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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
such as large retail chains, quick-service restaurant franchises, and banks. Through a series of studies, he shows that individual units (e.g., stores or branches) within these multiunit firms—despite operating under the same brand,... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
The Benefits of a Residential Campus
on behalf of the dorms — I felt the experience was designed to remove worry about some of the minutiae and spend more time enjoying the experience. For instance, you get trash picked up daily and a full cleaning weekly. Any maintenance... View Details
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
Drivers on Interstate 25 in Colorado have been speculating about the fate of hundreds of Volkswagen cars sitting in a lot near Pikes Peak International Raceway. It’s one of 37 sites in the United States where the automaker is storing... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
serial entrepreneur and leadership coach. Unleashed, their second book, reflects the married couple’s passion for sharing the knowledge and experience they have gained through years as “accelerators of action.” Kristen Senz: How did you... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
Convenience Stores (A) Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Health helps doctors select the healthiest embryo(s) for assisted reproductive therapy. Darza Yazan Halwani, MBA 2020 Business Track Runner-Up DARZA is a new e-commerce fashion brand that provides the best online shopping fashion View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
cases Stefan personally wrote, I also am using the BMW Chrysler case that I taught 16 years ago. My experience in the class years ago encouraged me to pursue this adjunct teaching position. —Les Williams (MBA 2005) Back to top “Managing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
(c) accountability in implementation. Examples are drawn from the experiences of South Africa and Brazil. Several preliminary factors are identified that may enhance policy learning, while acknowledging the constraints of bounded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
non-competes hurt employees by limiting their job mobility and sending them on “career detours” where they may have to accept lower compensation than appropriate for their experience level. More important, departing employees are often... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.slideshare.net/Energy909/the-landscape-of-integrated-reporting Productivity Orientation and the Consumption of Collectable Experiences Authors:Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
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Events - Business History
(Read the full publisher’s description .) Learn more about the book at deeplyresponsible.com . Deeply Responsible Business is now available! You can order the book at Harvard University Press , Amazon , Bookshop , Barnes and Noble , and the Harvard Book View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
these customer-friendly terms: “Let’s make this experience first. The explanation can come later. Or never,” Fung says. For sports media brand Bleacher Report and the basketball fans who watch the cable channel TNT, that Web3-enabled... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
experience. Not so manufacturers and their complex webs of suppliers, who in many cases lack that same experience or large-scale backup plans. The result: a chaotic scramble resulting in production delays, product shortages, and higher... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
but it's not going to create the kind of value that ultimately gets translated into financial success. Kost: In the first line of your book, you say that strategy is simple. Why is that such a provocative statement? Oberholzer-Gee: Because no one View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
makes consumers more willing to pay for safety features." Already during the pandemic, companies have been creative in identifying "low-hanging fruit" that could be quickly implemented in their operations. Grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
support all these activities through a conscious and proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. To learn more, read Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life
prudent temperaments while others flourish in the hands of risk takers. Brands thrive when there's a close fit between process and corporate temperament. This explanation, I believe, will provide the framework for understanding Triarc's and Quaker's contrasting View Details
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
differentiated digital platform. Students must evaluate whether Boutiqaat should establish flagship stores to deepen its omnichannel retail footprint or focus on expanding internationally beyond the Gulf and Jordan. The case explores... View Details