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- 20 May 2013
- Op-Ed
Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again
As part of his administration's strategy to rejuvenate American manufacturing, President Obama has called for the creation of a National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to advance and diffuse novel manufacturing technologies.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
a situation like the current global pandemic. The case shows that if community health workers could be trained on the front lines, you might have access to capabilities to everything from initial screening to contact tracing on the back... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep... View Details
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
discourage IP owners from selling and trading it in ways that may provide short-term business benefits but damage long-term international competition. For example, companies wishing access to China’s huge... View Details
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
Street reform. In addition to the disclosure of the annual compensation of the CEO, the bill requires organizations with publicly held stock to disclose the median total annual compensation of all employees View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
valued identity. Our identity is an asset to the extent that others value access to us and use it in ways that benefit us. The idea of offering the opportunity to buy privacy is hard to swallow. The... View Details
- 02 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy
the Internet economy. It shares certain features with other incubators—mainly, it fosters a spirit of entrepreneurship and offers economies of scale. But its key distinguishing feature is its ability to give start-ups preferential View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
previously learned about development seemed to be conflicting with what I was seeing in the field," she says. "I kept seeing situations in which people might seem to have access to various supplies and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
sales. If the economy remains shut for more than a couple of months, the enterprise will not survive. A creative donor rushing in with debt at low rates and a grace period may decide the future access of the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an initial public... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's policies on human rights. We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice
AI’s capabilities to help solve business problems, particularly in parts of the world with fewer resources and less access to technology. “The fact that generative AI was a little over a year old, View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
unique insights on how it worked, and how it has changed. And as a woman, a Muslim, and a social activist, she provides a powerful role model of diversity.” Excerpts from... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
bringing market forces to space is so important. It’s going to take decentralized creativity of people who know their businesses well and know what their customers need. I hope every business leader out there asks themselves View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
relative to local firms. In countries with weak capital markets and burdensome regulatory regimes, multinational firms can use their internal capital and product markets to View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
or even how much they will pay for an item. But they aren't very good at accessing where that value comes from, or how and when it is influenced by factors like store displays or brands.” Most humans are a... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
and corruption in the construction industry, and access to affordable products and inclusion in the education sector. Silverthorne: Are there... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
Times were hard for Webvan this year. Like other online grocers and delivery services that hit the screen in 2001—among them, Homegrocer, Kozmo, and Streamline—Webvan finally called it quits in July after... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
students) with real-world experience, one-on-one coaching relationships, a project-oriented curriculum, and time—appear to make it much less economically practical and effective to do it outside the job.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
primarily to C-suite executives. C-suite authority does provide access to one kind of agency, the freedom to act in the realm CEOs manage. But CEOs do not suddenly wake up and commit to activities that drive... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim