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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
of him and his company. But eventually, when sales of his breakthrough, no-frills Model T began to flag because car buyers became interested in style, not just functionality, Ford refused to face facts. He denied that the world had moved... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
that a sizable decline in mortgage payments (up to 50%) induces a significant increase in car purchases (up to 35%). This effect is attenuated by voluntary deleveraging. Borrowers with lower incomes and housing wealth have significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
idiosyncratic rituals. One woman who lost a spouse years ago told Norton, “I washed his car every week as he used to do.” “There’s no ancient text to say you should wash someone’s car,” Norton says. “But, by doing something personally... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
and health care. For example, all aspects of travel (e.g. airports, flights, hotels, car hire, rebooking, monitoring payments, etc.) can be integrated into a single stream of activity that not only centers on individual support, but that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
Once upon a time, suppliers held all the cards. Henry Ford's dictum that consumers could have any color car they wanted as long as it was black proved wrong in the extreme, but for years manufacturers in this country kept their hands... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
consumers trade down to models that stress good value, such as cars with fewer options. Tough times favor multi-purpose goods over specialized products, and weaker items in product lines should be pruned. In grocery-products categories,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
put in place strategies to drive prosperity in the regions. In addition, its policy has also focused on a few strong industries, such as pharmaceuticals, aerospace, and car manufacturing, while ignoring that the broader economy that has... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
United States—which is comparable to the number of fatalities resulting from car accidents. Current gun-purchase laws in most states allow the buyer to take home a firearm immediately after completion of an instant background check, which... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
skilled nursing facilities for their recovery, where they could learn how to walk, climb stairs, and get into a car with their new knee or hip. In other hospitals, however, those skills were discussed in a 30- to 60-minute conversation in... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad
Super Bowl Sunday is sure to bring the usual barrage of clever soda, beer, and car ads featuring everyone from Vegas showgirls selling Coca-Cola to pop celebrity Psy charming us to buy pistachios Gangnam-style. But at a whopping $3.7... View Details
- 12 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
The New Real Estate
where you sometimes see more camel and donkey carts (now there's green energy!) than autos parked outside. India's 300-million-strong middle class is hungering for consumer goods and decent homes. Despite the lack of infrastructure, this year 10 million View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
says John. “When people weren’t presented with a privacy notice, their purchase interest was about twice that of those who had been shown the privacy notice.” In another experiment involving a car GPS system, the researchers showed some... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
Original Article It was recently announced in somewhat wondrous tones that new car sales in China this past year exceeded one million. Reports in BusinessWeek and Forbes trumpet the growth of China and the size and promise of Chinese... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
insufficient room to collaborate. Zhu and his collaborators predict that as digitization increasingly de-couples hardware and software in many industries, corporate frenemies may become more common. With the increasing emphasis on added software services in... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
electronic car company founded and led by Elon Musk. Wall Street analysts are wildly divided on the future growth prospects for this company, and analysts’ one year share price targets range from $160 to $500. The case explores in detail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
service organizations also benefit from worker input. But people, it goes without saying, are harder to work on than cars and hotel rooms. Two Managerial Processes That Helped "Hospitals are enormously complex," Toffel observes. "Imagine... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
shielded from consumer control— by employers, insurers, and the government.— Regina E. Herzlinger When Consumers Take Control When consumers apply pressure on an industry, whether it's retailing or banking, cars or computers, it... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
Zaltman. "That's important, but there's a much longer journey for which the store is just a way point." For example, he says, when a person is shopping for luggage, he's thinking about the vacation he's taking the luggage on. "He's thinking about clean... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
COO, had to ensure the company's current business model of building cars and trucks remained strong, while concurrently navigating the company into the rapidly expanding industry of personal mobility. Personal mobility required new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
out that an everyday item has the power to act as both angel and devil every time we go to the grocery store. It lurks in car trunks and pantries all over the world, waiting to guide us simultaneously down paths of virtue and vice. What... View Details