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- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
being questioned. A substantial improvement in economic conditions and the messy reality of the Brexit process in the UK have since then led to a significant recovery in sentiments about the EU’s future. A majority of citizens in all but... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
design changes. It describes trade-offs associated with several major policy decisions, including whether to hold firms physically or financially responsible for the recovery of their products, when to impose recycling fees, whether to... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
the technologies that are developed in the high-income countries. While this is a bad year for the technology sector, we're putting our bets squarely on the recovery of the technology sector over the medium term and that sector continuing... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
different view on valuation. How much were Sabine's oil and gas reserves worth today? How much were they worth at the time Sabine filed for chapter 11? And, based on these valuations, what was a fair recovery for Sabine's creditors?... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
health care. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Find common ground, let the young lead First COVID, then confidence. With Joe Biden in the White House, the year 2021 is likely to be defined not just by recovery but by big leaps forward in the economy... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
pre-transition levels, the researchers found. Whether the new CEO was an external hire or internal promotion affected the pattern of communication, with internal appointments leading to quicker communication recovery than external hires.... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 01 Mar 2004
- What Do You Think?
Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?
To compete with truly 'sticky' customer service, you're going to need to get creative . . ." Jim Coyle suggests that this may involve putting in place effective service recovery programs that "fix problems when they are brought... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Mills says. “If small businesses can stay solvent, then we have a greater chance for a recovery after the virus threat subsides,” she says. The grim reality is sinking in. About 77 percent of small business owners say they’re “very... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
good thing?" Tabellini asks. "Or is it something that eventually might, because of this multiplier effect, harm the local labor market even more, slowing down its recovery relative to what would have happened?" Tabellini, who specializes... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
a related note, how do the business classes differ in each country in terms of power, agreement around issues, etc., and has that state of affairs helped or hindered economic recovery efforts? A: The book shows that stock ownership has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
given the length of the economic recovery from the depths of 2008. But are several basic forces at work that put the notion of an imminent recession to rest? In the early 1960s, in a class on business logistics at The Ohio State... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
give students an opportunity to understand the creation of deferred tax liabilities (DTLs) and the life cycle of a DTL using an example based on the difference between Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) depreciation, which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
domains. Later in the article, I will discuss the role of different theories from social science in the policy formulation process. "Against Desperate Peril: High Performance in Emergency Preparation and Response." In Communicable Crises: Prevention,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
bankruptcy are predictive of lower recovery rates, and that in such cases these creditors sell ahead of less informed suppliers and other creditors. This result is especially pronounced for more opaque distressed firms, when trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
patient outcomes poses particular challenges, in part because "outcome" is a surprisingly nebulous concept. The Value-Based Health Care model divides outcome into a tiered hierarchy: health status achieved (e.g., survival), process of View Details
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
that predates and goes well beyond the recent economic downturn. It won't go away when an economic recovery occurs; in fact, absent systemic effort, it may get worse. The second is that the multidisciplinary approach of the experts we've... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
candidates whether they supported the economic recovery plan. Neither gave him a direct response, so after several minutes of candidate "answers" he followed up with, "All right, let's go back to my question." Q: What... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
nations, says Greyser. In 1964, Japan made a similar overture with the Tokyo Games to point to its recovery from defeat in World War II. China used the Beijing Games in 2008 to showcase itself as an economic and political superpower. "The... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
unhappy organization is unhappy in its own way, but once we set aside the details, the fundamental dynamics of decline—and recovery from it—in these three companies turn out to be remarkably similar. Indeed, across a wide variety of... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 10 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists
reopening plans of institutions,” they write. Leadership could consider childcare infrastructure at each university or institution when crafting reopening plans, both as the pandemic drags on and well into the recovery period, Myers and... View Details