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- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
likely to be impacted by government legislation and regulation and the least prepared to help shape the rules. —Watkins, Edwards, & Thakrar Businesses cooperate to create economic value; they compete to distribute or claim the... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
ever loses a job. Some Japanese attribute this mentality to Japan's agrarian history. Farmers all help each other. This mentality was reflected in a variety of policy areas. There is a lax antitrust policy, for instance, which leads to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
success. We recently caught up with Neeley—over video chat, of course—to help make sense of this new virtual work world. Michael Blanding: Your book seems so timely, given the way work shifted for many people in the past year. Why did you... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
case in Guatemala, where United Fruit helped the CIA to overthrow the government in 1954. In the last decade, U.S. technology firms, such as Cisco, have supplied the Communist government in China with the routers that have permitted its... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
Legacies. Professor Nitin Nohria and I began to create the database approximately three years ago as part of an effort to understand historical business leadership patterns. Our initial goal was to develop a small canon of business leadership, which could View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
physiological state of the human body. A much better method is to get information about the DNA, RNA, and proteins. Understanding that information will help us detect a disease before it becomes symptomatic." Genzyme: Gail Maderis... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
advice on how the social enterprise can restructure or redeploy its staff to be more effective. Preserving cash is the dominant issue. F. Warren McFarlan is the T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. Euvin Naidoo: View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field. The Handbook... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
transaction referred to as a "Happy Meal." The goal was to help convertible debt investors "hedge their respective investments through short sales." The challenge of the case is to understand why Molycorp used this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
seen before. It makes his character richer and more interesting. In fact, it will help set up and explain some events that happen later. Let's keep it. Tone it down a notch. But put it back." Though it was a small thing, adding that touch... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
aspect of TIB is Cognizant Business Consulting, a 1,700-person group which advises clients in the context of helping them develop IT solutions for their business challenges. More recently, and as the next evolution of the TIB model,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to create... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
fixing this gap. For 40 years, economists have drawn from the well of Utilitarian theory—which has the goal of maximizing overall well-being in society—to help design tax systems in the United States and around the world. Although the... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
teaching can help faculty resolve a basic dilemma of academia: promotion is often based upon our published research, and we find that responsibilities to teach detract from the mandate to publish. When approached properly, case studies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
Kraiselburd and Noel Watson Abstract In this paper, we seek to use quantitative models to help appreciate the behavioral processes associated with successful cross-functional and cross-firm alignment in supply/demand planning. We model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
illustrates how the disclosure and wide dispersion of scientific problem information allows R&D organizations to access a broader range of scientific knowledge, and can help accelerate internal and proprietary research efforts. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
the Xerox business plans had proposed building document-management systems for mainframe computers rather than for networked personal computers (which were rapidly replacing mainframes at many organizations). With the help of the XTV... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for any given product, it's helpful to compare and contrast diffusion across products. Doing so allows one to focus on the drivers or product characteristics that influence product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
addition to its traditional investment management business. The private equity industry is rapidly institutionalizing, with firms raising funds over $10 billion and some considering public offerings. A sale of WL Ross & Co. could help... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
addressed, business schools risk being seen as largely places where students come to develop elite social networks and acquire a credential that helps them access particular types of jobs. To make sure that faculty does not lose their... View Details