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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
because they were built with proprietary components, a manifestation of Xerox's approach to systems design. The development costs of these proprietary components had to be borne by the low unit volumes of its printers, in contrast to...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Admit It: You’re in Denial
the line in order to retool his factories for its successor, the Model A. To make the change, he shut down production for months, at a cost of close to $250 million. This chain of events was disastrous for...
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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
(Study 1B) and not their interpretation of the questions (Study 1C). The second set of studies suggests that divulgence is anchored by the initial questions in a survey; people are particularly likely to divulge when questions are presented in decreasing View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Finalists | New Venture Competition
operating system built to modernize chemical manufacturing. Sanso Narek Dshkhunyan (MBA 2024) Daniel Erdosy We help drug manufacturers produce life-saving biologics more efficiently, in order to deliver cheaper drugs to patients...
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- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
companies will be explicit about their cooperation and under scrutiny from investors, regulators, and their own legal experts. “Similar to airlines cooperating by purchasing jets together in order to lower View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
popular developmental tools, such as 360-degree feedback and networking; reinterpret them through the lens of women's experiences in organizations; and revise them in order to meet the particular challenges women face when transitioning...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
balances the four drives while avoiding negative leadership and leaders who are missing the drive to bond. Order the Book: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470623845.html Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue—typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)—made a move that...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that CMS embraces value as a priority. Nonetheless, serious questions remain as to whether the ACA has improved the value Americans receive in cancer care. Value in cancer care balances outcomes that matter to patients and the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
they’ve increased – by 83% since 2000. The company has also focused on reducing carbon emissions of its pumps by initiating a take-back program to disassemble pumps at their end of life in order to recycle the scrap materials. For this...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
these ventures is competitive advantage and profit. For Israeli companies, cooperation can open up new markets, provide cost-effective outsourcing opportunities, and significantly lower the costs of production, which is especially...
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- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
Abstract This chapter describes the concept of integrated reporting, provides a brief history of its development, reviews the current state of practice, presents a strategy for institutional change that will accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting in View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
intrinsic value regardless of their quality. They keep people occupied and out of trouble. Crime rates historically have varied inversely with employment. The loss of any job has social costs greater than the loss of income. But do we...
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by James Heskett
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
which investors should have access in order to make informed investment decisions, it engaged in a public comment period, soliciting feedback from various stakeholders about the provisional standards it developed by sector. As such, it is...
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by Julie Battilana
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
sanitation station in order to avoid bringing any unwanted diseases into the greenhouse. It is an active greenhouse, meaning the team has full control over the climate and light conditions. Inside, there are dozens of rows of tomato...
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- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
as a pull instrument. Given that shrinking release times can also have important disadvantages for movie marketers (e.g., it necessitates additional costs of movie prints, limits possibilities to adjust failing marketing strategies, and...
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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial self-interests-at great View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
you think back before smart phones and tablets, shopping on line was much less convenient. Today online shopping is omnipresent. Now as we have our discussion, I can use my smartphone to order tonight's dinner and a necktie for the...
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- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
order to understand how socially imprinted WISEs may mitigate this negative relationship between social imprinting and economic productivity, we also conduct a comparative analysis of case studies. We find that one effective approach is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Business School Case 508-028 Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople....
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Martha Lagace