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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions is best explained in terms of industrial structures, inclusive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
either fail to reach their full potential or cross the line into destructive or even unethical actions?" Design/methodology/approach—To find out, they interviewed many successful leaders of major organizations and studied the case...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
business of providing services to patients. (Those who are uncomfortable with the notion of businesses in health care can substitute the term service lines.) The question "What business are we in?" is an important one because it...
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- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
purview of headquarters. Headquarters has given them full responsibility for performance with little direct oversight, and allowed them to develop a more objective view of the enterprise and its strategies. This enables them to entertain...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
temporary substitute teacher for a week, right down to filling a position full time?Quigley: Absolutely. We do both permanent and temporary, and we do temporary-to-permanent, which is a way a lot of...
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- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
likely to be much lower. How many consumers will pay a dollar for song number thirteen? Clearly, there is a profit-enhancing role for some type of bundling even with digital distribution. For example, consumers might be willing to pay View Details
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
full advantage of its growing product portfolio. Students debate the merits of going after new customers by building an enterprise sales force or mining the existing customer base with an inside sales force that already has a lot on its...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
strengthened. These changes may reflect the growing role for the euro as a reserve currency in the international financial system. The risk-minimizing currency strategy for a global bond investor is close to a full currency hedge, with a...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
perversely, originates in the fact that Tony's life is full of purpose and progress. His calendar is filled with meetings, and there are usually urgent phone calls to return. Tony is also accomplishing a lot, and success brings its own...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
read it, and you know it will always run as claimed. That’s the substitute for institutional trust, and while it’s powerful, it limits what you can do in these systems to some degree, because you have to design software that can be...
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- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
Obrador filed complaints with the Federal Election Tribunal, per the constitution, Maurer notes. And many prominent members of the opposition conservative party, if not conservative candidate Felipe Calderón, have defended López Obrador's right to challenge the results...
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by Julia Hanna
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
performance measurement with the goal of increasing a nonprofit's ability to serve more people more effectively. This note discusses the full set of venture philanthropy practices and their impact on grantees. It also explores what could...
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Anna Secino
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
length every time. And although art-based processes realize the full capabilities of talented workers and can benefit from great worker talent, by no means do they require exceptional or especially creative individuals. Nor does great...
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by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
and Machine Learning By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Evan Starr, and Rajshree Agarwal Abstract—The advent of artificial intelligence in the form of machine learning technologies ushers new questions regarding the pace at which it may View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
value than e-commerce, such as immediacy, curated selection, or allowing touch and feel of non-digital experiential goods. Thinking of online shopping as a compliment and an opportunity, rather than as a substitute and a threat to offline...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of at least 51 people in Panama after they ingested medicine made with diethylene glycol, an industrial chemical similar to antifreeze that a Chinese company used as a substitute for pharmaceutical-grade syrup. In June, officials at the...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
or "I have a new point of sale system and I want to be able to get the data out of that system and do something with it." The types of skills and capabilities that would be too expensive for people to hire full time in-house, they just...
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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
rest in his book-lined office, the shovel he used to break ground on the school’s dormitory renovation project leaning against the wall. One of the lessons that Marietta learned is that there is no substitute for building on local...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
possibilities as opportunities to complement what we currently do. Let me explain. I don't think anything can substitute for the magic of what happens on our campus and in our classroom. While I know the phrase "transformational" sounds...
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- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
& Course MaterialsA123Systems Harvard Business School Case 606-114 A123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company, Yet-Ming Chiang, was a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne