyalty, concern for the... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
in January 2009, a little more than a year from the time the principles-based approach had been adopted. It is a good time to review the implementation process and how the new principles-based approach changed CaIPERS' emerging market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
institutions of governance. The second involves strengthening the integrity of leaders in business. While some of what has been done is moving in the right direction, it is incomplete, and one can imagine unintended consequences we are not going to like. So much of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
ideas, empowering team members to make decisions, taking advice and implementing feedback, giving actionable feedback, and sharing credit for team success.” "There are others ... who apparently fear that a more diverse and inclusive... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
line—if this had been our own retirement fund or our kids' college fund—I don't know if we would have necessarily had the conviction to stick with it," says Singhal. (She and Higgins now work together at AQR Capital Management, an asset management firm that View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
to consider when deciding whether to implement teamwork " This comment suggests what may be a better question: Under what conditions do teams, introverts, and innovation go together? What do you think? Original Article We live in the age... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
system function when it's implemented in the real world? For the exercise, the class is divided into groups of five students. Several days before the exercise, each student receives private information regarding his or her role in the... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
(revised March 2008) Abstract Using a sample of 620 non-binding, majority-vote (MV) shareholder proposals between 1997 and 2004, we analyze the frequency, determinants and consequences of boards' implementation decisions. The frequency of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
capacity building and performance management. Morino: The term "capacity building" is sometimes confused with the implementation of technical systems. But it's really about building the organization as a whole. We lose sight of that.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
Based on dialogue with all stakeholders, create an information gap analysis, develop and implement necessary methodologies for creating missing content, and consult with the board to determine an "optimal level of transparency." The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
engagement. This case describes the concept and described its implementation and early challenges. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308010 Studio Moderna—A Venture in Eastern Europe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
Summing Up Implementation or "execution" can be taught. Whether business schools are the best places to do it remains a question with the readers responding to this month's column. For many, the requirements for teaching the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
saying; “Look, everyone should understand that this is risky.” And yet, as I mentioned above, I don’t think this is going to happen. This AstraZeneca hiccup isn’t going to be the last one. I can all but assure you of that. Once we start View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
including the United States and Brazil, "are led by men who have projected strong masculinity attitudes and dismissed the need for precautionary practices, such as wearing masks," the article says. When Pons and his team surveyed participants in March, as most... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
algorithm, with the goal of implementing a version for actual use in the field. In principle, many areas of city operations could be made more efficient through this type of approach, says Luca. Using Google searches keyed to specific... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
has encountered several hiccups in recent years that have put the timing of its implementation in question, leading Rebecca M. Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, to get students thinking during a class last week:... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
Many distinctive aspects of the textile and apparel industries present challenges to implementing electronic commerce. First, and perhaps most important, is the difficulty of accurately characterizing the product online. Many of the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
consequences such as discrimination," Luca says. "There's a great opportunity for an interested company to take the lead on publishable research in this area. We're willing to help implement changes based on behavioral economics... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
(C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211060-PDF-ENG Social Innovation at salesforce.com Christopher Marquis, Marley C. Kornreich, and Bobbi ThomasonHarvard Business School Case 412-049 Salesforce.com recently implemented an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne