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- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
community service projects such as serving as classroom aides in inner-city schools or assisting staff at neighborhood Boys and Girls Clubs. Expansion of the relationship over the ensuing decade found Timberland supplying City Year's official uniform and becoming its...
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by James Austin
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer DataUse It
on," says Harvard Business School marketing professor Gerald Zaltman. A more strategic approach to data mining can provide the foundation for that decision-making architecture. Below, advice on how to use information about the...
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by Jean Ayers
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
by: Adopting new routines and rituals. The foundation of CEOs’ self-care was to replace the “lost structure” of the workday. One shared that “a daily routine for myself and supporting the family took longer to create and to put in place than expected. But once it was...
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- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
helping intentions; in other words, those participants who did not dehumanize outgroup victims were the individuals most likely to report volunteering for hurricane relief efforts. Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
to take a longer view. One such view is provided by a recent Business Week analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics and other data. ("Restating the '90s," by Michael J. Mandel, Business Week, April 1, 2002, pp. 51-58.) It...
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by James Heskett
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
we started to get good at interconnecting them (outside universities and research labs) only about 10 to 12 years ago. Of course, we've become a lot better at it over the past five years, with the explosion of the Internet, intranets, extranets and other offspring of...
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by Andrew McAfee
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
quality of accounting information. Overall, a tractable accounting-based valuation model provides a unifying framework for obtaining reliable proxies of expected returns worldwide. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
improvement in patient throughput time. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1987724 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 814-009 Mobile Broadband and the Telecommunications Industry in 2011 Mobile broadband carriers View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
In the land of the digitally connected, the mobile device is king. The majority of digital media consumption happens on mobile devices, with smartphone and tablet activity making up 60 percent of digital screen time in the United States, according to a recent report...
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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
two-year orgy of enthusiasm for Internet enterprises. "At some boards of directors," he said, driving the point home, "they institute a $50 fine for every new application you think of." That challenge faced E Ink...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
several levels—across countries, across products, across marketing mix elements, across different vehicles within a marketing mix element (e.g., TV versus Internet for advertising). Each decision requires some specific considerations."...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
year. Using Internet Data for Economic Research Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber? By: Edelman, Benjamin G., and Damien Geradin Abstract—New software platforms use modern information technology, including full-featured web sites and mobile apps, to allow service providers and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
now? Zuboff and Maxmin: A century ago mass consumption was on the rise. People wanted more things. The answer was to produce more goods at an ever-lower cost—mass production. Corporations were organized around a managerial hierarchy invented to View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
and help provide a variety of services for a wide range of customers. "There is a direct relationship," he said, "between technological development and the liquidity of markets. We are all involved in generating more...
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by James E. Aisner
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
offered in the lounges—showers, spa, Internet connection, appetizing free food and drinks, along with the opportunity to rest during a layover—is exceptional value to members. There is even a higher class of lounge facilities for an even...
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- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
increasingly depend on a mutually reinforcing relationship between financial and nonfinancial performance. Integrated reporting is about more than a document. It is also about a more integrated company website that leverages the Internet...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an alternative interpretation is that hospitals with greater expertise in a treatment use it more because of their comparative advantage, suggesting that standardization is misguided. We develop a simple economic model that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
workday events can make or break employees' inner work lives. But it's forward momentum in meaningful work—progress that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees...
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Sean Silverthorne