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- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
their business strategy. Interactive control systems are the systems that top managers use to focus the organization on strategic uncertainties. Diagnostic control systems and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Conflict Management Research (forthcoming) Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 19
firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Authors such as Adler (2006), however, note that an increasing number of companies are abandoning the notion that art practice within business signifies a problem; they've embraced artistic processes in approaches to strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
to be learned for all global companies as they confront language and culture challenges. Examining the strategic use of language by one international corporation, The Language of Global Success uncovers how... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
leads to the possibility of strategic delay by decision participants who differ in their preferences and are limited by the resources they can allocate to influence decisions. We focus on sources of delay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
our discussions and suggests directions for research to investigate its validity. Publisher's link: http://pps.sagepub.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/10/1/3.full.pdf+html February 2015 Antitrust Bulletin The Influence of Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Business School Case 409-060 This case illustrates the leadership and management challenges of starting a new firm based on a new business model and how success creates pressures that challenge the work/life... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
intermediate cities. August 2014 Journal of Economic Perspectives Entrepreneurship as Experimentation By: Kerr, William R., Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Entrepreneurship research is on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
when it results from using discretion, suggesting that the benefit of repetition does not compensate for the cost of exercising discretion in this setting. Our research offers a behavioral perspective on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Peers and Idea Generation: Evidence from a Field Experiment By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—High-quality ideas and the individuals who generate them are critical to the success of organizations. In this article, we take a micro-network View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
the discussions, challenging managers when necessary, and raising questions? Do board members have access to strategic information? Developing a reputation for an effective board, View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
they see no way out; and customers . . . ? Despite much talk of customer-focused companies, customers are often ignored when it comes to distribution. Most participants agree on the problem, but solutions have been elusive. From our... View Details
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
while hiring and assigning conventional managers to deal with more familiar and common tasks and goals.” “The right question is therefore not the amount of ‘rebel talent’ but how to focus it on the right... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
insights on how your company is perceived as a workplace from their own perspective or from feedback they’ve garnered in the market. Finally, but very carefully, investors may be able to help you get... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
organizations are rarely spontaneous. The conversation has to allow employees to be honest without risking their jobs. In most of the companies we've studied, managers talked about strategic problems with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
colleagues highlights the pivotal role played by such gatherings in creating winners and losers in the platform world. “Platform Diffusion at Temporary Gatherings: Social Coordination and Ecosystem Emergence,” published in Strategic View Details
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
corporations, the CEO is selected by a higher authority (the board of directors) acting on behalf of the shareholders, which gives him strong positional power to shape the company's direction, strategically... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney