Healthcare As An Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

that we have invested in significantly to understand deeply I'll trust our predictions. And I'll trust the prediction more if it's (from) someone who has an unbiased 3rd party interest in the outcome."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

malapropism as saying, "take it." More than a funny Yogi-ism, the words suggest a fundamental truth for companies wanting not only to survive times of disruption, change, and surprise, but lead through it, Kanter suggests.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

instruments intended for worst-case scenarios. If you’re an OldCo leader looking to proactively manage defection risk, you should: Stay close to your teams. Pre-pandemic, office culture functioned as a kind... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

saw—that's a ton of fun," he said. There was general agreement on this point, but land and buildings aren't always part of the equation when it comes to calculating the industry's appeal, added Vincent J. Constantini, founder and managing partner of Roseview... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

09 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

more likely to be viewed as committing a fashion faux pas and did not experience a boost in perceived status. "red Sneakers Effect" Many people are prone to conspicuous consumption—accumulating luxury items and flashing them for all to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

For example, managing earnings to meet analyst expectations may start out being rationalized as necessary to avoid undue volatility in the stock price but end up being used to artificially pump up the stock price so executives can... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

28 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Manufacturing Matters

United States is still an innovation powerhouse? Shih: I think so. But the problem comes about as more manufacturing moves offshore and commercialization capabilities diminish. Flat-panel displays are a good... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

investment hurdle rate on new products to stem the flow. But should all new ideas have the same hurdle rate? How can this help a producer sort the better from worse ideas in advance of bringing them to market? Will we View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

and using 'money' facilitates the exchange of goods and services. So we are still capitalists " Barry Shere commented that "I do not see how profits are neutered as a result of the pressure on prices and margins per transaction.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

a nation still shadowed by Mao Zedong’s controversial legacy institute market-based reforms that have made the country the world’s second-largest economic power. He has helped document that journey as the author of scores of cases,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

Nolan: Better educated and more accepting of CIOs as partners. EE: As much as CIOs have this new leadership role, they must also be careful not to steer the company down View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

the investment in IT as the investment in standards." The second characteristic, said Upton, is network effects. "Think about the value of owning the first telephone.... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

self-compassion, authenticity, and, ultimately, self-actualization. How do True North Groups help people develop as leaders? An important part of self-awareness is accepting yourself—your weaknesses View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

meeting needs of multiple stakeholders will be met with controversy. Those giving McMillon the lowest grades appeared to be gun owners or supporters. As BobG put it, “Anyone who makes a decision to not support a Constitutional right of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

know-how are applied. The iPod, for example, was an example of purchased (largely non-U.S.) technological innovations combined with Apple design capability and knowledge of the U.S. market, where the vast majority have been sold. If one... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

marketed its products as family food, targeting its messages to children as well as adults. Expanding slowly also gave Pujals the chance to work out and test his business... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

mortgages, accumulating twice the holdings of more seasoned managers. Moreover, inexperienced managers who personally experienced severe or recent adverse investment outcomes behaved more like seasoned managers. Training and institutional... View Details