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10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

nature of what is seen as legitimate leadership in modern society. The origins of psychology and its interest in leadership date back to Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson. Many individuals tried to understand what leads certain people to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

professor Noel Maurer and economic historian Carlos Yu discuss the canal's complicated economic and political history—including the first proposals dating back to 1529, the massive cost overruns associated with digging the canal in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

let them withdraw their own money until a certain amount or date has been reached. It gives their control over to the bank to help them overcome short-term impulses to spend. The product had a large and significant effect on clients'... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

correlation vs. cause and effect. As commenter Diogenes put it, “Prove with a cogent methodology that racial and gender diversity lead to greater profitability. Prove causation, not correlation (which studies to date primarily by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

User research suggested that the checkout process could be improved. Hypothesis: Displaying the checkout date when selecting the number of children improves the user experience (by adding clarity). Result: Treatment had a significant... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

impression of each customer much the same way two people ascertain each other’s character on a first date—by interpreting certain cues to infer important traits. “Let’s say you’re on a first date and you want to figure out whether this... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in New York City, was merely a supporting act in a reunion tour of the erstwhile-boy band, New Kids on the Block. "When you tell that to people now they look at you like you must have your dates... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

Research Summary

Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

02 May 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How To Ask Better Questions

Asking the right questions is the key to unlocking talent, opportunity, money, even second dates. Research shows asking follow-up questions improves your life and increases emotional intelligence. A Good Place to Start Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

contractual relationships) or noncommercial (e.g., communication on a dating website). Affiliation requires platform-specific investments of time or money or both. For example, a supermarket would not qualify because it is a reseller:... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

2023
Article

Association Between Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance

By: Alexander O. Everhart, Soumya Sen, Ariel D. Stern, Yi Zhu and Pinar Karaca-Mandic

Importance: Most regulated medical devices enter the U.S. market via the 510(k) regulatory submission pathway, wherein manufacturers demonstrate that applicant devices are “substantially equivalent” to 1 or more “predicate” devices (legally marketed medical devices... View Details

Keywords: Recalls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

thrive? Carroll’s inquiry into unleashing human potential began with a well-known idea dating back to the psychologist Abraham Maslow and others: the notion that intrinsic, not just extrinsic, rewards motivate people to excel. My own... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

11 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

here and there, but a Luddite mentality still dominates the industry. When a dealership hit on the idea of using texting to keep customers up to date on work being done in the service department, the “innovation” was reported in an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

employment-related rights such as arbitration but cannot do any work for their employer. If the no-work rule is violated, the employee must be paid. Furloughs often have a specified end date that can be adjusted as the economic outlook... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

the daily gathering of parents and kids at the same table every night for dinner can make that time feel less like eating an ordinary meal and more like sharing a meaningful family ritual. Types of rituals: from date nights to chores In... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

those procedures are pretty badly out of date. I don't think we realized quite how out of date until thirty minutes ago." This made Barton angry. "Wish you'd flashed that cynicism a little sooner. I've been taking everyone's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

the date when cell phone technology first entered a country. But the intensive margin would measure the number of cell phones in a country relative to that country's population. When applicable, the intensive margin also takes into... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

take 1955 (with the IBM 701) as the start date and use eighty years as a technology cycle, 2035 may not be far off the mark for playing much of this out. Even then, the special recombinant nature of this technology makes us uncomfortable... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

the "patent thicket." In many cases, the pooling agreements also specify the pricing schedule in the agreement that establishes the pool, assuring that no party attempts to extract very high fees or to increase its fees after users are locked in. Patent pools... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

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