Publications

Article

The Economy of Fear: H.P. Lovecraft on Eugenics, Economics and the Great Depression

By: Sophus A. Reinert

The early twentieth-century weird writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft is today best remembered for his genre defining style of academic noir pulp fiction. Yet in focusing on certain tropes of his work, such as the many memorable monsters he created to populate his... View Details

Keywords: H.P. Lovecraft; Society; Economics

2010
Case

Great Negotiator 2010: Martti Ahtisaari and the Helsinki Accords--Overcoming the Barriers

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Process

01 Mar 2010
News

Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying

resurgence” has metamorphosed into a death march of Islamic civilization, Allawi writes in his recent book, The Crisis of Islamic Civilization (Yale University Press). Although Islam as a religious faith nurturing millions of believers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

2014
Book

Great Power, Peace, and American Primacy: The Origins of a New International Order

By: Josh Baron

This book explains the period of great power peace in the last fifty years and outlines the path to perpetuating it. Drawing on the Realist tradition and challenging conventional wisdom about the causes of American primacy, Baron explores contributions to peace made by... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; International Relations; Power and Influence; Conflict and Resolution; United States

June 2016
Supplement

The Great East Japan Earthquake (I): UNIQLO's Recovery Efforts

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Yoshida, Sean Brazier, Jay Khil, Krista Nylen and Chris Shilling

Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Uniqlo; Japan

February 2004
Teaching Note

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., The (TN)

By: David F. Hawkins

Teaching Note to (9-104-070). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

them to be more intuitive and divergent thinkers. Either you have it or you don't. But does research really support this idea? Our research confirms others' work that creativity skills are not simply genetic traits endowed at birth, but... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

April 1990 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Oakland A's: Baseball's Great Transformation

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger

The Oakland A's baseball team underwent a major turnaround during the 1980s, both on the field and in the business office. One of the most significant improvements came in the area of customer service. The A's management believed that if they took care of their fans,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Sports; Sports Industry; California

Educators

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

the individual's ability to cope with and responsibly manage it (for the sake of both the organization and individual). As a general rule of thumb, View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

June 2016
Supplement

The Great East Japan Earthquake (H): Oisix's Recovery Efforts

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Azusa Hanai, Mimi Hanley, Brittani Jackson, Joanna Kao and Blake Landro

Keywords: Japan; Earthquake; Oisix; Japan

Article

Abraham Lincoln, Poster President For the Great Leadership Paradox

By: Gautam Mukunda

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January 1990 (Revised February 1990)
Teaching Note

Great Lakes Diversified Corp.: The Detroit Plant--1980, Teaching Note

By: Roy D. Shapiro

04 Sep 2009
News

The Friday Five: Great Books on Business and Innovation

02 Mar 2025
News

Alison Wood Brooks On The Science Of Great Conversations

October, 2023
Article

Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: Housing Market Impacts of Removing Legacy Pollutants

By: Alecia Cassidy, Robyn C. Meeks and Michale R. Moore

The Great Lakes and their tributaries make up the largest freshwater system on the planet, providing drinking water and recreational value to millions of people. Yet manufacturing plants left a legacy of toxic pollutants in the region, tarnishing it as part of the... View Details

Keywords: Valuation Of Environmental Effects; Housing Demand; Water Pollution; Water Quality; Infrastructure; Pollution; Consumer Behavior

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2018
Working Paper

Black Out-Migration and Southern Political Realignment

By: Leah Boustan and Marco Tabellini

Can emigration from less democratic and economically less developed areas induce political and economic change? We study this question in the context of the second Great Migration of African Americans (1940–1970), when more than 4 million blacks left the U.S. South and... View Details

Keywords: Great Migration; Immigration; Race; Government and Politics; Economics; United States