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- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
to buy stakes in the venture, because he felt that the potential buyers were interested only in the number of users they could sell to rather than the bigger dream of reducing class distinctions. In essence, no dream, no deal. (Of course,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
ask the Japanese, the Chinese, and some others for their goods, and they give them to us. And then they lend us the money to buy them. We are both borrowing—literally borrowing in financial terms from, particularly, the Asians—and getting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
Factory temporarily furloughed 41,000 hourly employees, providing them with continued benefits and “a daily complimentary meal from their restaurant.” When Best Buy closed its electronics stores and moved to... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
With the demise of Circuit City in 2009 one would have reckoned that Best Buy's best days were ahead. Instead, Best Buy is working fiercely to... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
what’s the best way for managers to communicate financial information to shareholders? “People who want to have advanced roles in enterprise confront financial questions more and more, and they have to be more fluent in the financial... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
practice. “We propose to step back and ask how we can best integrate machine learning to solve previously untenable marketing problems facing real companies?” Combining man and machine A product of the 11th Triennial Invitational Choice... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should focus their relaunch in four key areas. Revisit your shared purpose. A relaunch ensures that every team member understands and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
everything from working out at the gym to turning off the lights at home. Yet, despite the brainpower devoted to devising creative rewards and fine-tuning offerings, employees don’t always buy in. “All this money and time and smart people... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
locations. “It’s not about just the markup, which, to some extent, is just a temporary effect,” Cavallo says. “If competition with Amazon changes the way firms such as Walmart or Best Buy make pricing... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
big and diverse. Today, however, American investors are buying distressed mortgages in Japan, industrial buildings in Mexico, and developing shopping centers in Eastern Europe. Globalization has hit the real estate industry big time. A... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
of principles for responsible investment, a standard that falls well short of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decisions. Myth Number 3: Companies cannot influence the kind of shareholders that buy their shares, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
plenty of die-hard fans willing to push back when a consumer issues an online attack, Avery says. “The best defense against people who are speaking badly about you on social media is to have an incredibly loyal relationship with your... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
people to lay off. If, on the other hand, you acquire a company because it is developing a hot technology, your challenge is to hold on to the acquisition's best engineers. These two scenarios require the acquiring company to engage in... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
of about $70 billion. Daft's solution was an aggressive shift in the opposite direction. On taking over, he avowed, "The world in which we operate has changed dramatically, and we must change to succeed. No one drinks globally. Local people get thirsty and View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve operational performance. This literature typically takes the perspective of a central planner who directs individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
institutions and concepts by showing where they came from. What is money? What do banks do? What's the difference between a stock and a bond? Why buy insurance or real estate? And how exactly do hedge funds make (and lose) money? This is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
start is to revisit the team’s sense of shared purpose. Revisit your shared purpose. A relaunch ensures that every team member understands and buys into the clear and specific goals that the team has been mobilized to accomplish. It is an... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 05 Jul 2021
- What Do You Think?
Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
turned to my son and remarked, “That stuff can make you sick.” Several of us laughed. I wasn’t one of them. I knew him well. He meant it. This may help explain why so many organizations seem to have lost contact with the experience of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
application may be best suitable at different stages. Data strategy is a strategic business decision that entrepreneurs need to define from the start. Even if your AI is brilliant, your product still needs great user experience (UX), the... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu