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- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
learned something from it that we can use in making future decisions. As a result, we give unwarranted credit to such things as experience, intuition, and even common sense. Watts challenges our ability to assess the validity of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
exposure to crucibles of leadership." If the majority prevails and one accepts the validity of research on the subject, it leaves us with the question of just what business schools can contribute to the leadership development... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
valid and do their own independent assessment of what an item is worth to them. For retailers, Ngwe’s research shows that fake original prices could be a strategy to increase sales—but only if regulators don’t crack down harder on the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions. Technology: Simulate different... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
even cartels treat them as valid and often successful forms of business enterprise rather than inferior options to large, vertically integrated firms. Q: Is there a major theme running through the book? A: For me, a major theme is the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
validate their initial results over the coming months. In light of the study results, Cohen says that opening sustainable investment to traditional energy firms might deliver clean energy faster. He points out that although oil companies... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
introduce residents and validate their information. If residents cannot prove their date of birth, the date they choose is considered the official date. After the team collects all the necessary information from a person, the biometric... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
targets sanctioned by the SBTi, an organization created in 2015, and validated by third-party organizations. Companies with SBTs have committed to reduce their emissions by certain amounts by 2030, often by 50-to-60 percent to align with... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
includes both stockholders and stakeholders]. It should, and can, rest on valid assumptions and fundamental values that allow us to build a more inclusive and sustainable economic future—one in which we don't have to bribe executives to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
says. "The argument in the 1970s was that we just didn't have enough examples of female protagonists in business. I don't think that's a valid argument in 2013." Descriptions of life after HBS in the case reveal a stubborn... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
Surveys differed in the dimensions of teamwork that they assessed. The most commonly assessed dimensions were communication, coordination, and respect. Of the 35 surveys, 9 met all of the criteria for psychometric validity and 13 have... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
very hard to develop. This can be an excuse for not doing the hard analytical work necessary to specify and validate the relationships that are believed to exist. The better response is to improve poor measurement methodologies and invent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
staggered boards can be beneficial for early-life-cycle firms, which exhibit greater information asymmetries between insiders and investors. These results are validated using a larger sample of firms from the Investor Responsibility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
on two validation databases. The results suggest several important findings. First, methods do matter. The differences observed in predictive accuracy across submissions could change the profitability of a churn management campaign by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. Unfortunately, there is little evidence about the validity of these ratings. We examine how well two of the most widely used ratings—those of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
and (3) sustainability of health. Within these tiers, 22 patient-centered outcomes were defined with inclusion/exclusion criteria and specifications for reporting. Patient data sources will include the Epic Systems EHR and validated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of exogenous price variation to assess the validity of this prediction: higher tariffs should lead to higher prices and therefore to more integration. We construct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
at Store24 To what extent do Balanced Scorecards provide useful information for testing and validating an organization's strategy? Analyzing Balanced Scorecard data from Store24—a privately held convenience store retailer in New... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
as an ethical argument, actually. It's really just a different calculation of personal costs and benefits. Regarding people as individual value-maximizers is a valid point of view, but it certainly isn't the only one. Other people see the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
chosen strategy. By enabling an honest, organization-wide, and public conversation, senior management teams, working collaboratively with scholar-consultants and organizational members, have access to valid data (the unvarnished truth),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne