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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
like it will be in a state of siege for the next 15 to 20 years, it doesn't take much for your stock to drop 10 percent. Compare it to people in a theater watching a good horror movie. They're already a little edgy. Then someone says boo,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
competitors could only offer three. However, LEGO offers a 30-35 percent margin to retailers, compared to competing brands offering 40-50 percent margins. What if local retailers wanted the higher margins and could care less about... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
three presidents and two prime ministers: Jefferson, whom he called "the hardest possible case," Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain, comparing their approaches to decision-making with... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
comparing the sales of almost 700 albums as reported by Nielsen SoundScan. Oberholzer and Strumpf concluded that there was almost no relationship between the two. How could this be? The researchers believe that most downloading is done... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
incentives to cooperate in cyberspace. (Maintain your belief that conflict is a healthy spur to higher performance; let the victor get the spoils.) Keep reminding divisions that they are separate businesses because they are different, and that's that. View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
if adaptation investments maintain constant flood probability, subsidence and sea-level rise will increase global flood losses to US$60-$63 billion per year in 2050," compared to $6 billion in 2005. To maintain present flood risk, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
will pay for a new roof. Community Activity Reade is well aware, however, that her financial situation cannot be compared with those in her community. Her biggest embarrassment these days, she says, is the new fence she had built at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
that were presented and discussed at the colloquium. Globalization’s complexities and nuances, compared with twenty years ago, were analyzed and debated with a rigor and enthusiasm that doubtless would have pleased Ted Levitt immensely.... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
palters convey (“I was misled”). We also find that targets perceive palters to be especially unethical when palters are used in response to direct questions as opposed to when they are unprompted. Taken together, we show that paltering is a common, but risky... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
find. Interestingly, these salaries were generally higher than those in the United States and the UK. Why was public disclosure not moderating executive pay? A: Yes, the data on salaries that I found for company directors in Brazil in the past were a bit high View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
find that hard to say, even with the benefit of hindsight. Song prices certainly seem low, especially when compared with album prices. But we should not forget that labels were battling the threat of piracy, and before Apple came along it... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
security and thus eventually could reign even greater tragedies than imagined. As such, it is appropriate to reflect on the IRA’s barrier-breaking spending on climate change compared to our defense budget. The IRA budget for climate is... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
evolution. So what makes carbon capture special? Why is it commanding so much attention and capital? JM: It really is a math problem. DM: And the big number in climate change calculations is 1.5 degrees Celsius or about 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the amount of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
two full-length practice exams at the end of the book as well as a glossary. It compares and contrasts generally accepted accounting principles in the US and international financial reporting standards for every topic covered in the book.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
don’t you even think of passing off older men or second-raters. I’m asking the same thing of every major company in the country, and I’ll be watching very closely how well your men do compared to the best young men from all the other... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
with the results of their study of companies capable of achieving success over long periods. These visionary companies, when compared with their comparison counterparts, employed BHAGS (“Big Hairy Audacious Goals”). As they put it, “Like... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
during the expansion period. Downstream propagation effects are comparable or even larger in magnitude than direct effects. The results corroborate the importance of network effects in quantifying the real effects of credit shocks and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
nonmarket forces that constrain those strategies are largely defined by two features: the delineation of its geographic markets by political boundaries and markets that have natural monopoly characteristics. While the pre-monopoly stage or periods of competition may be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
costs. Using patient stories, care delivery prior to the formation of the ACO is compared to care delivery after the formation of the ACO. Three novel programs that were cornerstones to transformation efforts are highlighted: 1) reducing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
and decisions (chapter 5), and how we are affected by comparing ourselves to others (chapter 6). Finally, forces from the outside are factors that characterize the context in which we operate and make decisions. We will explore the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino