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01 May 2019
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What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

not be any sort of attack on this very fundamental right. On the other hand social media platforms still have an obligation to the public that they serve YouTube needs to redouble its efforts and be totally... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

equal-division agreements. These endogenous framing effects may outweigh any overall social utility effects due to the mere presence of communication. In two studies, we find that non-binding talk about fairness within a three-party,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

have skills to cope. And it’s when workplaces need to make sure employees are getting the help they need.” Stressed-out workers seek online tools Whillans decided to explore whether an internet-based platform called Happify, which coaches... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

social media and instantaneous communication Generational change as millennial and Gen Z workers with a more egalitarian, self-expressive style move into the workforce (and, at this point, into leadership roles: the oldest millennials are... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

24 Aug 2020
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How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

professor. They surveyed 1,770 members of Alignable, an online platform for small-business leaders. To supplement that small-business data, a second survey was completed by 70 business economists belonging to the National Association for... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

under the Rug: How Unethical Actions Lead to Forgetting of Moral Rules Authors:Lisa L. Shu and Francesca Gino Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (in press) Abstract Dishonest behavior can have various psychological... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings of Rakuten, she reveals three... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

citizenship and part of a firm’s social responsibility. So, in addition to gaining a competitive advantage, companies that pay employees to contribute to open source are improving their image and, potentially, their ability to recruit top... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
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Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details

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15 Oct 2007
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Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

their counterparts at International. Wal-Mart also tries to aggregate across national boundaries with its IT platform and regional management teams that were created in 2004 to manage global brand development and oversee government and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2013
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that diverse views are well represented, and if politicians and regulators cannot be easily captured, then this shareholder-return view of political engagement is unlikely to reduce social welfare in the aggregate and thus damage the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2011
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development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

longer at the beginning or end. Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Politics and Society 40, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Research into the causes of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2020
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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

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14 Apr 2020
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'Fortnite' Was a Blockbuster for Epic Games. What’s the Encore?

Keywords: Re: Andy Wu; Entertainment & Recreation; Video Game

17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

club. Think IBM's "solutions for a small planet." 5. Social responsibility. Consumers expect global brands to lead on corporate social responsibility, leveraging their technology to solve the... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

February 2019
Case

Halliday's OASIS

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller

Wade Watts has won control of the OASIS – a futuristic, immersive virtual reality game world. He must decide on rules, rights, and marketplace design, balancing the founding principles of the OASIS with the platform’s potentially negative externalities. View Details

Keywords: Managing Markets; Corporate Responsibility; Virtual Reality; Digital Platforms; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Media; United States

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14 Oct 2002
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The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

answers to issues of capitalism? A: Think of a Russian doll. Business is inside capitalism, but capitalism is inside society, and society is inside history. The forms that capitalism takes in different eras reflect the social changes that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12003/abstract Working PapersInvestment Incentives in Open-Source and Proprietary Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes Abstract We study incentives to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

any, difference will the “New Silk Road” make in the global educational landscape? Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55549 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 13 Platform... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

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Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

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The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

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Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

'Fortnite' Was a Blockbuster for Epic Games. What’s the Encore?

Why Global Brands Work

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The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

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