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- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
significant reevaluation in the context of organizations pursuing multiple objectives. We proceed, first, by drawing on an extensive literature review to assess the way in which organizational democracy has been conceptualized in recent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
the drivers of customer churn and uncover opportunities to increase customer retention across the customer selection, selling, and training processes. Students assess a metric, CHI (Customer Happiness Index), which HubSpot uses to predict... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
shareholders used to protect themselves by examining the dividend policy and governance of over 800 publicly traded companies at the beginning of the 1880s. We assess the importance of these mechanisms by estimating their impact on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
a supply chain pilot implemented at Hugo Boss. This pilot entailed altering the way in which Hugo Boss orders from its suppliers. We explore the challenge of assessing the impact of supply chain change, the link between operational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
recommendations cover the entire hiring cycle in seven steps: anticipating the need for new hires, specifying the job, developing a pool of candidates, assessing the candidates, closing the deal, integrating the newcomer, and reviewing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
to outcomes. We assessed the learning curve for a new cardiac surgical center using precursor events (incidents or circumstances required for the occurrence of adverse outcomes). Methods: Intraoperative precursor events were recorded... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
successful episodes occurred before or at the beginning of episodes. We also found that people's assessments of unsuccessful episodes were often marked by intense emotionality, which sometimes led them to disregard whether the helping... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
highlight a two-stage process for marketing resource allocation. In stage one, a model of demand is estimated. This model empirically assesses the impact of marketing actions on consumer demand of a company's product. In stage two,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
of exogenous price variation to test this proposition: higher tariffs should lead to more vertical integration; moreover, ownership structures should be more alike across countries with similar levels of protection. To assess the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
the vast majority of organizations provide applications. To assess the health and competitiveness of business ecosystems, three aspects of ecosystem health inspired by their biological metaphor and expressed in terms of their ecosystem... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace