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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
who have already worked at consulting companies and I-banks arrive with the attitude of been there, done that, let's try something new." Creating Social Value For participants in the social venture track, the "something new" focuses on...
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- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
have delayered, flattened firms can exhibit more control and decision making at the top. Managers take note. Flattening can lead to exactly the opposite effects from what it promises to do. Read the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
platforms, and hybrid platforms. We suggest that the world is moving towards more and more hybrids, and we identify the key steps in building a successful platform. 3) Failure is more likely than winner-take-all: mispricing, mistrust,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
In an interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne, Harvard Business School professor Dorothy Leonard and research assistant Brian DeLacey discuss their research and the recent Adult Learning Workshop held at Harvard...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
B2B Branding: Does it Work?
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Many business-to-business (B2B) CEOs view marketing as the...
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- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
the Public Corporation, and Greater Commitments to Sustainability: Signals from the Corporate Board By: Eccles, Robert G., J. Herron, and George Serafeim Abstract—This book is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
used by contract workers to obtain stretchwork. O'Mahony is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School while Bechky is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. "More people are View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
Lewis (HBS MBA '92), took the Internet retailer of office supplies from 25 to 400 employees and $50 million to $500 million in revenues. Being an "intrapreneur" within a larger corporation—with a larger corporation's deep pockets—offered a nice View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
how are they likely to shape the future for media competitors, advertisers, and their agencies? HBS professor Alvin Silk has long studied such issues, and his latest findings, presented in a new working paper, "Restructuring in the...
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- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their own research labs too often concentrate on funding what's...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
operations has been occurring for decades, based on the assumption that moving grunt work overseas wouldn't affect US companies' competitive edge in the global marketplace. But this assumption is wrong, and the fallout has been...
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- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 and debt restructuring,...
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- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives-from friendship and dating to news and business. What makes social media so different from traditional media? Answering that question is the key to making social...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
sports, a two-year campaign to acquire star performers with extraordinary multimillion-dollar, multiyear contracts. “It seems like more and more in our economy, we believe if you were a star somewhere else, we can bring you over and right away you will be a star View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
an interview with HBS Working Knowledge. "Obtaining One Strategy in times of change means the organization will respond in a holistic fashion to new challenges, staying aligned for maximum competitive impact." The book follows...
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- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
underlie pricing algorithms require revisiting as conditions change. To ensure that institutional knowledge is embedded in pricing algorithms, managers can also consider hybrid solutions that offer suggested prices, enabling quicker...
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- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the Hybrid Ideal Authors:Julie...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
relative to the base model. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52788 Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study By:...
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Sean Silverthorne