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15 Jul 2019
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Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

the capital allocation problem is the central way to evaluate management. Gerdeman: You say that valuation is both an art and a science, and even the best equity analysts and investors confuse the two and get things wrong. Why is that?... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

manager might be feeling. At a meta level I want the whole class—in some ways sharing the same breath—to actually feel different inside when they leave class. Part of that is from questions they’re asking about themselves and about the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Renovating Democratic Capitalism

By: Malcolm S. Salter

This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

high point in his journalism career, Schwartz said, having written for such prominent publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, and New York magazine, Schwartz co-wrote what became a best-selling book, The Art of the Deal, with real... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

March 1994 (Revised July 2000)
Case

London Symphony Orchestra (A), The

Riding the crest of recent artistic and organizational successes, this self-governing symphony orchestra now confronts the challenge of engendering a culture in which, in the words of the managing director, "everyone in the orchestra is constantly thinking, how can we... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Organizational Culture; Fine Arts Industry; London

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07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

imposed by social distancing by facilitating community, offering empathy, and providing social support. AB InBev joined thousands of museums and performing arts organizations in offering virtual performances, sponsoring the Bud Light Dive... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

motivators, power, achievement, and affiliation, borrowing on the work of Henry Murray and David McClelland. The sixth and final phase requires taking action. The impasse developmental experience does not become realized until we actually do something to seal the deal,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

December 1994
Case

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

By: William J. Poorvu

Keywords: Arts; Fine Arts Industry; Boston

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17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

Creative thinking skills. Some people are naturally able to think outside the box. But we can all learn and improve our creative thinking skills. For example, there are techniques that involve using different kinds of visual stimulation. You could go to an View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

The words “business model” are inescapable in our daily fare of business news. These two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Competitive Strategy

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

senior advisor at Steuben Glass in New York who operates her own consultancy. "It's a great art to define what relevancy means for your brand while keeping its heritage alive. It's a matter of catering to existing clients while... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

information on where each person went to school from LinkedIn. Birds of a feather invest together The information showed that the venture capital world is incredibly homogenous, consisting mostly of white men from liberal arts colleges... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

01 Mar 2021
What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

February 5, 2021. William Jones, Middle Management 101: Zen in the Art of Middle Management (North Charleston, S.C.: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2015). View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

compiled by Harris Wittels, author of Humblebrag, The Art of False Modesty, and found more than 1 in 10 were about being too busy or “not having a life.” (A typical example: “Hi, I’m 16 and I’m publishing 3 books and an album this year.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

May 1993
Teaching Note

Museum Accounting Methods Controversy TN, The

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Accounting; Problems and Challenges; Arts; Fine Arts Industry

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04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

whether business schools in general have lost their relevance by following "the scientific model" of graduate schools of arts and science as opposed to "the professional model" of medical and law schools. The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

Others With Truthful Statements.) And it has certainly wormed its way into the political spectrum. The research paper Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others opens with excerpts from a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
Supplement

The Metropolitan Opera (B)

By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez

In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Arts; Fine Arts Industry

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18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

splashed with evocative pictures of the after-effects of too much sugar, like a man’s bulging belly, an insulin needle inserted into a stomach, and a mouthful of decaying teeth. “We were working with a graphics team and they had these stock photos and clip View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

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Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

Renovating Democratic Capitalism

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

London Symphony Orchestra (A), The

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

How Managers Stifle Creativity

MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

Leadership and Teaming

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

Museum Accounting Methods Controversy TN, The

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

The Metropolitan Opera (B)

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

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