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- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
nuclear submarine fleet, provided engineering support for military vehicles, and managed numerous facilities at military bases. On the civil side, the company decommissioned aging nuclear plants, maintained... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: FangXiaNuo] Related Reading: Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed? The Secret Life of Supply Chains Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment? What do you think of this... View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
market actors who support them would have only one shot at success, and this would typically be a shot in the dark, given the many uncertainties new ventures face. Evolving commitments are basically the managerial version of a longstanding view of View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 18 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump
longer possible to hide in the shadows. Ken Frazier’s example now resounds. Leaders of all five military branches have made public statements against racism. Republican Congressional leaders are questioning President Trump’s statements on... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
Innovation happens fast and slowly. The GPS applications so prevalent today to guide us from Point A to Point B took their first baby steps nearly three decades ago when President Ronald Reagan encouraged the release of military GPS... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
riches" is instilled in people very early. But in other countries, no such role model exists. The stigma attached to failure is not just cultural; it's also reflected in bankruptcy laws. For example, in Switzerland, where military... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
executives by examining how they are penalized in starting pay when looking for new work. The study, co-written with Eric Lin of the United States Military Academy at West Point, reveals these executives pay a steep price for guilt by... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
exercise unless management approaches them with military discipline." Mike Kirkeberg goes even further in saying, "All new management philosophies and strategies work ... until they don’t. ... It seems very simple: Make a good... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
founders reacquired many of the assets of the company and focused it on industrial and military applications. The case focus presents a question of whether the company should sell out again, this time to a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
military services begins in structuring leadership positions of 'executive officer' ... principal assistants to designated leaders having command responsibilities ... growth positions to enhance individuals' abilities." Francine... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
markets choose the winners, not government officials—no matter how well-intentioned. No politician seeks public financing for a specific competitor without threat of voter reaction. In short, competition does what it is supposed to do. We don’t see much competition in... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
against which they had to defend themselves. All considered Russia a threat, not so much because they feared a military invasion over their borders, but rather because they dreaded any repercussions of economic dependence on Russia. All... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
convince ICC’s Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina. Due to Argentina’s vast energy resources, its modern political history has been deeply intertwined with its “energy” history. In its many View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Psychosocial Development and Leader Performance of Military Officer Cadets Authors:Scott Snook and Paul T. Bartone Periodical:Leadership Quarterly 18, no. 5 (October 2007): 490-504 Abstract Efforts to educate and develop future View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
military conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, which took place in Kenya throughout the 1950s, at the end of British colonial rule. The study revealed how the British government had secretly detained and tortured hundreds of thousands... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
media that seemed to come out of nowhere. As Carroll put it in his opening presentation, Facebook had “put military grade PSYOP [psychological operations] weapons in the hands of anyone.” Abuses of digital technology are tearing at... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
CEOs to military officers to presidential candidates, Mukunda says. Read an excerpt from the book "Are individual leaders truly responsible for the end result, or do they just happen to be there, for better or worse?" Mukunda asks. "We... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
well and make very sure that were seen to be doing good and right." It was not only in Kenya that politics proved a challenge. Chandaria's business survived throughout Africa by virtue of persistence, confidence, and forgiveness. "In Ethiopia when the coup took place... View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
National Organization Team Rubicon, a military veteran volunteer disaster relief organization, has experienced significant success in attracting attention and support in its first four years of operation. The challenges of managing the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
50. Then the Civil War broke out and he became one of the best military leaders in history, and a better president than I had realized before reading the book. In second place is Walter Isaacson-Evan Thomas’ The Wise Men: Six Friends and... View Details