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- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
natural resources of a similar kind - if, say, the money from tree harvesting were used to plant more trees. It's very difficult to achieve consensus on these issues." Richard H.K. Vietor, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
copyrighted content over peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks and its impact on the music industry and to assess the viable business models for the industry in the future. Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
According to Herzlinger, although public and nonprofit institutions are entrusted with taxpayer and donor dollars to provide social goods such as education, health, and art, they have few systems and tools for objectively assessing their... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
within their private networks, who then transmit the information to arm’s length analysts outside the network. Specifically, we show that firms with more connected analysts have more accurate consensus forecasts and lower forecast... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
and John Maynard Keynes, who was a British economist and one of the leading economic thinkers of the time. Despite their differences, their assessment was remarkably similar; that is, how odd it was that there was no shortage of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
students how to think beyond information silos and to be more self-aware as leaders. It’s the “know how” that’s most valued in the business world, Datar and Garvin found in their research. How to bridge the “knowing-doing” gap became a focal point of discussion. By the... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
categories: power, management, leadership, and culture. Choosing the right tool, say the authors, requires assessing the organization along two critical dimensions: the extent to which people agree on what they want and the extent to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
plan can be a model. But he thinks it should be looked at on a state-by-state basis — rather than as a one-size-fits-all, federally funded, mandated national plan — to accommodate the particular circumstances of each state. And he warns that even though Massachusetts... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Direct Channels Authors:Jill Avery, Thomas J. Steenburgh, John A. Deighton, and Mary Caravella Abstract We assess the effects of opening physical retail stores on direct-to-consumer channel sales. Our data come from a leading U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
of exogenous price variation to test this proposition: higher tariffs should lead to more vertical integration; moreover, ownership structures should be more alike across countries with similar levels of protection. To assess the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
implementation of a lean operating system at an Indian software services firm. By studying the introduction and impact of lean management techniques in a nontraditional setting we are able to move beyond the artifacts and gain insight... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
given that product architecture has been shown to be an important predictor of, among other things: product performance, product variety, process flexibility, and future industry evolution. We explore this relationship in the software industry by use of a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
case is about a boutique chocolate manufacturer's decision to grow. Zotter, an Austrian company that was a pioneer in the organic and Fairtrade chocolate movement, uses the traditional confit technique to make premium hand-scooped... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Human Resource Management (HRM). Written by an international team of academics from universities in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand, it examines the problems and opportunities facing employers and employees. The book subdivides into three sections: Part I... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortion, government outlays... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
transparency of the methods used to obtain research findings. Although comprehensive reporting facilitates accurate assessment of a paper’s claims, the current reporting norm is secrecy, not openness. We begin by putting this situation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
top-talent list a closely guarded secret. And the assessment process used to decide who is a future leader is an even greater mystery. This book shows how you can get on and stay on your company’s fast track. The authors draw upon decades... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
conditions on sequence memory. In addition, conscious thought appeared to increase intrusion nowness and arousal. Limitations. The analogue design and healthy participant sample prevent from generalizing results to other populations. Intrusion frequency and qualities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Leadership Development Plan (PLDP) There is one simple overarching criterion for assessing performance in all three areas: Are you “all in”? Are you deeply engaged in this different kind of work? Are you giving this your best shot? Course... View Details