Compensation and Benefits - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Genomics: Can We Start Making Money Now?

new drugs and therapies that can be tailored to individuals and result in fewer side effects. Advances in treatments of cancer and infectious diseases are likely to be early... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

8 to 10 percent are more than .25 stars" from optimal. Their finding suggests that large gains in accuracy could be made by implementing optimal ratings and getting rid of bias. Luca thinks "consumers will View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

and reversible way to reduce significantly the passive risk to the firm from this mismatch. I believe that the benefits of using credit derivative swaps will dwarf the costs of mistakes. Q: There has been a... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

regulations by opening small stores instead. And while their giant superstores generally sit on the outskirts of a city, their smaller chain stores are often located downtown, creating more direct competition against the mom-and-pops.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

power of unions, competition based on lower prices and costs, the failure of governments to take action—inequality appears to have increased over the past three decades in many parts of the world. A strong economic case can be made that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

talented workers of the world? What do you think? Original Column The talented people of this planet “are the world’s most precious resource,” writes William Kerr in a recent book. They are highly mobile, benefit from association with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

believe in." The emotional appeal was buttressed with solid and specific policy details. The ability to combine emotional with functional benefits and the discipline to be... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

people take the course solely for their own edification. For others, spreading learning throughout their organization is critical, and they need to know how to do it. EE: In summary, what are the overriding View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

In fact, job creation appeared not to be a major concern of most respondents. For example, Jade Chang Sheppard said "Small business is where society's culture, motivation and inspiration come from. It is the American Dream"... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

the office to benefit from the stimulus of solving client problems while "preferably working in a garden or even petting the dog or cat." If the problem is us, the solution may lie with us. Joe Fernandez recommended that we... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

30 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

for entrepreneurial businesses to market products/services to low-income people, providing a new source of profits and benefitting society. Greater emphasis is needed on employees View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

a white American male, I recognize that throughout my life I have been the beneficiary of positive assumptions about my abilities and my potential—assumptions that did not benefit most of my female... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

sufficient consumer demand and investor interest. But they did so knowing that if the company could get its product right, grow its sales and geographical footprint, and... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

supplier—they may stress the importance of many dimensions of cooperation, the mutual need for service and quality, and the long-term time horizon of the joint effort. Yet the retail buyer, for... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

15 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary

Second, because display ads drive consumers down the funnel so that they click more on search ads and eventually become a customer, this process also increases overall ad cost due to additional search clicks. Therefore, the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

In a recent case study, professor Alan MacCormack and research associate Jay Wynn swung for the moon—Mars, actually. After two high-profile missions to Mars failed in 2000, MacCormack wanted to understand the organizational View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

world output and thus consumption and living standards. On the basis of a simple model with just two countries and two goods, he showed that every country—even one enjoying an... View Details

Keywords: Re: David A. Moss

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

cross-listed firms that violate the law. What can be done to rectify this situation? Doesn't this undercut one of the supposedly main benefits of listing in this country? Jordan Siegel: The SEC faces two primary challenges. One is that it... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

way to combine the best of both? Yes, if marketers are willing to dig below superficial benefits and attributes to connect products and services to emotions View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

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