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- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
customers routinely selected cards that although profitable for the bank could be a poor fit for customers’ needs—leading to low satisfaction scores, cancellations, and occasionally, financial distress. To that end, the company’s...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
such as financing, understanding the founders’ definition of success/failure, defining and pivoting a business model, and determining the organizational impact of a pivot as well as the role of VCs and boards in outlining company strategy. In 2008, Jason Jacobs, a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27
parts to exact specifications, which could fit into almost any gun of the same type. This made replacement and repair significantly easier and production more uniform. Other industries and countries would later implement these principles...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
formats now fit only a narrow segment of the population. Finally, much of retail growth over the last three decades has relied on aggregating volume to support a large store infrastructure. However, this volume may not materialize in any...
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- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
cycles. To sustain these changes, leaders may want to initiate "periodic monitoring of the fit between outcomes and assumptions, and intermittent periods of analysis relatively free of new activities." The study also underlines...
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- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
work and how the parts fit together. We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with." In short, Roth has determined that successful marketplaces require three key elements. "They must be thick,...
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- 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
though the effects vary with liberal/conservative ideological orientation. Polynomial regression analyses reveal that the fit relationship between individual and organizational political ideology deviates from the idealized congruence...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
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A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
this category has lower performance along traditional metrics but offers new benefits around convenience, customization, and simplicity that fit squarely with a customer's behavior patterns and priorities. The business model supports...
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- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using U.S. Census microdata on firm-level output, R&D, and patenting. The model provides a good View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse...
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- 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23
hospital system in U.S. The hospital was inaugurated in February 2014, but there were open questions related to pricing of the procedures and the related target patient segment and volumes. Also, HCCI senior management realized the need to adapt the NH model developed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007
had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in Shanghai. Lo must decide if the opportunity is the right fit in terms of place, timing, government support, and market demand. Purchase this...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
Abstract—New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
capability. A more effective strategy, he writes, is to combine E and O, switching back and forth between the two approaches to fit the company's needs. Knowing when to apply one or the other theory is the key to being a successful chief...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
and Store 24. The kit incorporates leading management experts' frameworks, outlining where they fit into the management cycle. Remedying Hyperopia: The Effects of Self-Control Regret on Consumer Behavior Authors:Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
as continuous variables to represent customer segment and average daily room rate. The case contains tables showing the output of the regression model and compares the fit of the moving average and regression models. The case allows...
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- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the J.C. Penney business model and brand. However, with sales continuing to decline, the board fired Johnson in April 2013 and appointed Johnson's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
putt and the remaining distance to the pin conditioned on missing. The first is modeled through a logistic regression, the second through a gamma regression. Both models fit the data well and provide interesting insights into the game....
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- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
against the need to reduce a platform holdup problem. Agree to Disagree: Frank Discussion, Attention to Cultural Fit Can Help Avoid Recruiting Errors Author:Sachin H. Jain Publication:Modern Healthcare (February 23, 2009) Abstract Almost...
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Martha Lagace