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- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
hotel, and push back a plan that threatened historic buildings around Grand Central Terminal. “In terms of size and scope, we’re the premier preservation organization in New York,” says Zuckerberg, who has been chair of the nonprofit’s... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
It was in grade school that James D. Gibbons (MBA 1994) first began to lose his sight, a process he retraces in terms of his ability to cope at school. “I started moving up to the front of the class but not because I was smart,” laughs... View Details
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
products engenders—what we term the counterfeit self—'mediate the impact of counterfeits on unethical behavior. Finally, we show that people do not predict the impact of counterfeits on ethicality; thus, the costs of counterfeits are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
out. Q: What would you characterize as government's inherent weaknesses and strengths in risk management and how has this changed over time? A: In terms of risk management, the main advantage that the government has is its power to... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
percent. “In 2004 and 2005, as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn’t a particular problem because of the lag effect. People who couldn’t pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and exploding payment schedules figured,... View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
But it isn't easy. It requires that carefully-selected individuals possessing deep smarts devote significant amounts of time to the coaching of a self-selected protégé by creating a learning process that the authors term "guided... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Karen Tumulty Reports on America
solution to their problems in a way that they weren't before the attacks," she observes. "But they are also holding politicians to a higher standard, not just in terms of safety but with regard to jobs, schools, and other services.... View Details
- 29 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
Gerdeman: Could you briefly explain each of the Four Elements? Butler: Sure, the first is Identity. Identity is a lifelong project in which we, and simultaneously the people in our world, have a growing sense of our place in the world in View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
structure may affect borrowing costs. Corporate legal structure refers to the legal fragmentation of a firm into multiple, separately incorporated entities. This fragmentation is bound to be a factor when lenders determine the pricing of debt and design of contract... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
relationships in which BATNAs are inherently interdependent. Third, BATNAs are often mistakenly described mainly as “last resorts” relevant only in case of impasse or “if the other side is more powerful.” Other uses of the term “BATNA”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
understand which data is relevant. On average, our study found that only about 20 percent of data in any given industry is material from an investment standpoint. That has huge implications in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio. For... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
that companies adopt two different approaches. The first approach, which he terms "digital strategy on social platforms," uses social media to broadcast commercial messages and seek customer feedback. The second approach, "social strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
even brighter future. Others predict that "disruption," perhaps the most overworked term in business English today, will foster competition, make long-term strategic planning a questionable management activity, and bring new... View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
get a good review and be promoted. I certainly did not want to have to explain at a cocktail party why I had been passed over for a promotion. Although I'm exaggerating this narrative a bit to make a point, I do think that many of us are trained to dream of success in... View Details
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
that can be applied to both corporate strategy and disaster planning. "I would advocate that risk managers should, and in some cases do, take responsibility for those kinds of questions," she says. "It's just very, very hard [to know] what to do about the types of... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
that the system isn't set up to incentivize health care workers to do that. "The reason it's never done is that nobody gets paid to do it .there's no incentive to do anything," Cutler said. Services Not Emphasized In terms of... View Details
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
better plan their own career in terms of accepting new assignments and responsibilities so as to avoid overreliance on one company alone? A: In any climate, workers with portable skills are the least vulnerable when they switch firms.... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
"I think we are at a crossroads in terms of what exactly we do want to represent to our consumers," she said. The very variety that department stores offer, and the fact that they carry multiple brands that sometimes overlap... View Details
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
either recycling these components externally or reincorporating the material back into the Grundfos supply chain. Although the scale of the recycling program is still in its pilot phase and volume is low, the future potential is significant for Grundfos and its... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
division to investigate and bring a lawsuit, if necessary,” says Jones. “In terms of compliance, our examinations division teams go out and review the financial books of registered individuals and entities, making sure they’re compliant... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley