Isle of Man - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

be derailed, they won’t be retaliated against or have to navigate hostility, they won’t be the ones reassigned to avoid the person victimizing them, and they won’t be forced to be isolated in their organizations.” A man accused View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

Summing Up When Does Friction Trump Scale in the Corporate Life Cycle? This month's column raised the issue of size limits on an organization's ability to compete In today's global economy. The specific case in point was Walmart and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

Kuemmerle, who has studied more than fifty start-ups in twenty countries, says entrepreneurs today should take a litmus test of five questions (See sidebar). In this excerpt from Harvard Business Review, Kuemmerle discusses two View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

makes sense to many people because they are so influenced by the most spectacular fragments of men's consumption that appear on the popular culture radar: Harley rallies in Sturgis, the Million Man March,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

a senior general. And he did it. Never mind that he was 20 years old, speaking to Horatio Gates, hero of the Battle of Saratoga, a man many years his senior. You're going to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

teams, such as Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys. A few like Cam Newton (injury concerns) and Jameis Winston (accuracy issues) are unsigned, whereas Eli View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

connected with their communication skills. This concept can be seen in Belichick of the Patriots. He has consistently surrounded himself with young assistants and maintained solid working relationships with leaders in the locker room.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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