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- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
return on invested capital, guidelines for capital structure choices, and policies related to payouts. Senior managers face questions about how these policies should be View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
environmental factors created by a persistent virus. It’s as if the success and gains made in 2021 with vaccinations and the incremental return to work and school policies have made leaders at different echelons reluctant to admit that... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 09 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
leaders grappling with improving racial equity in the workplace, important changes need to go beyond actively recruiting, hiring, and promoting more minority employees—and toward implementing workplace View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
some policy implications for regulators designing third-party monitoring regimes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51917 The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
and mistakes made by employees in two different branches of the same bank that implemented different policies on Internet use over the course of three months. "It would be relatively easy to do, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
example, the success of Gilt Groupe and other high-fashion flash sale sites has proven that younger shoppers are willing to buy these categories online. They are also comfortable purchasing high-fashion designer shoes on the web, given the liberal return View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
executive compensation. Yet while laws, regulations, and policies have a clear role to play here, they are a relatively expensive and inefficient way for a society to promote responsible conduct and trustworthy business leadership. In the... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
examination of behavioral dynamics in supply chains examining demand and supply planning processes. In particular we were interested in how behavioral biases, e.g., psychological, incentive related, etc., affect both the making of forecasts and approving/modifying... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
recently announced plans to launch an expert panel to discuss Japan’s new form of capitalism as his key policy platform, inviting a descendant of Shibusawa to serve as a core member. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- Research Summary
Overview
The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
Summing Up Predominant reactions to notions of self-management explored in this month's column could perhaps be described best by two words, "enthusiasm" and "skepticism." Many respondents felt that the concepts should be View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
welcome counterpoint to the largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to promote liberal and conservative... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
a crisis, there is a temptation for less experienced leaders to jump to quick-fix solutions that may mask the real problems. The only way to solve these problems is to understand their root cause and implement permanent solutions.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
change, we will continue to further destroy the planet and further cement inequality. This is why my hope is that President Biden and his team will implement a set of policies that will put human beings and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
factors play into workers’ decisions to go back to work.” The complex cost-benefit analysis for workers How much savings a person has or whether someone has children may be factors. Using more detailed and widespread analysis of how people use their money could lead... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
existence of rural areas not supplied by grid electricity was an important motivation for early movers in both the U.S. and Denmark. Public policy was the problem rather than the opportunity for wind entrepreneurs before 1980, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
when the choice will be implemented in the future rather than implemented immediately, a tendency we refer to as "future lock-in." We demonstrate future lock-in for decisions about donation (Study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought, and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
resolution and negotiation classes concerning how to enlarge the pie. I believe that the mindset of exploring wise tradeoffs is more common in business schools than in law or policy schools, where adversarial relations are too commonly... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman