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- 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010
criteria. Hang Lung Properties is known for rigorous due diligence, for discipline in buying property, and for good understanding of market cycles. The (B) case reveals the firms assumptions in the Chengdu situation, as compared to what... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
whom were above median wealth. This finding suggests that an important part of the positive relationship between personal wealth and entrepreneurship may be driven by the fact that wealthy individuals with lower ability can start new businesses because they are less... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
health care cannot be delegated to the finance function. The most successful implementations have had strong executive support, exceptional clinical leaders, and dedicated, multi-disciplinary project teams. The paper describes the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
natural experiment that required agents to describe commissions for a specific product caused agents to shift recommendations to an alternative product, which had even higher commissions but no disclosure requirement. We do find some scope for market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
Business School Centennial Colloquium, this edited volume brings together the most important scholars from fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, economics, and history to shape the academic discipline of leadership. Book: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
really disturbing. It's gotten just unanchored from any notion of what fiscal realities are. Weinzierl: Given the emphasis on fiscal discipline that was coming from the Republican Congress in the past decade, it is a bit surprising. There... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
its anatomy, which has worked well in other high-tech sectors, can't handle the fundamental challenges facing drug R&D: profound, persistent uncertainty and high risks rooted in the limited knowledge of human biology; the need for the diverse View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
time to take stock. Has the idea of ERM reached maturity with proven, unambiguous concepts and tools? Or is it still emerging and unproven? Or is it simply taken for granted, its value "proven" by the apparent demand? This paper portrays ERM as an evolving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
faculty across a wide spectrum of disciplines including business history, entrepreneurship, finance, and organizational behavior have made creativity and innovation primary subjects of focus. What is surprising is just how teachable they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
Underlying this change is a story of foresighted strategy and disciplined execution—of connecting knowing to doing. In strategic terms, the IBM transformation illustrates the ideas behind dynamic capabilities, showing how the company has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
Speculations, edited by M. Anson. London: The Business Archives Council, 2008 Abstract Among the most longstanding criticisms of business history as an academic discipline is the bias caused towards studying successful firms rather than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
Fisher collaborated across academic disciplines and wrote a series of books, mostly coauthored with junior colleagues, that are best understood as project around an evolving theme--an interest-based, problem-solving conception of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
that may be to do. In this article, the authors look at research from behavioral economics, social psychology, and other disciplines and offer practical tactics for leaders hoping to project a healthy amount of both qualities. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
it articulated a set of foundational concepts. As early as 1900, some firms chose to differentiate their products in order to do a better job of satisfying customers' diverse needs. In subsequent years, the marketing discipline developed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008
Pentagram (A) Harvard Business School Case 408-127 This case focuses on Kit Hinrichs, a 65-year-old partner at Pentagram, a privately owned multidisciplinary design firm. One of the world's most prestigious design firms, Pentagram was founded by five designers from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
approaches can be reconciled through the Lean Strategy process, which ensures that startups innovate in a disciplined fashion and make the most of their limited resources by knowing "what not to do." Deliberate strategy sets the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14
abundance of principles, guidelines, and standards. This paper portrays ERM as an evolving discipline and presents empirical findings on its current state of maturity, as evidenced by a survey of the academic literature and by our own... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
renewal. This change process involves disciplined conversations, actions, and associated learning by the senior team, diffusing these learning capabilities to the extended senior leadership team and, over time, to the larger leadership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
Network Utilization and the Impact of Academic Research in Marketing By: Rosenzweig, Stav, Amir Grinstein, and Elie Ofek Abstract—The forces that drive the impact of academic research articles in the marketing discipline are of great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18
of providing high-quality health care. One solution is to increase and improve coordination, communication, and teamwork. The orthopaedic surgeon also needs to work effectively and efficiently to manage a fluid and shifting mix of health-care personnel partners from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne