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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
clear objective. If you don't have a good fix on your destination—be it a product or service, a strategic or competitive outcome, or anything else—you may as well not start the journey. For a lot of your work, though, this so-called... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
outside the luxury boxes. Back at his office, plans for new signage spill across the desk of the younger DeWitt, who joined the Cardinals in 1996 and oversaw construction of Roger Dean Stadium, a 7,000-seat spring training facility built... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
years—developing a gut reaction that a particular candidate, while spectacular on paper, isn't a good fit for his portfolio company. At the end of the day, as Leonard and Swap argue in their new book, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
companies touted cleanliness as good for health and success, but also for beauty. Hair washing, long unfashionable, was also a 20th-century phenomenon. This 1905 German advertisement promotes one of the first shampoos. Image Courtesy... View Details
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
today innovating in a complex intellectual property environment in fields where there is a high amount of cumulativeness. The case highlights the leverage that good strategic thinking can bring to influencing the outcome. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
goods marketing, what we collective teaching novices (Professors Cunningham, Cox, Heskett et al) termed the “armpit” portion of the first year marketing course. While we were also taught the mantra that “wisdom can't be told” and that we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
crippling civil conflict: Sri Lanka is at a pivotal moment in its history, he says, a moment that represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do no less than help shape his country’s future. He turns back to the lake, framing the view in his mind’s eye. Looming in... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
Pujals included an eating space in his store and experimented with the dining area's size and décor. Ultimately, he discovered that a small, spartan dining room was good enough. Pujals also found it was usually the children's idea to... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
Nissan aims to introduce 23 electrified models, including 15 all-electric vehicles. General Motors announced multiple entries in pickup, SUV and luxury segments that represent about 70% of EV industry volume, including the Chevrolet... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Americas. Among the top players in the U.S. toy market, LEGO stands out because it is a privately held company that has been owned by the same Danish family since it was founded in 1932. Unlike most in this highly competitive group of toy makers, LEGO has the View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Hughes: If someone on the team was stressed out or overtired, by the time we were done meeting someone had usually said something funny or was able to explain something that the team member had been worried about. It was a good feeling to... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Blog Post
Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast
better, and smarter. Elise Clarkson: This season of Climate Rising you speak with entrepreneurs leading innovations in the fight against climate change. What role do you see for entrepreneurs in confronting climate change? Rebekah Emanuel: I think entrepreneurs are... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
are impressive as they decrease each year. The business context relates to the particular patients, mostly require cataract or glaucoma surgery and the payer is Medicare/Medicaid, which regulates the price. Yearly decreasing prices make it more difficult for doctors to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
research. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15319 PublicationsSuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:New York: Crown,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
The diary findings also showed a positive carry-over effect in creativity and productivity, one day and even two days after a worker reported being in a good mood. So what can managers and entrepreneurs do to promote a healthy, positive... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
China where you were born. What made you decide to write this book? Zhang Mei: I've always wanted to write a cookbook, funny enough, because I always-- I grew up in a typical Chinese family-- many, many aunts and aunties and relatives, cousins. And one of my aunt is a... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
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 View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
how to avoid them. He looks at whether it is a good idea to cofound with friends or relatives, how and when to split the equity within the founding team, and how to recognize when a successful founder—CEO should exit or be fired.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
Life in modern India, despite all of the advances of the last decade, is still barely controlled chaos. On the crowded streets, camels and donkeys mix with handcarts, three-wheeled scooter taxis, massive Tata trucks, luxury cars, and... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
other place where you are seeing malls thrive is at the high end. The luxury malls, what the industry calls A-class malls, are doing very, very well. It's the B- and C-class malls that are in trouble. These malls are targeting the... View Details