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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
huge inefficiency.” It was while attending HBS that Makarim formed Go-Jek, a more efficient ojek service that organized 20 or so drivers through a call center; he relied on word View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
pharmaceutical firm B creates a drug that treats the same ailment and prepares to bring the drug to market. According to best estimates, this new competition will reduce the price of A's product to $2.55 per...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters
"black box." Peering Into The Black Box In a new working paper written with Adam M. Kleinbaum (HBS DBA'08) of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, titled Inside the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
relatively high return (for the industry) to employees and investors. This “trifecta,” which occurs as a result of outstanding service design and delivery, can be found in only a few very special View Details
- October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
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Gene Research, the Mapping of Life and the Global Economy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Juan Enriquez-Cabot
A new firm is being created to speed up the process of mapping humans, animals, and plants by combining gene technology with rapid gene identification to improve the health and well being of the human population and the productivity of crops and animals. How does one...
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Information Technology;
Organizational Structure;
Technological Innovation;
Business Processes;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Productivity;
Welfare;
Agribusiness;
Genetics;
Science-Based Business;
Biotechnology Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Juan Enriquez-Cabot. "Gene Research, the Mapping of Life and the Global Economy." Harvard Business School Case 599-016, October 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
Teresa M. Amabile's research centers on how the work environment can influence the motivation, creativity, and performance of individuals and teams. A recent study focused on the influence of team leaders on...
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Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- 21 Jan 2015
- News
Where are the Prosecutions for Corporate Conspiracy?
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures executive education program. Bill is a recipient of the Ewing Marion...
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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
With the understated charm that has won him legions of fans on the big screen, Hollywood legend Paul Newman came to HBS in mid-October to talk about his successful second career as a social entrepreneur. During his daylong visit, Newman...
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- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
influence them. More specifically, this approach steers attention away from the political processes whereby administrative policies are formed and implemented . . . . These difficulties are compounded by the typical simplifying device...
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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?
Intent, in which you explain your reason for pursuing the certificate. HBS Executive Education ">program advisors can provide you with the Statement of Intent form and answer any questions you might have...
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- 10 Apr 2015
- News
General Electric looks to get out of the banking business
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Teradyne and HP forced their organizations to focus on these new technologies. The CEOs of both companies got involved, creating separate, financially autonomous divisions for...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual Underpinnings of Entrepreneurial Management
or an old idea applied to a new setting. (More broadly and more famously, he described capitalism as a form of "creative destruction," often involving the dismantling...
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- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
leaders who managed to navigate their organizations through unpredictable social, political, and regulatory environments. To help fill this gap, Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets project is building a rich library View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
organization is in the early stages of growth and is interested in testing and refining its model in new locations, or a nonprofit has less ambitious, less geographically...
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by Carla Tishler
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Broadcasting shortly afterward, however, Dodi's division was dissolved. Still under contract, she found herself with eight months of paid "vacation." "The time off helped me get the kids settled into a new...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
off his own consulting firm, Competitiveness.com, in 1993 to work exclusively on cluster competitiveness reinforcement projects. Consultant and Networker One of his firm’s first challenges was helping the 500-year-old leather industry in...
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Deborah Blagg