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- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
Coordination, another influential volume that applied this method of analysis to the wheat, soybean, and Florida orange industries. From those days to the present, Goldberg has remained an extraordinarily active and prolific scholar—the... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
value created for users by the offering based on the technology; define the structure of the value chain, that is, the network of activities within the firm required to create and distribute the products or services offered to customers;... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
it appears as if there is somewhat of a "virtuous circle," where the growth in the activity of U.S. venture capital industry has enhanced the conditions that drive the long-run value creation of this capital, which has in turn... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
Case 713-522 Microsoft in Korea Microsoft Korea sees a potential opportunity to dramatically improve its subsidiary's performance by actively recruiting and promoting female senior managers in South Korea. The question is to what extent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
semiconsciously, that something is wrong, but he never has the time or impetus to find out what it is. To some degree, Tony is afraid of the answers, and his frenetic activity is a way to avoid them. He is the kind of person the painter... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
activities of commercial and investment banks (opening the doors for a "financial free-for-all," as Business Week put it) will only increase this trend. Already, Crane asserts, "you can't talk about banking without talking about trading."... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
actively enhance the beneficial effect of sleep on creativity by covertly reactivating the creativity task during sleep. Individuals' creative performance was compared after three different conditions: sleep-with-conditioned-odor;... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
probably never again amount to more than about 10 percent of total employment in any of the world's developed economies and (2) the return of manufacturing activity to the US will have to be accompanied by increased productivity, probably... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
merger activity of the 1980s when it made sense to encourage key employees to remain in place for some time after an organization, whose value was based in part on their presence, was sold. Recently, though, they have become more common... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
potential profit drivers rather than the first troops to cut in a downturn. Ton's working paper, "The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality", examines how mundane activities such as stocking shelves, setting up displays,... View Details
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
supporting them. Q: On the basis of this study, could it be suggested that any given candidate desired that a company manage earnings downward? Or can it be assumed that these were unsolicited "gifts"? A: The data we have cannot establish with certainty that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
idea is formally evaluated as the basis of a commercial venture. Users also tend to engage in collective creative activity prior to firm formation—often within the social context provided by user communities—that results in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
effectively rewire some of the links in the network," says Stuart. "That sort of heated environment creates a rush of investment activity that increases the number of participants hoping to quickly take a company public. It... View Details
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
or compensation are either non-existent or academic. And the founder and largest shareholder is very active in governance matters. Then the public offering occurs. Regulation or law requires changes in behavior. Outside members of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
Rather than stifling investment, the proposed change will hopefully trigger increased focus on equity-type investments, on entrepreneurial activities that actually produce products and services to attract investors, and it will shine a... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
they reported that "Without exception, these (resource management) activities are distributed more widely across the organization than is usually imagined posing huge problems where coherence is a central requisite for efficiency and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
it "government must be able to monitor and regulate Internet activities that adversely affect people's safety and welfare." Few were convinced that technology itself would provide more than temporary defenses. The use of the... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
the growing use of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) devices for studying decision making. The research follows a pattern. It is based on increasing knowledge that different parts of the brain demonstrate heightened activity when subjected... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
contributions increased by more than $20 billion. Fidelity also found higher participation rates in smaller plans and roughly equal savings rates between active highly paid employees and others. The recent problems with the 401(k) plans... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
to compete as efficiently as possible for customers and build the enterprise's value," Deninger said. The new business model delegates non-core activities to various specialized partners, creating what Deninger refers to as an... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner