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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Heard arrived in 1859, first as secretary of the American delegation for the Treaty of Tientsin and then as the business manager for Heard & Co. “I had begun to think of going home, and of giving Albert my place at the head,” John Heard... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
isn’t going to delegate a task if he or she doesn’t trust the subordinate to get the job done. “If those beliefs are that far off in other kinds of settings, then actually that means there are some gross inefficiencies where transactions... View Details
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
new product plans. Such decisions are either centralized near the top of the corporate ladder or decentralized and delegated to the top of a particular business unit. And the decision makers often depend on ERP software, which facilitates... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
and who could do the job. And then keeping them. And delegation became my new mantra." Lisa Bowen, who eventually became the president of Tweezerman, remembers her boss from the early days: "At first he was a micromanager. Tried... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
populous that drove a Toyota Prius in 2008, and the pro-environmental voting record of each city's delegates to the California legislature. They then matched cities that had adopted green-building policies to cities that had not. "We... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
delegating authority to heavyweight product development teams. But senior functional leaders, used to making key decisions, are likely to resist. The most effective way for a leader to realign his company is to facilitate open and honest... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
delegate would have been better positioned to see the big picture. Friction was high in each of those domains. Confidential information about contract talks was sometimes leaked to the press. Key players who seemed ready to sign with one... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
overlap in executive authority slows down the approval of new projects and reduces coordination across initiatives. Delegating more planning authority to local wards and communities could help accelerate climate action, especially because... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
administrative task to be delegated and then ignored, and succession what you begin to worry about the year before the CEO retires. Press descriptions of events at Merrill and Citigroup suggest that was exactly the culture at those firms.... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
examines media and content choices by each candidate and allows students to explore the role of new media in political campaigns. The focus is on fundraising in 2007 and campaigning for Primary delegate votes in 2008. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Others have raised concerns about investing too much power in the hands of the Fed. Pozen advised the Senate committee to tap the Federal Reserve as the super regulator but to delegate enforcement to the appropriate existing federal... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
anything, it naturally follows that senior managers can't simply delegate critical decisions involving operations, the adoption of IT or other technologies, and improvement efforts to "experts," whether they're internal or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
religion, in terms of business techniques. And try to develop trusting relationships with people. And delegate as much as you can to your subordinates, and show your trust in them, and hope that they also reciprocate that trust in you. My... View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
explicitly delegating cognitive and physical tasks. Couples striving to enhance gratitude and reduce resentment in their relationships should articulate and align their expectations of one another, particularly when it comes to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
ties can lead to less timely investments. Further examination shows that the reduced timeliness of connected funds is driven by a reluctance to withdraw holdings prior to weak investee performance. We interpret this as agency conflicts from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
shop in the current low-cost location. How to organize? What are the structures, systems, and processes that need to be in place to manage a company's international strategy? Should authority be delegated to many organizational units or... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
important determinant of delegation and the provision of incentives. Using a sample of convenience store chains, we show that market-type dispersion is related to the degree of franchising at the chain level as well as the probability of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
tendency for leaders to engage in monitoring, leading to a reduction in felt autonomy among employees. Reduced autonomy on the job may lead to lower well-being. One of the challenges for leaders working in the virtual world is to learn to trust and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
change in the game—the increasing complexity of NFL rules, and the growing importance of the role of referees and the number of penalties—and an effort by Gruden to delegate a task that someone else could easily do for him, and perhaps do... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
past. And what I try to do is really focus on the things that need to change. I'm willing to delegate letting the trains run on time and the normal stuff that that's going well, I focus my time on the stuff that's not going well. And... View Details