Media And Publishing - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

which English is spreading is unprecedented and staggering” A: Lingua francas have existed for centuries. English has become the global business language mostly in the last 30 years. Linguists believe it's the fastest spreading language... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

across levels and functions. US companies alone spend about $900 billion on sales efforts annually. That’s more than 3 times what they spend on media advertising and about 10... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

Leadership: Advancing the Field By Scott A. Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana It has been more than twenty-five years since a handful of intrepid associates in West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

works published on their economic history. (When) Are Religious People Nicer? Religious Salience and the 'Sunday Effect' on Pro-social Behavior Author: Deepak Malhotra Publication: Judgment View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

associate's degree in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). This case shows how the innovation developed and why it generated enormous public and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?

might go unrealized. Thus, enabling those matches through search diversion may, to a certain extent, provide a net benefit to society. Turns out, there are benefits which go beyond that. A recent and thought-provoking Science article... View Details

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

agency in the period and published a great range of economic statistics in his weekly newsletters. As a forecaster, he was best known for advising investors in the month prior to October 1929 that a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

between a standalone videogame console and a PC tailored to play videogames. It remained unclear, however, where along the spectrum from dedicated console to PC Microsoft should position the Xbox. Would it be an open platform like the PC... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

"Success has always been an American preoccupation, but the definition of success takes on a new urgency today, when every conventional measure of success seems to have a faster burn rate than ever before," say Laura Nash and... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

a start-up founded by journalists, publishes enhanced ebook singles as well as the software to create enhanced ebooks. The company is currently engaged in both publishing and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Teaching Note

Radio One Inc. TN

By: Richard S. Ruback

Teaching Note for (9-201-025). View Details

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry; North Carolina; Georgia (state, US); Indiana; United States

Citation

Purchase

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

sensitive and important issue in practice, as evidenced by corporate pushback to recent proposals for additional mandatory disclosures. For example, the SEC has proposed mandatory disclosure of certain compensation information; however,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did." We asked Tedlow to discuss how denial can cripple a company, and what can be done about it. Martha Lagace: What is the meaning of denial as you... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

2015 Princeton University Press How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network By: Greenstein, Shane Abstract—In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2009
Other Unpublished Work

The Kindle: Igniting the Book Business

By: Peter Olson and Bharat Anand

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

Citation

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

forthcoming Berrett-Koehler Publishers Negotiating the Impossible: How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle) By: Malhotra, Deepak Abstract—Some negotiations are easy. Others... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

devised, which paved the way for the use of quantitative analysis in formal strategic planning. In 1944, John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern published their classic work, The Theory of Games View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat