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- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
people, other resources, and a broader context to create a viable market offering. One of the questions the case raises is 'what is Winfrey in the business of? What is she offering her consumers, viewers, magazine readers, and the people... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
actions any more than you'd let them dictate yours." As a result, Wheeler is skeptical about one-size-fits-all negotiation strategies. An approach that succeeds in one context could be disastrous in another. That makes him equally... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
business, Bartlett says. "That's a big change that's taken place." The World's Communication Pipeline Another seismic shift is the broader context in which companies now operate, forgotten all too easily in today's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
information. To start closing this gap, we study transfers of income to real-world poor people in the context of dictator games. Our dictators can purchase signals about why the recipients are poor. We find that a third of the dictators... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
mandate requires that the spectrum’s users satisfy the communication needs of the public. In recent decades, the FCC has interpreted this mandate, in the context of the radio and television industries, as requiring a degree of “localism... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
’09), “and when I asked my host family what they were planning to do in the context of time lines and schedules, I realized that my tendency toward accomplishment and ambition didn’t seem to match with my family’s outlook on life.” As is... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
Recent studies emphasize the importance of political decentralization and relatively broad political voice for the early spread of public primary education in developed economies. We identify the former and the lack of the latter to be important in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
ideas and ventures; and the drag of middle management screening of ideas in large organizations that is absent in startups. They concluded, among other things, that the bottom-up RAP process still held the most promise if top management would give more attention to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
context of the health-care industry drew instant attention. Preventable medical errors resulting in injury cost the industry somewhere between $9 billion and $15 billion a year, the report stated. Even more shockingly, by some measures... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508023 Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You Harvard Business School Case 808-043 This note provides an analytical framework for assessing potential opportunities in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
of balance when it is placed in the context of their personal values, interests, and stage of life." There were a few dissenters to these views. Tom Patterson characterized these in opining that "Most people in an organization... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
fundamental questions possible. Even if we're interested in a very specific food product — and there are lots of specifics you could ask - it's more important to look into the larger context of the brand." Depending on the product under... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
dynamic leadership skills and instilling a true global perspective. PGL has been framed using multiple units and levels of analysis. At the most macro level, we address the broad and constantly changing context within which companies must... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
Manso-Brown encourages others to seek out historical context as a critical foundation of anti-racism work. “We’re not talking about things that happened that long ago either,” she said. “MLK would be the same age as Barbara Walters if he... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund
the same time, students get a valuable learning experience which prepares them for careers in impact investing. Conception Originally conceived in Spring 2020, the objective of the impact fund project was to explore options for setting up an impact fund at HBS. In the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
overall, we’ll continue to do a good job for our clients and grow the business. What does “accountability” mean in the context of running a financial firm? Tell the truth, serve people, have integrity. Have the ability, guts, and courage... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
with competitors) to a social cause related to its core business, altering the context in such a way that it produces a positive impact on its business.11 In looking at the organizational structures of companies in this group, we can... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
issues presented in the (B) case. The students are given context to discuss how this situation could have been prevented. Purchase this supplement: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110034-PDF-ENG Scooter Lindley: The Formation Call... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
for a deep discussion of the bases for variable compensation in sales, including observability of effort and outcome, risk aversion, team vs. individual pay and the marginal impact of effort. The context is also an interesting and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace