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24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

overlook our most powerful tool for effecting change: our own thoughts. Through a variety of exercises called Think Keys, Zaltman guides the reader through the mind’s most important unconscious and conscious dynamics. Zaltman has used these techniques with View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Marsha Jacobson (MBA 1980) DartFrog Books Raised to believe she’s a no-account, Marsha Jacobson falls prey to an assistant dean at her college, who knows a pushover when he sees one. Afraid to say no, she agrees to marry him and move to Japan. A chance meeting with a... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Feb 2021
News

Investing in Entrepreneurship

become great oaks. The companies that are spawned provide employment, pay taxes, and advance the standard of living—all actions that are great for America.” Missy Crisp, a Vassar graduate who earned an MBA at night from Hofstra University... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

the future. (See "The Medium's Many Messages" for more on the formats and language of Internet advertising.) A Total Marketing Environment Dollar totals for ad purchases, however, tell only part of the story. Martin Sorrell(MBA '68), chief View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

no opposition. But if instead of an exchange, we asked a potential donor ‘How about we pay you $25,000?' that would be against the law. "That's what caught my interest in repugnance: Here are two things that look similar. One is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

micro level, the authors argue. On the macro level, companies need to send employees the message that they are valuable by retaining them, rather than resorting to layoffs when times get tough. For instance, during the pandemic, some View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

If they didn't understand it already, executives and corporate managers have learned one huge lesson over the past couple of years: macroeconomics matters. Interest rates. Exchange rates. Trade deficits. The Gross Domestic Product.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

The 20th Century Zeitgeist The 20th Century Zeitgeist Great Leadership is not a singular concept. On the contrary, it is a function of the circumstances in which businesses and their top executives operate. The opportunities available to... View Details

2017
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Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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01 Jun 1998
News

Simmons Family Endows Professorship

siblings cited a deep regard for the School and a desire to pay tribute to their parents. "We wanted to give back to an institution that means a lot to us," says Harris H. Simmons (MBA '80), who succeeded his father as president of Zions... View Details

28 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

From neighborhood to neighborhood—even from block to block—customers have different tastes in the products they buy and the retail experience they find most enjoyable. As a business owner operating stores across multiple markets, is it possible to please everyone? Can... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

repetitious,” says Austin. “It’s important to do it correctly, but it’s very difficult to keep your attention on it well enough to do it correctly.” Austin wrote a case study on Specialisterne while at HBS in 2008, and invited Sonne to an View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

innovation outcomes as well as the ongoing performance of existing products. We find that ambidextrous organization designs are relatively more effective in executing innovation streams than functional, cross-functional, and spinout... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

helping people quit smoking, to eating healthier, to conserving energy, John says. Companies can take three steps to rethink incentives. Try incentives through a pilot program first. Start with a smaller group of participants and, once that is successful, branch out.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

non-committal prices. That is, until Birchbox came along in 2010 with an innovative offer: Pay a monthly fee and receive a curated box of beauty samples by mail. “They said, ‘We're going to start off doing this one part of the customer... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

students' lives outside the classroom and working closely with Dean Lawrence Fouraker and Associate Dean John McArthur (who would be named Dean in 1980 and whom O'Donnell still regards as his closest friend). In addition, he served as administrative director of one of... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

and other GM executives placed a series of important bets on what American consumers wanted (different makes, models and prices; cars that were status symbols and identity holders as well as transportation sources) and they did so with... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

We know surprisingly little about mergers and acquisitions, despite the buckets of ink spilled on the topic. In fact, our collective wisdom could be summed up in a few short sentences: Acquirers usually pay too much. Friendly deals done... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when revenue and cash flow decline,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

issues over his career. He led Open For Business, where he worked with business leaders and activists to collectively advocate for LGBT+ equality in challenging regions. He has also worked on developing new approaches for companies to account for their progress toward... View Details

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