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- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
buy.” 4. Business leaders strive for inclusivity and gender equality Some of the business leaders featured in the book were among the first generation of women to break through considerable barriers in their professions. One method used... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2021
- Op-Ed
How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback
reports delivered to employees at all sorts of companies. I’m often struck by the way the process can break down. First, what the givers intend to convey and what they actually express to recipients may differ dramatically. Second, what... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
advertising that breaks down spending by age group, the researchers found that companies specifically targeted 45 to 55-year-olds—the very people most likely to serve on juries. Marketing dollars are working The bigger question is whether... View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
large reallocation of modern information technology, with particular links to communications. Some of it broke. The best organizations have had the ability to expand existing capacity because the technology did not break under the strain.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
research breaks new ground on how to network on the professional channel LinkedIn and pinpoints the connections that are likely to yield the most job offers. The implications are significant for career planning and recruiting, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
while the book was in process. Today, strong ethics are a central issue for business leaders, knowing consumers are drawn to companies that do the right thing while steering clear of businesses that break ethical boundaries, Nelson says.... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
continued unabated through 2018. In 2013-14 Nooyi had to fend off activist investor Nelson Peltz, who called for breaking the company in two, never wavering from her strategy. Nooyi may have been ahead of her time, as America’s obesity... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
whether rules always should be followed or sometimes need to be broken to get the job done. Those who proclaimed always to follow the rules were much more likely to be toxic. Minor suggests the question basically reveals how truthful an applicant is, noting numerous... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
about her research. The topic of her presentation: the mistake we often make in chasing a higher paycheck at the expense of quality time with loved ones. Video: Working too much? Break some bad habits View Video “I started talking to this... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
management's time. Most companies' approach to budgeting increases the chances that the process will be arduous, expensive, and frustrating, says Jeremy Hope, coauthor with Robin Fraser of Beyond Budgeting: How Managers Can Break Free... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability
In this case, the most profitable 40 percent of customers generate 130 percent of annual profits; the middle 55 percent of customers break even, and the least profitable 5 percent of customers incur losses equal to 30 percent of annual... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
deficit spending send the signal that demand will increase, and thus both aim to break the cycle of negative expectations about the economy. Q: What's a good way to think about foreign direct investment in the United States? Are we... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2020
- Chapter
Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective
By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
Hunter, Janet, and G. Jones. "Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective." Chap. 10 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 224–245. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
in, and thus quicker to jump on novel knowledge when it appears. For academic researchers, the finding implies that perhaps hyper-specialization isn’t always the way to get ahead. “You see lots of universities encouraging cross-disciplinarity and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
has no business interfering with products that aren’t breaking laws and, more importantly, are clearly meeting a real consumer need. “It was a powerful argument that played out strongly,” Deshpandé says of the discussion among the... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
soon becomes self-reinforcing. A spiraling arms race can be created with everyone seeking more and more of a good thing. There seems to never be enough of the good thing—until a crisis breaks up the cycle. Individuals can be expected to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
to the people who work for you? That doesn’t mean leaders are superfluous, however. In order to reap the benefits of experimentation, Thomke says leaders must set out a roadmap to determine a company’s strategic objectives and break those... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
pre-pandemic and why? Kelleher: We averaged six weeks turnaround time on all projects in 2019, 12.5 weeks in 2020, and 27 weeks in 2021. Orders are bigger. If a machine part breaks and it takes us longer to get it, that means we’re down... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
In contrast to traditional private equity settings, none of the interviewed anchors sought fee breaks or other preferential economic terms. Some were attracted by the ability to shape the direction and legal structure of the fund or serve... View Details