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- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
collective-impact effort to achieve its aims: (1) a common agenda, which helps align the players' efforts and defines their commitment; (2) a shared measurement system; (3) mutually reinforcing activities; (4) constant communication,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21
invest according to broadly held environmental and social values, as well as to investors wishing to align their investments with their faith. Should Selim give up a very successful career to compete in a highly competitive business, in...
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Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
over the first thirty-four years of the FASB (1973-2006). We examine the influence of auditors' lobbying incentives arising from three basic factors: managing expected litigation and regulatory costs; catering to clients' preferences for flexibility in GAAP; and being...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
practices, accounting firms, investment banks, and other professional service organizations, industry veterans DeLong, Gabarro, and Lees show how this model works to: align your firm's culture and key organizational components; satisfy...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
individuals who control household investments do to make sure their holdings are in financial alignment with their goals, and who can they turn to for advice? Are traditional investment advisers equipped to handle these kinds of TDA...
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by Ann Cullen
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
salary and bonus model that aligned well with JLL's culture but proved unattractive to new recruits. America's CEO Peter Roberts outlines the alternatives JLL analyzed as they considered how to strengthen the organization while...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12
and illustrates, via a detailed description of the successful strategic alliance between Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Quintiles company how the creation of a strategy map and Balanced Scorecard helps align the separate interests of...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
technology and processes to support customers that align with their entrepreneurial culture. If you are a professional today buying from Home Depot, an app on your phone lets you order directly from the job site and gives you the option...
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- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
Consumers are the gatekeepers of their personal information and choose whether to sign up for the firm's service and how much personal information to provide. The incentives of consumers and those of the firm are aligned with respect to...
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Alumni Authored Books | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
to Mobilize the (In)formal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better ResultsKatzenbach, Jon. Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your EmployeesKatzenbach, Jon. [Many Other Works Owned by Harvard] King, Alfred (Al)....
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- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
water, heat, and energy. For cities, states, provinces, and nations, infrastructure that uses resources efficiently is also lower in cost and higher in attractiveness for citizens and business. Business and environment are more than intersecting vectors; they are fully...
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
way. The Native family is not only cast aside but aligned with a felled tree, signifying an obstruction cleared.Such depictions, however, ignore the Native resistance to westward expansion in the US, including a Cheyenne attempt at...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
rail," Le Roy Moore observes. "I often think about Professor Bharat Anand's strategy course. He was always talking about how competitive advantage is at the crux of a company's strategy but only works if the entire organization is aligned...
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- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
elements that executives need to align and strengthen. This article describes how companies have used the matrix to clarify their relationships with daughter brands, retool their identities to support new businesses, revamp their overall...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
the increasingly competitive and cutthroat context in the third phase of the industry's evolution. Founded 10 years before deregulation, Southwest's tightly integrated and aligned operational model established a new benchmark for success...
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- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
in Austria, China, and India. Students can explore strategy transformation, geographic expansion, the process of introducing new measurement approaches, alignment of activities with strategic goals, and issues in leading change both...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
devise and the actual behavior of the managers throughout the company. This article approaches the problem from the ground up, recognizing that every time a manager allocates resources, that decision moves the company either into or out of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
of dimensions, from leadership style to negotiation skills to work values, but neglects the organizational features that underlie such differences. This body of research runs the risk of reifying differences, of making them seem natural. If study after study reports...
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- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
certainly opening, and it is a global window. All advanced economies, even those with universal insurance, are starting to confront the reality that the healthcare system is not aligned to drive value for the patient, or the health...
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From the CFO - Financial Report 2015
the School’s I.T. expense governance, capping spending in certain areas and prioritizing projects based on their alignment with strategic goals. Although these efforts will sound familiar to anyone running a for-profit business, certain...
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