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- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
coffee. Preparing the Self for Team Entry: How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance Despite their potential to perform at high levels and make decisions that are better than those of individual...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
a binary choice of build or buy, today's advertisers frequently pursue hybrid policies of build and buy to procure the customized bundle required to develop, produce, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
Levels of Meaning
Serge Heftler-Louiche, former manager of Coty. Another example is I.M. Singer, namesake of the Singer sewing machine empire. Singer himself was an odd, eccentric character, but his partner, Edward Clark, had the regimented business mind. View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
manager faced decisions that could have derailed the performer's career. A new case by Associate Professor Anita Elberse examines the strategic marketing choices that instead created a global brand. Why...
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- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
frameworks to decide exactly what they're going to do, what decisions they're going to make, what things they want to monitor and oversee, and also the areas in which they want...
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
hosts who have never had an African-American guest, suggesting only a subset of hosts discriminate. While rental markets have achieved significant reductions in discrimination in recent decades, our results suggest that Airbnb’s current design View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
the role of organization in regard to a business unit's success, or in the choice of which structure to use, is intertwined with a large number of other important factors. These include the strategy of the business, the quality of its...
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by Robert Simons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
W50 Next Steps
than 6,400 alumni, Professor Robin Ely is readying a follow-up survey. Her goal is to better understand the complexities of our alumni population and delve deeper into the challenges and opportunities women...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
Although the Lane Bryant brand continues to thrive, the Kaplans saw a need for more choice in color, styles, cut, and price. At Fashion To Figure (named so because “Gram used to say you should never ask...
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- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
key transitions that shape leaders' careers, specifying processes and moderating conditions for identity transformation. Implications for designing experiences and training...
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Sean Silverthorne
- May 1985 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
Spinnaker Software Corp.
Describes the problems faced by a company that has experienced remarkable growth, but growth which is below projections. The management must evaluate the company's position in the turbulent software industry. The two partners must then decide whether to cut back to...
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Decisions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Profit;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Software;
Information Technology Industry
Stevenson, Howard H. "Spinnaker Software Corp." Harvard Business School Case 385-252, May 1985. (Revised November 1990.)
- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
to work remotely, often because their home conditions aren’t ideal, or maybe they just feel too excluded or lost. And the rest could go either way. It’s a pattern that is consistent across many countries,...
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
when organizations identify a set of morally sustaining ideals. Ideals animate and help direct decision making in an organization or a society. These ideals are never fully realized. We all recognize that...
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by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Sabina Robinov
diagnosed with cancer. After an internal struggle, I made the difficult decision to move to the US and risk missing the precious time my father has left. I chose to focus on building myself professionally...
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- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
that as the same customers gain more experience with online DVD rentals, the extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that present bias has a meaningful impact on choice in the field...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
manager’s job. Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) explores the kinds of decisions made by general managers (GMs) and how context influences both the nature of the View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
is an attempt to connect these two narratives. I provide early evidence that the growth of public university tuition over the previous two decades is negatively associated with movement into self-employment. Because labor market and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007
special focus is the influence that the EU accession process has on the Latvian economy and on economic policy choices in the country. Challenges students to discuss how the environment changes as EU...
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Martha Lagace