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- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
attributed to our lack of in-depth understanding of each patent’s language. However, this may also indicate that Bezos feels there are more opportunities in other areas or that he has chosen to cede control of AWS’s growth to Andy Jassy,... View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
significance, and a legacy. Juggling all four at once is a trick that requires constant practice. People who fit our conventional notions of success display a lot of positive features, said Stevenson. But take a closer look and a positive View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
performance of the market by making it more volatile and limiting its upside potential (via much larger amounts of short-selling). Most commentators about the market ignore this. When the market suffers big losses on a single day, they find some small piece of bad... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
There is no single "best" style of leadership nor one set of attributes in all situations. We look at the sources of constraints and at leadership as a sense of identity: Leaders do not require a formal position; rather,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
at 3:00 a.m. and asked to perform. We call this pattern your trust “anchor.” Your anchor is the attribute that’s least likely to get wobbly on you, even when the proverbial clouds start to gather and winds start to howl. Reprinted by... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
against the wall of the office. But Gino attributes some of her productivity at UNC to the lack of an actual view to the outside. "After all, it is sunny very often in North Carolina," she smiles. View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
them white, came out to support him. Why did Donald Trump’s candidacy appeal to so many women voters? Although his election has been attributed primarily to disenfranchised citizens, the data suggest otherwise. Women from varying... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
of which applies to a particular attribute of an organization. "Intimacy is about leadership," Groysberg explains. "Interactivity is about channels. Inclusion is about content. And intentionality is about goals, vision, and the strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Caste and Entrepreneurship in India
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
Chesky responded to the findings and publicly acknowledged that the potential for discrimination on the platform hadn't occurred to him or his two cofounders prior to the site's launch, a blind spot he attributed in part to the fact that... View Details
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
did Microsoft products fail to win more than 50 percent of these reviews. —Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack Putting this all together, we see that much of Microsoft's long-term success can be attributed to investments that have created... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
through referrals stayed constant at about a third, meaning these recruited workers were coming at the expense of direct applicants. “People are still using their personal networks to find jobs, but now the firm is doing much more of the searching.” Koning and his... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
unusual to find stores from the same chain selling a product for different prices in different regions or online. Cavallo attributes this to the transparency afforded by the internet and customers’ concerns about fairness. “The web allows... View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
in the book the different roles, frequencies, participants, and agendas for operational review meetings and strategy review meetings. We open the book with a great quote often but perhaps inaccurately attributed to Sun Tzu in The Art of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
seven “C” attributes shared by effective coronavirus leaders. Calm. Your folks, your employees, your customers, your suppliers, are going to be looking to you as a leader to project a sense of calm through this difficult, uncertain... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
examples: Avis's classic slogan "we're number 2" emphasized that it was playing second fiddle to a giant in the rental car business. Oprah Winfrey's success is largely attributable to her ability to construct a repeating... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
denying responsibility for failures, and attributing the problem to others or to "the system." We would prefer to move on to something more pleasant. Rigorous analysis of failure requires that people, at least temporarily, put... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 16 Jul 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.
approach is for the government to delegate the management of investment promotion activities to the private sector. This approach often has the disadvantage that the private sector will not handle well the attributes of the task that are... View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint