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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
same battle, participants said. While it is no simple matter to create collaborative relationships for treating disease among workforces, other partnership models unrelated to HIV/AIDS may provide ideas, inspiration, or red flags. The...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
What do you do on a day-to-day basis? It varies quite a lot. In general, I’m focused on thinking about how we’ll scale up our production, first to make more prototypes, and eventually to the point where we are a mature company with products coming off the line. I...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
capacity, and identify where improvements in quality and productivity will have the highest payoffs. The authors reveal how managers can conduct fact-based negotiations with customers and suppliers - concerning price, product features,...
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- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
in global supply chains have engaged in activism that led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether these organizational structures raise labor standards....
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
tightly linked to changes in firm diversification and IT investments. These relationships depend crucially on the function involved: those closer to the product ("product" functions, e.g., marketing / R&D) behave differently...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
exchange—think of this as learning how to read music and play true, clear notes. You can improve your improvisation skills by learning how to recognize, convey, and seek out three types of information: Relational information, which conveys beliefs and feelings about...
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
note examines the relationship between video gaming devices (console, handhelds, mobile and PC) and gaming software development. The impact of broadband, wireless technologies and other innovations are also presented. Purchase this note:
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Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
college. However, recent changes to the state's accountability system necessitated greater focus on helping Codman Academy students meet this graduation requirement. Codman Academy's founding, academic model, leadership, and partnerships (including its unique View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
to shorten development lead times and increase capacity; it can facilitate access to skills, capabilities, and intellectual property (IP) that a firm does not possess internally; and it can allow a firm to acquire relationships and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
about our interpersonal relationships, when people share things with us—as long as they don't overshare—we tend to like them better," Buell says. "We find it interesting that we're seeing evidence of the same thing in our relationships...
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- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically concentrated industry activity...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and...
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- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
prospect of marketing ExperienceFLX's business to a new customer base through Groupon was very appealing, the Falks found that designing a deal that met Groupon's requirements while still allowing ExperienceFLX to make money and without endangering their View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
and physical assets, not creating social value." Higher-ambition leaders, as the authors call them, also make decisions about long-term relationships with all their stakeholders in mind. "Consider United Stationers' strategy of 'enabling...
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by Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing...
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- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
or downstream suppliers depends crucially on the elasticity of demand for its final product. Moreover, a firm's propensity to integrate a given stage of the value chain is shaped by the relative contractibility of the stages located...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
information to suppliers to maximize efficiency of the supply chain. This idea, which my colleague Steve Bradley and I have termed "sense and respond," correlates to the Industrial Age notion of "make and sell." Today...
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by Staff
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
entrepreneurs and business experts can predict their subsequent commercialization. How Should We Pay for Health Care? (536) Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan argue that reimbursement for medical services through bundled payments is the only approach that aligns...
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- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
traditional arms-length sourcing arrangements. At the time of the case, the company is considering a third approach to supplier relations that involves much closer cooperation and partnerships. The goal of this "third way"...
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Martha Lagace