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- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
money has been collected, eBay sends the gift, along with the list of all contributors and short notes from them, to the recipient. This application generated three types of immediate benefits for eBay.... View Details
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
the company's success over its 20-year existence. But Sunil Gupta, an expert on marketing and digital technology who wrote a recent case on Amazon, sees deeper motives behind the company creating its own Christmas in July. "I think... View Details
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
increasing their value. Denise Rickman grabs a magazine from the rack while in the supermarket checkout lane. Imran Jafar rides his scooter to work, enjoying the benefits of close-to-the-road transportation, exercise, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
suggests that "Globalization will have reached its peak when we have global citizens who can pay their taxes where they please and enjoy the benefits of the government that serves them best no matter... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
slow, customers can become disgruntled from not being able to find enough agents. Lesson 4: Make customer registration easy Lal believes customers must quickly grasp the benefits and the sign-up process must... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
function that made it clear the CEO could carry the new firm forward. An affiliation with a previous employer, which suggested skills and connections that could benefit the young firm. Other people on the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
institutions, for example, need little support from their fellow traders, and their colleagues can and should stay focused on their own work (and should be compensated solely... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
best value is achieved when everyone is part of the system. Coverage: To resolve ongoing debates regarding exactly what is and is not covered, one national list of minimum necessary coverage is required. The list provided by the Federal... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
downturn will mean lower overall demand. And increased constrained access to physical stores will lead to fewer, shorter visits. Shopping volumes will continue to shift to e-commerce, to the benefit of... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
investments in customized test software developed for UNIX systems. Teradyne's top customers were not interested in sacrificing accuracy and scrapping already installed software for the cost benefits of CMOS... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
between financial and strategic buyers. "Just believing that debt markets are overvalued does not imply a benefit to one type of buyer," says Rhodes-Kropf. Rhodes-Kropf says that debt market... View Details
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
Of course, the study only measured purchases within 24 hours—so there may be a longer-range benefit to enhancing brand image through imagery-focused ads. The most surprising result of the study is that there is no one type of ad that... View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
the current system. Otherwise businesses will lose profitable opportunities and find themselves in the middle of disputes that hurt their future prospects. And poor countries will fail to View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
this question, particularly since if this is a question of coordinating efforts, highlighting the risks and benefits of action may help to create a critical mass of firms working together. "Could we... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
Not only has technology entered nearly every area of our personal life, it's the rare industry that isn't computerized, networked, and advertised on Facebook. Except one: education. Outside of the occasional computer lab, basic webpage,... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
they: (1) are special, (2) are entrepreneurs first and leaders second, (3) or represent a kind of leadership important for only one phase of the longer-term development of a business. Comments did suggest, however, that some ideas about... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
probably seen the beginning of the decline of the actively managed mutual fund," Charles Broming expressed the hope that "money management will become another technical job and compensation will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt of lightning shivering the key... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
changes by ensuring that all parties truly understand why a change is necessary and how it will benefit them over the long term. Effecting change in an ingrained distribution channel—in many, if not most,... View Details