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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
one end are the Altruistic Motives aimed at benefiting others rather than the partners themselves. At the other extreme are the Utilitarian Motives that focus on the benefit to the partner rather than others.1 In either case, there is the View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
the short list of potential character flaws.”She also recommended using a technique called values profiling in hiring imposters. In hiring, should we give self-confidence a greater weight than humility? What do you think? Original Article... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
and capacity utilization is high. But we suspect that a third and potentially quite strong effect is the uncertainty that is created by government involvement. Q: These findings present something of a dilemma for public policymakers who... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
Ferri, on leave as a visiting assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business, sees a number of avenues for future research on executive compensation, including its influence on risk-taking and the effects of regulation and disclosure regimes on... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
the time, I bet he would have spent significant time on the online underground." Fernando Polo dismissed the potential pitfalls of bias caused by listening only to outspoken users of the Internet by saying, "Excuses such as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
people likely contracted the virus several days (and up to two weeks) before showing symptoms and, thus, would have been in contact with other people (solid line in Figure 1), unknowingly spreading the virus. Quarantining an infected person after reactive testing only... View Details
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
government as their partner because government has the potential to provide scale and permanence. But the problem is that you also need efficacy and efficiency, and the constancy of both. And for many reasons the public sector is not very... View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
internalize products' entire life cycle costs into market prices, with the ultimate objective of reducing their environmental burden. This article provides a framework to evaluate the potential for take-back regulations to actually lead... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
unknown entrepreneurs in markets where he saw great potential. Unlike other venture capitalists of the time that focused on finding outstanding entrepreneurs or groundbreaking technology, Valentine took a different approach. He focused predominantly on the size of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
alternative measures of trade costs, address potential reverse causality, and explore regional patterns. CEO Personality and Firm Policies By: Gow, Ian D., Steven N. Kaplan, David F. Larcker, and Anastasia A. Zakolyukina Abstract—Based on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
organization from outside can work less well than having managers develop their own, potentially inferior, performance measures. In this sense, it is the creation of a balanced scorecard, more than actual use, that can change an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
repertory theater. Shannon O'Connell noted that our collection of field cases on learning to become a successful functional manager had the potential to be organized into an executive's "hero's journey." This set off a process:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
begun investigating the impact of accounting method choices in cross-border investments. Ann Cullen: After the scandals of the past few years, the potential for brokerage research deception is obviously something the Securities and... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
structure for their business. “I think that most executives look at bold experiments like [CEO] Tony Hsieh’s experiment with holacracy at Zappos and think, wow, I’d really like to experiment with my organizational structure too, maybe not that radically, but with the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
concentration. We show that these results are largely driven by patents filed by distant collaborators rather than non-collaborative patents or patents by non-distant collaborators, suggesting low cost long-distance digital communication as a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
not force the disparate CSR programs into their business strategies. Instead, the goal should be to "bring discipline and structure to the many fragmented components. [The] components will in some cases support the core strategy and in many others may appear adjacent,"... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
to individuals. This is the wonder of something like the Vanguard Index 500. It reduces the potential for regret and it reduces the complexity of the choice. In general, however, I think that "overchoice" is more the norm than... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
hard for multinationals to figure out the value of South African companies and affects their assessments of potential partners. Executives would do well to identify a country's power centers and figure out if there are checks and balances... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
potential participants in their ecosystems.” Leveraging the momentum and great reviews on Amazon, the company started selling through its direct-to-consumer websites as well as penetrating other sales channels. For example, Anker also... View Details
- 29 Sep 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property
Appropriation--How to Draw the Boundaries of Intellectual Property Many companies have adopted models of "open innovation," in which they seek ideas from external sources such as university labs, independent entrepreneurs, customers, and other companies. While such a... View Details
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