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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
each individual system as a loosely coupled, relatively self-contained subsystem with defined interfaces to coordinate interdependencies with other parts of the overall array. Establishing processes to maintain stability whilst responding... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
signaled by public market shifts. Becoming the Boss Author:Linda A. Hill Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 1 (January 2007) Abstract Even for the most gifted individuals, the process of becoming a leader is an arduous, albeit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
true in the corporate world, the researchers looked at preexisting field data at a midsize bank in Tokyo. The bank had tracked employee productivity for two-and-a-half years following the launch of a new mortgage-processing system in June 2007, during which time the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
F. Warren McFarlan
Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
separated and I want to get divorced,” what I was confronted with was not only the reality that the most important thing in my life was moving away from me, which was my nuclear family, but that I had no control to stop it. And so I think... View Details
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
proliferation of arbitration Companies from internet service providers to nursing home operators use arbitration to shield themselves from expensive, protracted lawsuits. Proponents say the approach resolves disputes faster than the court system and at lower cost.... View Details
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
way information is presented or the process by which you select from the available options in such a way that it tends to lead people toward a certain path,” Beshears says. “But it doesn’t coerce them in any way or remove any options from... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
dispute and a trend analysis of over 400 total WTO disputes, I find that the WTO dispute settlement process is helping to legitimize the institution of free trade through its public display of rational authority and neutral expertise. At... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
companies would see positive performance results by emphasizing employee individuality from day one, testing their hypothesis through a series of field and lab experiments. For starters, they conducted a field study at Wipro, a major business View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
York and Cuba. In addition, it was not uncommon for ships to randomly carry large boxes on board, but no shipping business was dedicated to a systematic process of hauling boxed cargo. Seeing the feasibility of these types of operations... View Details
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
political economy. Thomas Piketty locates the roots of growing inequality in the economic returns to capital and stresses the political stakes of distributive justice. “If democracy is someday to regain control of capitalism,” he writes,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
years. Companies need a way to unlock the process of innovation and create innovation-driven growth businesses again and again. How can managers increase the probability that their decisions will lead to success? Now more than ever,... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
will be required about cleaning and sanitizing. Management effectiveness at controlling numbers and flow of customers and enforcement of local requirements, such as requiring customers to wear masks when not eating, will impact the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
as complicated local etiquette, obscured decision-making processes, and heavy reliance on interpersonal relationships instead of legal instruments all add to the complexities of Sino-foreign business negotiations and can make the process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
case. For example, Rowland Freeman opined, "Intelligence is of value, but more important is demonstrated common sense. Some of the most intelligent leaders I have known were failures at leadership." As Malvin Bernal put it, "Executive intelligence will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved quality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that bringing a project inside the firm gives the manager control over that project, while explaining concentrated asset ownership, low-powered incentives,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
to as "user-centered design." Yet, analysis of design-intensive manufacturers such as Alessi, Artemide and other leading Italian firms, show that their innovation process hardly starts from a close observation of user needs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details