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- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
“Managers should make the call on high-level priorities, so employees can focus on their best work.” Here are 10 ways that leaders can support employees who are working remotely during an unprecedented and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
fully realized and are stronger in mature, slow growth industries. Prices do not fall, however, when the acquirer is diversifying into a new product market. This direct evidence of real changes induced by merger View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
2000). But it is also politically harder to sustain then, for example, the Thai "dual track" strategy with growth impulses for both exporting and local activities that turned out to generate... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
governor would follow through on his intentions to sign it into law. The bill had taken on the moniker “Don’t Say Gay.” There had been “Say Gay” protests across Florida and the US by groups supportive of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as mindfulness and meditation-based stress reduction. This first group logged in to complete various activities and games at least twice... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
regulations on buybacks as some propose, I’m in favor of boards being much more active in evaluating buybacks, limiting accelerated share buybacks, and changing the accounting treatment of buybacks so that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
are processed through the same United States Bankruptcy Court system, and are overseen by the same pool of federal bankruptcy judges, who currently number about 350 only. The bankruptcy process also requires the View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
included those that “women have greater analytical skills and coordinate activities with much (greater) ease than men while upholding company values and strategy” (Mathews... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
healthy communities. Traditionally, businesses have supported the social sector in two different ways: they contribute their employees' time for volunteer activities, and they View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
world through television and print publications, as they had for decades. There was, however, one big media game changer: the Fox News Channel (FNC). Founded in 1996 by Australian media magnate Rupert... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
business leaders. Those who had until then been willing to either support Trump or at least mute their criticisms clearly felt that his responses to the protests and violence made that stance no longer... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
nonfinancial performance. Perhaps more importantly, all have created robust Web sites to provide stakeholders with additional information not included in their printed reports. And all are deeply engaged in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
by Cook’s business philosophy, and still others simply received the question. WHEN CEO ACTIVISM INFLUENCES POLICY POSITIONS Overall, respondents’ support for the Religious... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
and analysis. Ramana Nanda: One of the debates in the finance literature has been whether finance follows real activity like real investments and companies setting up. Will... View Details
- 29 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 29, 2007
needs of the "poorest of the poor," who cannot even repay loans and therefore do not qualify as Habitat beneficiaries? How can Makar continue to innovate to achieve the greatest mission impact while maintaining funding View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
especially on entitlements. In other words, this plan is a standard push toward a smaller government and a less constrained market. Second, the plan’s supporters believe fairness in tax policy depends on how... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 02 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs
likely to be successful in their next venture-backed firm. “There is support for the view that some component of performance persistence stems from 'success breeding success.'” These effects are large and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
says. When they looked more closely at the data, they realized that candidates were spending more time in areas characterized by high past turnout. The researchers surmise that the politicians were wasting time and effort trying... View Details