Governance Changes - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Feb 2017
News

Growing and Competing at the Local Level

the backbone services to places like GE, Ford, and GM. “The impact that I’m hoping to have is to start aligning the resources that are focused on the economy, both within our state and nationally. Things are changing so quickly, and the... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

contemporaries Twain and Whitman, Homer captured the landscape of a rapidly changing country with an artist’s probing insight. His tale is one of America in all its complexity and contradiction, as he adapted to the restless spirit of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Mar 2012
Article

The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

The United States is a competitive location to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. are able to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. Changes in the... View Details

26 Aug 2016
News

Improving Wellness Through Better Nutrition

dignity and independence of living at home. The Iowa-based company’s heat-and-eat meals are delivered in 48 states by its own trucks or third-party carriers. Medicaid or other government subsidies generally pay for the meals, explains... View Details

May 2018
Supplement

Abe on Womenomics, part 2: Women as Leaders – Policies & Exemplars: Excerpt from Opening Address to the World Assembly of Women, Tokyo, August 28, 2015

By: Boris Groysberg

This video supplement is a lightly edited excerpt from a 2015 speech by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in which he describes Womenomics--policies and aspirations to promote greater economic participation by Japan's women, thereby promoting economic growth, greater... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Gender; Employment; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Working Conditions; Japan

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May 2012
Supplement

Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman

Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Corporate Disclosure; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Aerospace Industry

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24 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 24

sector and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for reporting on them would significantly improve the ability of companies to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Here's a Tip: Prosocial Gratuities Are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

partners...—Andrew McAfee Better information sharing among alliance partners may have subtle yet important benefits. One of the most common and striking dysfunctions of manufacturing supply chains is the "bullwhip effect," where information gaps and delays... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

people, society and government is required." David Cawlfield, citing his experiences in what he believes is a high-identity organization, credits this to "Consistent discussion and communication of 'corporate values' (that) help... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2022
News

Making It Count

Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments: In the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

Behavior “We’ve thought deeply about creating a course that not only looks at different types of management challenges, but also suggests how to deal with those challenges based on your seniority in an organization,” Raffaelli says. “What does it mean to lead a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 2002
News

Karen Tumulty Reports on America

has somewhat restrained politicking-as-usual in Washington. Out in the rest of America, however, based on polling results and last fall's elections, Tumulty is able to discern some changing attitudes in the aftermath of September's... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

considered when CEO opportunities arise. To understand better the inner workings of the chief executive change process, Khurana began an extended period of field research. Between 1990 and 1996, he interviewed nearly forty board members... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

01 Jun 2007
News

Steve Schwarzman

rise of private equity here and abroad hasn’t gone unchallenged. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into whether buyout deals involving multiple private-equity firms are anticompetitive. In Europe, critics are campaigning for new View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

of what companies can and cannot do. Activist groups are also out to change corporate behavior, but they rely on social pressure to reach their goals. Many companies that compete successfully in the market environment stumble when it... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

facilities at the sites). I thought this example perfectly demonstrated the choice individuals, businesses, and governments have on hand: do you choose to mitigate and adapt to climate change and grow in the... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

percent of Fortune 100 firms, from 2000 to 2017. The database contains the location of each violation, allowing Heese and his colleagues to overlay that data both in areas where local newspapers were operating and in other areas where they had closed. The researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

"some 12 to 15 percent of GDP in Europe was public sector enterprise," he said. But all that began to change in the early 1980s amid loud cries of inefficiency, as markets opened up and governments... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation

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