Multiplier Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

consistently delivers a valuable, innovative product under the pressure of a very firm deadline (opening night, eight o'clock curtain). The product, a play, executes again and again with great precision, incorporating significant... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

that emerge from the cross cutting exploration of one of the toughest challenges our society has ever faced. Publisher's link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198704072.do October 2014 Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective The Role of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what companies can do to detox the problem-makers. If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

audit team, but also at how the audit was conducted, as well as external factors in the country that might influence company response. They found a number of factors that led to improvements—and moreover, that some of their effects were View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

winning streaks, the number of leaders multiplies along with the momentum of the streak. Winning teams and successful organizations become increasingly less dependent on the person called the commander-in-chief—even though, ironically,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

multiplied by a marginal Federal borrowing cost of 3 percent), eliminating any price advantage of Medicare. The comparison between the administrative expenses of private insurers and Medicare also ignores the fact that Medicare pays no... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

your actions and misconduct to students? The recorded answer offers sobering lessons for anyone with business ambitions. What’s a Boss Worth? Quite a lot, it turns out. Good bosses can have a multiplier effect that ups everyone’s game,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

07 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure

particularly those of Richard Kahn, whose multiplier effect became crucial to Keynes's thesis. Meanwhile, Keynes discarded some of his own wrong-headed arguments and excess verbiage.11 Schumpeter, working almost alone, seldom exposed his... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

according to the research. One reason might be that costs are lower for companies that moved production offshore, and the resulting, more efficient firms developed higher-skilled service work, like computer science, to fill the employment... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

thoroughly nasty industry. The saddest thing about it is that it will not put an end to uninvited outbound telemarketing. You'll still get calls from firms you deal with, including those you have no choice but to deal with such as local... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

09 Aug 2016
First Look

August 9, 2016

earnings growth by 6%. Consistent with the hypothesis that this effect derives from the local demand channel, we find that consumption is less responsive to local labor demand shocks in counties with more generous benefits. Our analysis finds that the local fiscal... View Details