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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
many forms and that these are enabled by creativity and the right organizational flexibility and mindset. This abridged version of the case focuses on the choice of Jeopardy! as the development target and the approach taken by the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
market failures that may arise. We explore these challenges and suggest an updated regulatory framework that is sufficiently flexible to allow software platforms to operate and deliver their benefits, while ensuring that service...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
multi-method study of a hospital emergency department (ED) redesign. Before the redesign, people coordinated in ad-hoc groupings, which provided flexibility because any nurse could work with any doctor, but these groupings were limited in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
large and relatively stationary concrete ring by flexible tendons. As the float interacts with ocean waves, the movement of the tendons drives the generators, converting mechanical energy into electricity. Smith in the RITE control room,...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
flexible in staffing. “There’s already a continuous shortage of faculty at all the top schools, and I don’t see that abating any time soon,” he says. Without more flexibility, not much can change. “Right now we’re saying either 100...
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- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
database. Conclusions—Major benefits of the model include its basis in expert judgment, its straightforward application, the flexibility of transforming its output ratings to any linear scale, and its ease of interpretation. This metric...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
plagued earlier corporate ventures. The agreement made clear that the XTV partners had the flexibility to respond rapidly to investment opportunities, something that independent venture capitalists typically possess. They essentially had...
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by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019
million was one of the major goals of The Campaign for Harvard Business School, which concluded in fiscal 2018. In the post-Campaign year of fiscal 2019, revenue from these flexible current-use gifts decreased 9 percent from $44 million a...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
member. Only HBS could be flexible enough for such a thing to happen! Maybe it was possible because we thought of ourselves more as pragmatic experimenters than as academics. Our strength at HBS is that we look at the world as it comes at...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
managing strategic, intangible services in the context of Terrapin's more concrete focus historically. A serendipitous discovery leads the founders to consider how the firm could systematize its process while maintaining the flexibility...
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Anna Secino
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
flexibility and work-life balance and all of these components that are a little bit on the softer side, how companies operate is really important. Is there anything in particular you would call out there that companies should be thinking...
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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
stagnated, and the Rousseff administration struggled to find the best balance between reducing inflation, maintaining a flexible exchange rate, and improving the competitiveness of Brazilian exports. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
assignment will show students the power of delayed differentiation in components. The OEM with higher cross-utilization (lower customization of components between product lines) had more flexibility in which vehicles they stopped...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
productive teamwork. Enhance creativity through more flexible organizational structures. Bet on people. Think big. Say no respectfully. McArthur liked to say that the faculty was the “whole ball game,” and in fact, he lavished time and...
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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
and get another one. As the technology advances, we will be able to advance with it." "We've also accepted the fact that people like to use different desktops - some Macintosh and some PC," adds Rogers. "Building in that flexibility...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
apart; the less they share, the more likely they are to be best executed separately. Nevertheless, managing multiple models is a tall order. LAN has had to face greater complexity, broaden its organizational skills, increase the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
travelers the flexibility and convenience of flying private aircraft for their personal and business needs at an outstanding and unparalleled value. Sentient functioned differently and more efficiently than traditional charter companies:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved quality in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
the SMIC "Reverse BOT model" a municipality would build a capital-intensive fab and SMIC would operate it, sharply lowering its capital costs. This model gave the company a unique level of flexibility in an industry where...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Dodgers will give us the capability and flexibility to build related businesses and programming," Carey says. The sports franchise, he elaborates, will furnish the stimulus and content for derivative ventures such as TV stations, a cable...
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Garry Emmons