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- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
simply the calm before the storm? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vodafone-in-japan-a/an/711464-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 711-469 Vodafone in Japan (B) By 2005, Vodafone Group was losing its footing in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a small monetary margin on each...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
and, second, that simply assigning a group of people to work together makes them a team. We point out that assigning a team to carry out a job may not always be the best way. Sometimes it's more effective to let a gifted individual do it...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
talented members from the so-called excluded group in a society. Related questions include which initiatives are most effective at implementing change in the organization. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
frame, is the perfect example. Every process, every incentive, every cultural norm was optimized to deliver efficiently, bypassing the retail channel. When the strategy changed, the organization simply did not follow. Execution continued...
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- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209029 The Restructuring of Daiei Harvard Business School Case 209-060 In 2004, the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) was given the task of restructuring Daiei, one of the largest...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
otherwise fail emissions tests. We find that for a significant number of inspectors, leniency is much higher for those customers with standard vehicles than for those with luxury cars, although a smaller group appears to favor wealthy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
managed. Firms in developing countries, such as Brazil, China, and India tend to be poorly managed. American retail firms and hospitals are also well managed by international standards, although American schools are more poorly managed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
up-or-out knowledge organization, we assess the distinct effects of demographic match with superiors and demographic match with peers on the exit of junior professionals. We find largely cooperative effects of cross-level composition—junior professionals who work in...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous relationship. Yet in August 2016, Steinhoff (a large, South...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49300 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 515-095 Evans Food In April 2014, Hector Guerra (GMP 16) was discussing his company's dilemma with his living View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
networks of personal relationships: 1) Change agents who were central in the organization's informal network had a clear advantage, regardless of their position in the formal hierarchy. 2) People who bridged disconnected groups or...
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Anna Secino
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
to performance as leaders; and (3) do activities in high school predict later psychosocial development? Two groups of cadets were studied from their freshman or sophomore year to their senior year at the academy. Results show significant...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
Harvard Business School Case 217-016 Financial Services at Falabella (A) In 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
and Kyle ArmbresterHarvard Business School Case 112-062 In 2007, under the leadership of CEO Stuart Rose, the iconic British retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S), with great fanfare, announced its "Plan A" initiative. Based on...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
and inspire. That takes skill and practice. MBAs need to ask themselves, "How do I engage people to accomplish a task while I remain in the background?" At HBS, the Authentic Leadership Development course aims to teach these skills in small View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
an electronic version of a patient questionnaire that had been designed and vetted by a group of subspecialty experts. We integrated that survey into our EHR. To assess the effects of our new EHR system and the new process flow for...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
(July-August 2009) Abstract What if the current recession turns out to be like the Great Depression of 1929-1933? Four years from now, the United States might find itself with a still-shrinking economy, half as many banks as in 2009, a third as many hedge funds, and...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
and an inspiration for the next generation of strategy scholars. Its direct impact on practice could be seen subsequently in the work of The Boston Consulting Group and other firms that employed what became known as the SWOT analysis...
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