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- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
empirical researchers have struggled to detect such influence. The impact of high-level choices may appear weak, we theorize, because the choices are embedded in coupled search processes. A coupled search process exists in an organization... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
leveraging the knowledge of people from around the world to solve big data challenges; for example, algorithms that optimize power generation on the International Space Station or that detect the location of craters on the moon. At... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture these relationships in a screening model with delayed payments and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
necessary to produce vast quantities of vaccines. Governments could also invest in parts of the supply chain necessary for making vaccines. One input, for example, is a chemical necessary for detecting toxins in vaccines, which in nature... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and big data combined with rapid response logistics to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
(the) future going to come from? Which schools, if any, business or otherwise, are teaching these skills?” One way to respond to his questions is to look into the educational backgrounds of those cited as potential candidates by other readers and attempt to View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
living longer—but eventually dying of diseases that could plausibly have an environmental component. Just as there has been progress in scientifically detecting foreign contaminants in the air and water, the public clamors for protection... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
question. One of the positive results that come from our inability to detect the shifting of a conversation is that we can move seamlessly from one topic to another semantically similar topic. In my experience, some of the most... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
First-of-its-kind infrared proximity sensors detect the motion of a finger as it hovers over the screen; the same technology has been installed in the elevators. Passengers also have the option of registering their iris and facial... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
surgery to ensure that the electrode is placed in the exact area being affected. So on the day Frisch was in surgery, he played a special violin that Bennet’s engineering team had created, with a bow that could detect his tremors. In what... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
review research on the necessary precursors for interpersonal synchrony: the ability to detect a mind and resonate with its outputs. Further, we describe potential mechanisms for the development of synchrony between two minds. We then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
papers got burned in their rush to create Web-based products, have you detected any change in how the industry may greet future such challenges? That is, once burned, twice shy? A: Unfortunately, after all of their efforts, many... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
Toyota's model may have ossified a bit, as what happened with the Dell example we discuss in chapter 1. Some of the accounts that I have seen point to an inability by management to detect long-term patterns across different recalls.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
the physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes symptomatic." "It's a way of thinking... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
video ads. In a controlled experiment, joy and surprise were assessed through automated facial expression detection for a sample of ads. Concentration of attention was assessed through eye tracking and retention of viewers by recording... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
most rigorous extant methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
Case 817-034 ShotSpotter SST, Inc. offered a subscription-based gunfire detection service, ShotSpotter Flex, to cities across the United States in addition to a few abroad. Over its 20-year history, SST had mostly honed a reliable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
Screening: Who can come in? Many organizations are conducting body temperature tests before allowing workers, vendors, or customers into a space. Some go even further, preparing for biometric screening via rapid testing for active infection to View Details