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- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous worlds. In particular, we...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
described by Levy. Finally, a "culture of maybe" exists when companies are highly analytical, yet also quite uncomfortable with ambiguity. They go to great lengths to gather more information and to perform additional formal analysis, in hopes of reducing the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
says, “We’ll figure it out,” chances are they don’t mean “We will figure it out.” They probably mean “You will figure it out.” They are relying on you to help them turn the ambiguous into the unambiguous. Understand RACI Behind every...
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
statements during the campaign have also raised a sense of uncertainty and ambiguity on several fronts. One of them that I think could result in a significant drawback is trade. Since the companies in the Dow are global, they could be...
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by Jim Aisner
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
for alleged patent violations, and it seems they do so regardless of whether patents were infringed on or not. NPEs are well aware that with intellectual property, the idea space is nebulous—which can lead to ambiguity that needs to be...
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by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
the moral and military ambiguity of profits and power as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the...
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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
We examine how the company's founders, facing the high ambiguity inherent in very early phases of a new industry, developed an idea for a new venture. Our qualitative data reveal the company's founding as a social, integrative process...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
what matters most; facing conflict, adversity, and ambiguity with decisiveness and confidence; setting uncompromising standards for behavior and performance; and selecting and developing great people. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
say, ‘I’m not allowed to bribe.’ Others prefer ambiguous instructions so they can do what they have to do to get the business and keep up with the competition.” But managing in such a culture where signals are mixed can be a tricky...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
principles: putting patient care decisions, tasks, and workflows first; separating complicated, ambiguous diseases and conditions from those that are understood; ensuring that infrastructure and practices such as the mix of staff,...
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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
to develop agricultural diagnostics for rural farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to detect milk spoilage, corn mold, and a cow's breeding status. "The entrepreneurial bug has definitely bitten me," says Puz. "Taking an idea and turning it into reality is a difficult, View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
mold, and a cow’s breeding status. “The entrepreneurial bug has definitely bitten me,” says Puz. “Taking an idea and turning it into reality is a difficult, ambiguous process. But it’s one of the most exciting, gratifying things I’ve ever...
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- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
Sports in America have always had a magical, transcendent allure. Life may be ambiguous but slam dunks and touchdown passes create their own heroic reality and final truth at game's end. Sports are a bond that brings entire communities...
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Garry Emmons
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
think is a good idea. Second, we would shift to territoriality, which is a change in the international tax regime that is also welcome. Third, we have a shift to expensing, which is a very important piece of what has been proposed. Some View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Many managers interpret Reg FD subjectively, often relying on individual industry norms to decide where to draw the line. Ultimately, the ambiguity of Reg FD leads to considerable variation in the information managers privately provide to...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
and time), across cultures with differing tolerance for ambiguity in relationships (the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria), and is distinct from related constructs such as generosity, conscientiousness, fastidious, and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
other contributors to NASA's failed Columbia mission in 2003. Addresses the question of how organizations should deal with "ambiguous threats"-weak signals of potential crisis-and explores why ambiguous threats are so...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
collective, the nature and importance of relationships, how personal space and the role of time are viewed, the extent to which authority and hierarchy are accepted, how ambiguity and risk are regarded, and so on. Extending this...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those...
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Dina Gerdeman