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- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
are in the midst of what is often described as a gold rush. Is there any danger that firms will fly so high that they may spin out of control? A: The book is built around a number of the tensions that are inherent in all businesses —...
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- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?
about by abnormal genes, such as Alzheimer's disease or cancer. Clearly, genomics could be a gold mine for drug makers. Today, drug development is an expensive and long process—it can take up to ten years and $600 million to develop a...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
stretch goals] are being cited as a reason behind the success of one Silicon Valley startup after another." Super stretch goals are thought to provide inspiration, a sense of mission, for the most capable and adventurous of those seeking to join startups. They...
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by James Heskett
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
Back-of-the-envelope welfare estimates indicate that the 3.9% increase in patent grants at the USPTO could potentially create $1.16 billion in value for the U.S. economy. Southern Responses to Gold Certification: Cooperate, Compete,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
work, we look at the gold standard era (1880-1914) as a "natural experiment" to test whether adoption of a rule-based monetary framework such as the gold standard increased policy credibility. On...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
they lack the glamour and the smell of revolution that was associated with these garage-based startups. To an economist or to someone from Mars or to someone studying the phenomenon, they should be just as interesting. But because they don't hold out the scent of View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
up the Internet's impact now and in the future, McFarlan told the group, "The gold standard has moved. What is in fact acceptable infrastructure, what is acceptable customer service, has changed—completely and powerfully and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
and much more convenient for many more people to receive effective treatment.1 It was initially deployed against partially occluded, easy-to-access coronary arteries. Luckily, angioplasty wasn't blocked from the market just because it couldn't beat the View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
of life." "The challenges are incredibly complex but also very rewarding to work on," he adds. Three Gold Standards Ramanna's paper outlines how best-practice standards of financial accounting could be tested and...
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- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
eager to finally read Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. Brown chronicles how nine boys from working-class families won improbable View Details
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
young, impulsive, “self-righteous, entitled, narcissistic” visionaries realize the full potential of organizations that were formed around them. It suggests the question: Does West Coast Management need adult supervision? What do you think? Original Column In 1994, at...
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- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
developed a strong reputation among consumers due in part to its Membership Rewards (MR) loyalty program, first established in 1991. Through MR, all Amex cardholders could accumulate and redeem “points” based on how much they spent, while customers with Amex’s View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
new options; these offer another opportunity to reach the pot of gold and even recoup previous losses. "The upshot of this approach," says Hall, "is that CEOs have a carrot and a stick in front of them on a regular basis --...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
store's charge-account customers received a small, white printed card with gold lettering that read: "Saks Fifth Avenue is proud to present the Estée Lauder line of cosmetics: now available at our cosmetics department."...
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- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
management. In addition, frequently used cases are often dated, reducing interest among today’s young management candidates for whom Silicon Valley is the gold standard. The most heavily used case among those I’ve authored is one I wrote...
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- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
choice is between five films-Fast & Furious 7, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jurassic World, Minions, and Pitch Perfect 2-as well as two choices in television. Which are most deserving of Gold status? Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Antebellum New York (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-038 Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
programming decisions and setting advertising rates? Nielsen had become the gold standard in the broadcast industry and felt confident in their data. Could Bluefin's system provide new insights to marketers and broadcasters? Or would it...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
surprising to the researchers, it didn't seem to matter how much money was made available for the prizes—or even if any money was offered at all. In areas where a gold medal replaced a cash prize, competition was just as fierce and the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
they probably didn't do a good job." Learning By Doing For decades, Harvard's case-study method has been the gold standard in business-school education, emulated around the world for its methodology that teaches students...
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