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- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
encompass a wide array of institutions and agencies, our overview concentrates on those that the conference papers appearing in this volume focus on. We conclude that collectively, the papers contribute to significant progress, point out... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
telecommunications technologies, particularly the Internet, which enabled entirely new ways to communicate with customers and suppliers, as well as internally. This was the era when everybody was developing new initiatives in B2C... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
opportunities? The most successful entrepreneurs I interviewed demonstrated that the key is to focus on finding customer problems first, and only then on searching for solutions that can help. “The real... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
Perdigao and Sadia, the two massive food producers that had combined to form Brasil Foods in 2009. Now, the team is free to focus on their ambitious plan to double revenues by 2015. Domestically, the plan calls for Brasil Foods to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling framework that connects the rich academic knowledge on innovation diffusion with that on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
'Short Termism' & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster By: Rahmandad, Hazhir, Nelson P. Repenning, and Rebecca Henderson Abstract—Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
think my way through. What causes customers to decide to buy or not buy my product is-- what is their job, and can I deliver on that job better than the competitors because I understand the experiences we need to provide, and how I need... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707451 CircleLending, Inc. 2006 Harvard Business School Case 206-137 CircleLending, an innovative start-up, offered individuals the ability to set up and manage informal loans made between relatives and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
company. While they needed some independence and autonomy to get started, the problem is that an Arrow customer is just as likely to use the Web one day and a sales rep the next, yet wants to know that he or she is in the same system with... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
something you do like and focus on that.” This important step of pinpointing strengths can be achieved through assessments, but also through conversations with attentive managers. “Without any formal diagnostics, managers can help... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education W. Earl Sasser, Jr., who oversaw the formal development and implementation of EDP, calls it "the most ambitious customized executive education program the School has ever undertaken." The... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees' Career Development
like and focus on that.” This important step of pinpointing strengths can be achieved through assessments, but also through conversations with attentive managers. “Without any formal diagnostics, managers can help employees see themselves... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
the closer one gets to the customer in responses from sales and service personnel. This article outlines the issues and explains why withholding information about strategy for competitive reasons often results in greater risk for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
various disciplines. Recent work has begun to focus on a previously overlooked factor predicting dishonest behavior: the beneficiary or victim of dishonest acts. In two laboratory experiments, we manipulate the level of resources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
Alger stories had it wrong—access to positions of power and leadership in America was not available to all equally. Who was favored during that time? Anthony Mayo: It's not that the Alger stories were wrong, it's just that the focus has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Mike Maples Jr.
will focus less on layers of management hierarchy and coordination and more on creating networks of access where customers as well as loosely-connected providers of their labor are a key part of the network.... View Details