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  • 8 May 2003
  • Other Presentation

The Competitive Advantage of Greece: Moving to the Next Level

By: Michael E. Porter
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness" in The Global Competitiveness Report 2002, (World... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Greece
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  • November 2010
  • Article

Capitalizing on the Underdog Effect

By: Anat Keinan, Neeru Paharia and Jill Avery
This article presents the results of a study that investigated the use of the underdog effect in marketing. The idea of triumphing over disadvantages by impassioned determination is said to be a powerfully positive image, which can lead consumers to choose a brand over... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brand Management; Brands; Brand Positioning; Competitive Positioning; Competition; Brands and Branding; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 22 Nov 2010
  • News

How to Give Away Your Money More Effectively

  • 09 Jan 2018
  • News

How To Keep Your Best People From Walking Out The Door

    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • January–February 2019
    • Article

    What Does Your Corporate Brand Stand For?

    By: Stephen A. Greyser and Mats Urde
    While most firms are adept at defining product brands, they’re less sure-footed with their corporate brands. What exactly does a parent company’s name represent, and how is it perceived in the marketplace?
    A strong corporate identity provides direction and... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Identity; Brands and Branding; Reputation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Strategy
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    • July–August 2014
    • Article

    Obamacare Rules Pose Challenges for S Corp Owners

    By: Josh Baron, Steve Salley and Judith L. Walsh
    The article offers information financial impacts of tax by the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) applied in January 2013 on family business shareholders and owners of S Corp. It discusses suggestions in tax planning to equalize tax burden including establishing family... View Details
    Keywords: Ownership Type; Family Ownership; Compensation and Benefits; Taxation; Government Legislation
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    • April 3, 2020
    • Article

    How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges

    By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Thomas C. Tsai
    The best practices in supply chain and operations management can help health care providers cope with the surge in patients and the supply shortages. They will help them create a comprehensive strategy aimed at both the demand- and supply-side roots of the problem. The... View Details
    Keywords: Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Management; Strategy
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    How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
    This article provides guidance to social entrepreneurs and their funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective... View Details
    Keywords: Systemic Impact; Scaling; Strategy Process; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • Second Quarter 2014
    • Article

    Dynamics of the Board Interview

    By: Blythe McGarvie
    You want candidates who meet the requirements of cultural fit, the right skill set, and meaningful diversity. No one expects the candidate to know everything about the company during the interview process. Research shows that companies with more women on their boards... View Details
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    Nothing to See Here: Richard Tedlow Explains Why So Many CEOs Refuse to Confront the Truth

    By: Richard S. Tedlow
    The article presents an interview with business historian Richard Tedlow on the topic of why chief executive officers (CEOs) sometimes refuse to acknowledge data or information that indicate they need to shift their strategy. He notes that denial is a typical response... View Details
    Keywords: Management
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    • 25 Aug 2021
    • News

    Don’t Write Off Zoom - It’s Not a One-Trick Pony as Remote Work Is Here to Stay!

    • 14 Oct 2019
    • News

    Having more female leaders may boost companies’ share price performance, Credit Suisse says

    • 22 Aug 2018
    • News

    Jimmy Carter's Modest Life

    • Article

    Online Experimentation: Benefits, Operational and Methodological Challenges, and Scaling Guide

    By: Iavor Bojinov and Somit Gupta
    In the past decade, online controlled experimentation, or A/B testing, at scale has proved to be a significant driver of business innovation. The practice was first pioneered by the technology sector and, more recently, has been adopted by traditional companies... View Details
    Keywords: A/B Testing; Experimentation; Data-driven Culture; Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation
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    • February 2017
    • Article

    Rethinking Sales Compensation

    By: Frank V. Cespedes
    Compensation is probably the most discussed aspect of sales and the single biggest portion of the more than $900 billion that U.S. companies alone spend annually on sales efforts. But research indicates that less than 10% of companies believe that their sales incentive... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives
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    • March 2017
    • Article

    Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM

    By: Alexander MacKay and David A. Smith
    This article discusses the empirical challenges that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data and methodology. We... View Details
    Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Antitrust Law; Resale Price Maintenance; Welfare Economics; Price; Competition; Research
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    The Payoff of Pay-for-Success

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Lisa Chase
    Pay-for-success contracts also known as social impact bonds, have been widely touted as a clever way to fill the funding gap plaguing social programs by attracting a tranche of the trillions of dollars in private return-seeking capital. This article takes an in-depth... View Details
    Keywords: Impact Investing; Social Impact Bonds; Public Innovation; Social Enterprise; Investment; Innovation and Invention
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    • December 2002
    • Article

    Introduction to 'Valuation in Emerging Markets'

    By: Robert Bruner, Robert Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Wei Li
    The purpose of the Batten Institute/Association for Investment Management and Research/Emerging Markets Review conference was to examine the challenges of valuing assets in emerging markets. These challenges are immensely interesting to practitioners and scholars for... View Details
    Keywords: Valuation; Emerging Markets
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    • 25 Sep 2001
    • Other Presentation

    The Baltic Rim Regional Agenda

    By: Michael E. Porter
    This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 1998,... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Russia
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