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- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
challenges them to accept responsibility for their own education and gives them first-hand appreciation of the application of knowledge and skills to practice." Nevertheless, Kathryn Aiken points out that "... studying other crucibles is no View Details
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by James Heskett
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
countries, but by firms realizing a higher spread (i.e., a greater difference in operating performance and borrowing cost) when more domestic credit is available. Also, we find that firms partially substitute trade credit for financial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
to combine her interests and skills in both the public and private arenas. She hopes to get more hands-on field experience serving in the developing world before eventually returning to the United States to tackle domestic public- sector issues. "There is no View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
that a collaborative management style in the real world would be equally effective and essential.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “There is no substitute for good, old-fashioned planning and analysis. You can’t rationalize excessive use of ‘gut feel’...
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- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
channel, a mobile Internet or a substitute for PCs. Rather, it is a new aspect of consumerism and a much more powerful way to speak with consumers. Unleashing the value of m-commerce requires understanding the role that mobility plays in...
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by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
offered as the high-speed substitute for mail service in the world of tomorrow. Watson was sixty-five years old when the fair opened, an age when many businessmen think about retirement. But Watson had the energy of a man in his thirties,...
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by Richard S. Tedlow
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
the United States. Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that facilitate entrepreneurship and growth are often weak, archaic, or entirely missing." By providing substitutes for these...
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by Peter Jacobs
- Web
Pricing Strategy: Monetizing and Growing the Business - Course Catalog
guest speakers complement this effort by presenting frameworks, analytical techniques, practical insights, and pertinent real-world examples. Grading Grading is based on class participation (50%) and a take home exam (50%). Interested students can request to View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in...
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- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
How to Create a Presence Without Being Present
business – knowledge we can share with our students and alumni.” Apply virtual tools – but be smart about them In a digital age, job candidates expect digital conveniences as a natural part of the recruiting process. Online webinars offer a View Details
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- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
partisanship, and/or conscious neglect, as they presented their brands as heroic substitutes stepping in to provide services (e.g., clean water, cancer research funding) traditionally provided by nations, states, and/or NGOs. Click to...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
individual performance may be penalized? What about the potential for substituting technology for judgement on the frontline? What about the fact that frontline employees are paid according to their rank rather than their potential impact...
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by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
Several best practices, as explained by past and current masters of judo strategy, can help you reach the top of your game. While there are no substitutes for mastering the concepts of judo strategy and carefully studying your industry...
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by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
Facebook will automatically display an advertisement for a substitute nanny who has worked for four close friends and who can step in and pick up my child. Granted, this has the heavy feel of the movie "Minority Report" taken to...
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by Mikolaj Piskorski
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
programs as a win-win-win scenario: compliance improves, regulators conserve enforcement resources, and firms save money. But this outcome can only be achieved if the self-regulatory activities of corporations can effectively substitute...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
fundamental decisions for any business: where to play, how to deliver, and how to win. Where to Play. Entrepreneurs must target downturn needs such as superior value relative to existing players or provide good substitutes for the...
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Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
advertisements by shifting from 30-second to 15-second advertisements, substituting radio for television advertising, or increasing the use of direct marketing, which gives more immediate sales impact. 4. Adjust product portfolios....
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by John Quelch
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
with the hospital—but so has the outsourced company as a whole. As other radiologists read more cases from the hospital, the difference made by the greater expertise of Dr. A declines. As Huckman puts it, "Something gets baked into the firm's expertise that essentially...
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- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
"When a leader builds a mask around him/her you close yourself from learning." Joe Schmid had no doubt, saying, "I'll simpl(ify) the question substituting 'two faced' for 'mask.' Can a two faced leader be 'authentic'?...
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by Jim Heskett
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1865878 The Flexible Substitution Logit: Uncovering Category Expansion and Share Impacts of Marketing Instruments Authors:Qiang Liu, Thomas J. Steenburgh, and Sachin Gupta Abstract...
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Sean Silverthorne