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- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
together." Potential consultants for Specialisterne undergo a five-month training process that familiarizes them with the intricacies of LEGO Mindstorms technology. According to the case, "There was a natural fit between LEGO...
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- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Research has long shown that organizations shape members' identities. However, the possibility that these identities might also be desired and that members might benefit from this View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
in January 2009, a little more than a year from the time the principles-based approach had been adopted. It is a good time to review the implementation process and how the new principles-based approach changed CaIPERS' emerging market...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
million well-off shoppers and 463 grocery stores in key U.S. markets. Whole Foods could absorb Amazon’s technology and process expertise to modernize and reduce its operating costs, which were among the highest in the industry. For...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
threatening to jump to another company—a card that few founders are willing to play at the negotiation table, says Wasserman. Wasserman's paper on the subject "Stewards, Agents, and the Founder Discount: Executive Compensation in New...
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- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
studies drivers of regulatory behavior as well as the resulting decision-making process of managers within regulated organizations. In the paper The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior, forthcoming in the Journal of Financial...
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- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor model of returns. Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207056 Negotiating Effectively in Family Business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with respect to intellectual property (IP) allows firms to better capture value in situations where knowledge and value...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
to handle changing workforce needs that make sparing use of staff reductions and ensure that if they do happen, the process feels fair and the affected parties have a soft landing. Most successful approaches begin with a philosophy that...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
not be what happens in the near-term at all. This is where cities differ from firms. Cities almost never die. A bankrupt firm's assets can be sliced up and repackaged and sold off to partially repay the firm's creditors, and once that View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
the right word—and I had to negotiate about this. That experience gave me a sense that you can't be a passive person, even with the best of physicians. You have to understand what's going to happen and to View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
http://hbr.org/2013/01/when-the-crowd-fights-corruption/ar/1 Negotiating with Emotion Authors:Leary, Kimberlyn, Julianna Pillemer, and Michael Wheeler Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Abstract is unavailable at this time...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
the process of decoupling. Decoupling is the separation of two or more activities ordinarily done in conjunction by consumers-think of watching TV shows and sitting through the ads. These new digital disruptors allow consumers to benefit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
Chesbrough XTV was given $30 million to manage. It was set up formally as a corporate division within Xerox, but Adams negotiated special terms that mimicked many aspects of independent venture capital firms. Eighty percent of the gains...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
licensed software, including games. Discusses Warner Bros.' online distribution strategy as well as the negotiations between BitTorrent and the Movie Picture Association of America and Warner Bros. that ultimately led to Warner Bros.'...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
change in directions that favor new sets of interests (for a review, see Battilana, 2010). A second factor that contributes to institutional change is determining whether the processes are endogenous to the everyday functioning of...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
separated from manufacturing. When modularity is low, product designs can't be clearly specified and design choices affect manufacturing processes in subtle, difficult-to-predict ways (and vice versa). The second is the maturity of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
venture capital firms, angel investors, crowd-funding, and accelerators/incubators. 3) What investors look for. Each source has a different funding process and set of criteria that you need to understand before seeking funding from that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.iese.edu/en/files/Competitiveness%20in%20Catalonia%2021.07.09_tcm4-36801.pdf Siegmund Warburg, the City of London and the Financial Roots of European Integration Authors:Niall Ferguson Publication:Business History 51, no. 3...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Communicating Frames in Negotiation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth Publication:." In The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, edited by Gary E. Bolton and Rachel T.A. Croson. Oxford University Press,...
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Sean Silverthorne