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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
pro-health attitudes. Show gratitude and facilitate social time to boost morale Whillans: Recent studies have found links between employee happiness and organizational outcomes, such as productivity,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
One day in 1966 while Ranjan Kapur was walking in midtown Manhattan, a black limo pulled up alongside. A man he instantly recognized as advertising icon David Ogilvy, founder of the agency where Kapur had recently been hired, stepped out... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers
acquisition of Time Warner is a case in point. Time Warner's shareholders did well in the immediate aftermath of the announcement; many of them rushed to cash out. AOL's shareholders, by contrast, did not do... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
loans. What’s more, holding on to that buffer means that those firms may not be growing as quickly as they could, says Olivia Kim, a Harvard Business School assistant professor. “If you really want to drive... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
average, in 2000, women working full time received $9,984 less in gross earnings than did men.4 In 2001, median weekly earnings of full-time female college graduates were 72.5 percent that of male college graduates and women with master's... View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
spiritual growth, growth in top-level sporting teams, and so on." Angelo Giovas goes even further in suggesting that "the key is not more outward growth (which, as was pointed out in the article, has its limits) but more inward... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
Gerstner gave Irving Wladawsky-Berger the assignment of his life – put together an Internet strategy for a company that had fallen on such hard times that it was being described by many as a dinosaur. View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
key success factor—like with doctors (is) management's willingness to hear as input in their decision processes." Alberto Souto said, "Both medicine and management are socio-technologies plus art . There is still a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
regulatory reforms accounted for between 4% and 22% of the employment growth experienced by small formats, and 6% and 26% of the employment decline experienced by independent retailers over the time period [between] 1998 and 2004."... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
retreat into our partisan corners or exit the political arena altogether. We must fight for our democracy. As we have seen, this fight requires concerted effort across multiple constituencies. Time to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
The Economics of Housing Finance Reform: Privatizing, Regulating and Backstopping Mortgage Markets. In a presentation delivered recently at the Brookings Institution, Scharfstein and doctoral candidate Adi Sunderam also argued for government View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Overview Confidence in an organization is more than just a spirit of "We can do it." It is the foundation, systems, and culture involving positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny, respect, teamwork,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
such as capital or access to talent inside the group. Equally important, I believe, is reputation, knowing that it is Koç or Akfen. Q: Koç and Akfen are both family owned. Is this an advantage? A: One idea is that family firms have longer... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
she shudders. Through another Brazilian immigrant, she had obtained housecleaning work shortly after settling in. She worked constantly, trudging home most nights after dark, too late—and often too tired—to spend meaningful time with her... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
or had previous experience as a head coach did not suffer significant second-half tenure penalties. On the other hand, Super Bowl non-winners, shorter-tenured coaches, and first-time coaches all fell prey to the second-half tenure... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
kind that comes from years spent sitting in a plastic-and-bamboo shelter with no end in sight. Each day is the same, giving these migrants too much time to ruminate about the horrific violence they survived, family they lost, and where... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
the Apple Watch, read Ryan Raffaelli's blog: Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry. Christian Camerota: Do you think the Apple Watch will fundamentally change our lives in a similar way the iPhone and iPad did? Betting on the Apple Watch View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
“Cancer is so heterogeneous that we have to build robust, standardized datasets that can be thoughtfully analyzed to answer those questions.” Once they have it, however, most research organizations protect their data, as it represents a... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
anticipated challenge in a forthcoming election by the United Kingdom independence Party, has had an even worse outcome. The campaign to Leave descended, as might have been predicted, primarily into a populist campaign against... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
serving as the School's Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Planning and Development, and Steve was Director of the MBA program. By the time we had a chance to think seriously about this project again, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace