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  • 19 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

Influences on Megachurch Pastors is an early-stage paper that looks at how leaders maintain the values of their institutions even as their industries rapidly change around them. Using the example of pastors who oversee enormous churches, the authors View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
  • 24 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

negotiator might answer this question differently for him- or herself? A: Think about a simple case that was reported a few years ago. The owner of a sports memorabilia shop had to leave for a few hours so he asked an inexperienced friend... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et al., 2008), suggesting any... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

Friendster from maintaining its leadership position. As such, allows for integration of organization and strategy in an entrepreneurial setting, and should be taught with LinkedIn (A) to facilitate cross-case comparisons. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

change and disruption that is going on in the business environment. Indeed, almost 50 percent of the CEOs surveyed in the IBM study said the source of innovation was from changes in the business environment. Less than 20 percent reported... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

years. We argue that the current world economic conjuncture is the product of a large and unusual divergence or "wedge" between the returns on capital and the cost of capital. Globalization—in particular the integration of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

point repeatedly stressed by transaction cost economics is that the more specific the asset, the more likely is vertical integration to be optimal. In spite of the profusion of empirical papers supporting this prediction, recent surveys... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

finance, and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant developments in how the Act was implemented and find that despite severe criticism, the Act and institutions it created have survived almost intact since enactment. We View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 26, 2016

organizing care around medical conditions, not simply around hospitals and doctors. We need to do more team-based medicine and to better integrate specialty care with primary care. We need to be doing a better job measuring health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

related systems: incentives, risk management and control, accounting, human capital, and culture. The worst firms had lethal combinations of strong incentives, weak control and risk management, flawed internal and external accounting, low skill and/or low View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms to become flatter, i.e., (i) reduce the number of positions between the CEO and division managers (DM), (ii) increase the number of positions View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

field of neuromarketing, which uses brain-tracking tools to determine why consumers prefer some products over others. And there is neuroleadership, which applies neuroscience to management research. Looser is looking to integrate insights... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

depleted of their self-regulatory resources are more likely to "impulsively cheat" than individuals whose self-regulatory resources are intact. We report results from four experiments that describe this relationship. Individuals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

requires turning away from what made them successful. The tightly integrated business systems that have worked in their home markets are unlikely to secure their future in global markets. Samsung has steadily navigated this paradox to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

Mike Morris. Morris is tasked with leading a project within the overall merger integration effort at Bank of America. Morris encounters difficulties with managing stakeholders, setting requirements, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports hint that Reliance Industries, a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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