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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
niche-driven that they can't afford to play just anything. They do so much research to see if their particular audience will react to a song that if a single is floundering, they'll pull it right off the airwaves. So, in a sense, the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to survey firms on their management and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
How does an entrepreneur make the switch from inspiring a tiny group of followers in a metaphorical garage to leading what eventually becomes a multibillion-dollar business? The ability to translate individual creativity into sustained View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
reminder that Atlanta is no stranger to entrepreneurial, global enterprise. And that is what the Games have become - a huge commercial and organizational endeavor that is as much about management as it is about medals. Indeed, a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have paid less attention to the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
influence how investors diversify their portfolios; the organizational and ownership decisions firms make; firm investment[PDF] decisions; and myriad financing decisions, including capital structure and repatriation. Perhaps, the biggest... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
integrate technical and behavioral finance, organizational behavior, and ethics to better prepare future leaders — and also focus more cases on the proper role of boards. Once directors are properly trained, it is crucial that they... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
both behavioral decision research and organizational theory to explain barriers to change. We identify specific obstacles to the implementation of sustainability initiatives, suggest means of surmounting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Charles W. ("Bill") Cassell
industry while working as director of operations at Beacon Communications Corporation in Acton, Massachusetts. "I studied the factors that made some companies successful," he says, "and discovered that the few companies that stay on the A list often have an View Details
Keywords: Eileen McCluskey
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
I always knew I wanted to be in a business that made something," says Raymond Baxter with a smile. As president and CEO of Interbake Foods, Baxter gets to do just that -- and with Interbake in the cookie biz, his dedication to research... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily as part of a research team were more engaged and satisfied with their work, performed their tasks more effectively, and were also more likely to return to work when... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
reliance on non-renewable or non-recyclable resources a sustainable economy will not emerge until graduate schools research and teach how to identify and manage the existential risks referred to above.” Nick C teed up the appropriate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
treating both its suppliers and its blue collar workforce as homogeneous, interchangeable entities as well as its view that expertise could be partitioned so that there was minimal overlap of knowledge amongst functions or levels in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
survey of nearly 6,000 small-business owners conducted by a team of researchers in partnership with Alignable, an online business networking platform with 4.5 million members. The survey results paint a bleak picture of America’s current... View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
Two years ago, the World Management Survey on organizational leadership reported that firms led by family CEOs (managers related to the family owning the business) are often managed badly, particularly those where a first-born son has... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
Organizational Behavior Unit, Assistant Professor Tsedal Neeley researches global collaboration with special emphasis on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and intergroup challenges of working across national... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
PublicationsBlending Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research Authors:Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul Publication:In Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, edited by D. Teece and M.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
volumes, and in the spirit of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, I sought to pull together my research and conclusions in this book, in the hope of reaching broader audiences. I address three key themes. First, I show that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
Organizational Behavior Over the past four years, Sheila Lirio Marcelo's alarm has rung at 4:00 most mornings, rousing her to start her day as a student at both Harvard's Business and Law Schools, a part-time consultant in Cambridge, and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
there is great uncertainty as to whom the successor should be and how the process of finding a successor should be managed. There is something very wrong with this picture. I would have been surprised by this situation before completing my latest View Details