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- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
The US is somewhat unique in having a strong class-action litigation system through which investors can hold companies accountable after the fact when there is a problem. For investors, this is how they can partly remedy the harm.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
George Floyd’s murder last year forced many people to recognize the systemic racism that pervades American institutions, from law enforcement to health care. Even so, identifying those inequities is different than fixing them. “I don’t... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Last year, it took a teenager's 10-minute video of a Black man's murder to shine a light on the raw hostility that Black people face daily in America. George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer forced many to acknowledge the View Details
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
that launch anticorruption efforts grow their businesses more slowly than firms that don't, especially in regions where bribery is the expected norm. “If you think of the cost [of bribery] as just fines and regulatory actions, you're... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
writer based in the Boston area. [Image: Pexels/Engin Akyurt] Do you think the the bankruptcy system needs reform? Share your thoughts in the comments below. View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Japanese word for capitalism when he talked about the business system he envisaged. Instead, he talked of gapponshugi. These Japanese words written in Chinese characters known as kanji have multiple meanings. The word gappon combines ga:... View Details
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
systems for coordinating group decisions or managing event tickets. The long-run view is that there is real fundamental technological value here, and so what really matters for the market is whether we can realize that value through... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
first section, Cotrugli covers the particulars of barter, selling for cash, selling on credit (and receiving payment), and keeping one’s books “in a mercantile manner,” among other business topics. Scholars have noted that it is the earliest known work to cite the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
beginning. We have founded a nonprofit think tank, Innosight Institute, to promote the ideas from our work to the stakeholders in the system so that we can help create meaningful change. We also are... View Details
- June 2020
- Supplement
RBC: Transforming Transformation (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Aldo Sesia
In 2017, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a Canadian financial icon, mandated a swat team of “enablers of collaboration” (their job description) to support the personal and commercial bank in the enterprise-wide RBC Cultural Transformation initiative. Historically,... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Information Technology; Transformation; Change Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Decision Making; Human Resources; Management Systems; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Management Teams; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Aldo Sesia. "RBC: Transforming Transformation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 920-045, June 2020.
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
and the DNA of innovators. What they have to say might surprise you. Clayton Christensen Can people learn to be more innovative? I don't want to overstate the case. I think about 40 percent of people just are not going to be good at... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
pixelfit Companies that contribute to open source software and use it in their own IT systems and applications can gain a competitive advantage—even though they may be helping their competitors in the short run. Open source software is... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
was impressed with the new management and the impact of the structural changes, she also thought that the new system did not fully leverage the potential value of existing and new relationships among staff, both vertically and laterally,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
DeLong write. The antidote, they propose, is to replace contractual relationships with covenantal ones. “You need to fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs,” DeLong says, “as opposed to making it simply contractual.” Make changes big and small That requires a shift... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
various frustrations she was experiencing-including unusually high turnover among her senior facilities-management staff, as well as various back-office struggles, computer system failures, and so on. I surprised her a bit by asking her... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
for the phenomenon. Munyaradzi Mushato suggested that, "my experience in industry tells me that most jerks are created by the very systems that are designed to improve performance that is, about 70% of the jerks are bred! Most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
innovation strategy, design a system for creativity, and build up an enterprise’s cultural DNA. Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, shares insights in our Q&A. Martha Lagace: Your title, Creative... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
olfactory system is a powerful sensory source of both memory and pleasure and thus easily embedded into the habit loop,” the researchers explain in the paper. The experiment included 3,763 young children and their parents in 2,943... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
fundamental changes to the way accounting firms and their clients operate. If we are really going to restore trust in the U.S. system of auditing, we will need to go well beyond the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will need to... View Details