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- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
changing social hierarchy and Wedgwood's bringing what had been the trappings of a small minority, the aristocracy, to the growing middling classes at a moment when Britain was industrializing. From a branding standpoint, it is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
fund sector, today is undergoing substantial transformation, thanks to the Internet's growing reach. Unlike other areas of Internet commerce, such as online bookstores, where the cost of merchandise is roughly equivalent to in-store... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
giant and added to his growing expertise in what it takes to “compete for a share of the entertainment hour” — a talent his beloved hometown baseball team, in dire economic straits back in San Francisco, sorely needed. Bye-Bye Giants Top:... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
Personally, how do you feel you changed when you made that transition? Sulyman: I think it really opened my mind. I was very sheltered growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. Very loving parents, grew up in the household of five people, two... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
turbulent times. Ernest Shackleton Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill Today’s entrepreneurs would find the tasks involved in organizing and leading an Antarctic expedition in the early 20th century somewhat familiar. Koehn notes that the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
often approach innovation and disruption much differently. Having worked hard to align strategy and organization to support the current business, they develop tunnel vision, encouraging employees, customers, suppliers, and partners to... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field. The Handbook... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and international organizations promoted by the European Union. Although the American... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
existing teams improve or adapt. Second, some have argued that teams play a crucial role in organizational learning. These interests have produced a growing and heterogeneous literature. Empirical studies of learning by small groups or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
Kotsantonis, Sakis, Christopher Pinney, and George Serafeim Abstract—The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread misconceptions about this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
fulfillment drive work engagement. Employees have needs (e.g., a desire to be authentic) and they also have expectations for how their job or their organization will fulfill them. We argue that experiences at work that confirm employees’... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
on for years. Life in a growing frontier town that starts with six people and no buildings either demands frontier justice or unfolds its apparent willingness to assist the murderer's effort to avoid his fate. Indian troubles, vigilantes’... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
private assets, and personal saving, represent exercises in linguistics, not economics. Technological Innovation and Organizations Authors: Josh Lerner and Pierre Azoulay Publication: In Handbook of Organizational Economics, edited by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
readily identifiable. I am more interested in isolating the opportunities that arise organically and will be developed through private initiatives. Here, I think it is critical to systematically identify what I would call "downturn... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
hosted an event with Leif and Jim Whittaker. Both Jim and Leif are mountaineers. And Jim was the first American to summit Mt. Everest back in 1964. He's been a longtime member of the organization, and his son, Leif, just wrote a book about his life View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
a virus the company had not seen before and start the timer. Bancel was eager for the chance to show off the company’s agility. The organizations settled on the spring of 2020 for this “outbreak”; the first quarter of the year was just... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
are doing creative things or learned from mistakes and are willing to share tips and tricks to avoid pitfalls as you scale. While it may make you feel vulnerable, asking your investors for guidance around your own personal development demonstrates your willingness to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
nongovernment organizations (INGOs). Taken together, these findings suggest the importance of multiple, robust, overlapping, and reinforcing governance regimes to meaningful transnational regulation. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
as a biotechnology company, Myofinity Biosciences. Those two organizations have taken two different paths. They’re not connected. The 501(c)(3), Terry’s Foundation (now Cure Rare Disease), is doing something incredibly unprecedented. What... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
just part of my DNA. My father also worked for GE, and I think that gives me an affinity for the frontline managers: When I was growing up, I had no idea who the CEO of GE was, but I knew who my dad’s boss was because it affected his... View Details