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  • September 2021
  • Article

Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time

By: Rebecca Henderson
Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges... View Details
Keywords: Architectural Innovation; Systemic Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability
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  • Summer 2016
  • Article

Motivated Bayesians: Feeling Moral While Acting Egoistically

By: Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton and Roberto A. Weber
A growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness, honesty, and efficiency as... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Ethics
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  • 2011
  • Article

Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives, and Evaluation

By: Christopher Parsons, J. Sulaeman, M. Yates and D. Hamermesh
Major League Baseball umpires express their racial/ethnic preferences when they evaluate pitchers. Strikes are called less often if the umpire and pitcher do not match race/ethnicity, but mainly where there is little scrutiny of umpires. Pitchers understand the... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Motivation and Incentives; Prejudice and Bias; Ethnicity; Race; Performance Productivity; Sports; Sports Industry
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  • January 2014
  • Article

Networks and Productivity: Causal Evidence from Editor Rotations

By: J. Brogaard, J. Engelberg and Christopher Parsons
Using detailed publication and citation data for over 50,000 articles from 30 major economics and finance journals, we investigate whether network proximity to an editor influences research productivity. During an editor's tenure, his current university colleagues... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Performance Productivity; Education Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry
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  • September 2007 (Revised October 2007)
  • Case

TA Associates - MetroPCS (A)

Hythem El-Nazer, a young investment professional at TA Associates, believes he has found an attractive investment opportunity for the firm, MetroPCS, a wireless telecomm service provider. However, two months earlier, TA had invested considerable resources on this... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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  • November 2002 (Revised March 2010)
  • Case

The Newsprint Industry

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Nabil I. Al-Najjar and James Pyke
Describes the 1990s consolidation on the newsprint industry. Questions whether consolidation will ever deliver on its promise. Whereas some industry observers maintain that the effects of consolidation are already visible, others argue that further consolidation is... View Details
Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Monopoly; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Consolidation; Pulp and Paper Industry
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  • 05 Oct 2014
  • News

Networking can leave you down and dirty

  • 13 Apr 2006
  • News

Health Policy in Maryland and Massachusetts: A Study in Contrasts

  • 21 Mar 2006
  • News

Commentary: Innovation and Its Discontents

  • 12 Aug 2021
  • News

Work-from-Home Whiplash

    First Impressions: The Science of Meeting People

    A strong handshake and assertive greeting may not be the best way to make a good first impression. New research suggests that people respond more positively to someone who comes across as trustworthy rather than confident.

    Social psychologist Amy... View Details
    • 2003
    • Conference Paper

    Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction

    By: John D. Macomber
    Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
    Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
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    • September 2007
    • Article

    Collaborative Brokerage, Generative Creativity, and Creative Success

    Analyzing data on utility patents from 1975 to 2002 in the careers of 35,400 collaborative inventors, this study examines the influence of brokered versus cohesive collaborative social structures on an individual's creativity. We test the hypothesis that... View Details
    Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023

    Coming for Your Job?”—reflected those concerns. Meanwhile, this year readers were also clearly trying to figure out their place in the world, gravitating to stories about finding the right work-life balance, seeking a recharge with a... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost
    • Program

    Advancing Women of Color in Leadership

    company culture that not only allows for, but celebrates authenticity. Details Prepare for greater leadership responsibility Develop a personal leadership style that works for... View Details
    • 14 Mar 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

    far? A: While the Dodd-Frank Act outlined a broad blueprint for a revamped federal regulatory structure, the details have yet to be determined. The legislation created a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to better protect... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
    • Web

    New Venture Competition - Alumni

    New Venture Competition Eligibility & Rules Judges Judging Criteria Prizes & Benefits NVC Regions Resources Regional Winners FAQ The Alumni New Venture Competition will be paused for 2026. Let's continue to celebrate our past winners from... View Details
    • 24 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

    you and your coauthors suggest that the idea that the internet is the “death of distance” is overstated. Could you discuss a bit how the internet/web does and does not reduce geography as a friction point View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
    • 15 Feb 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox

    Keywords: by Tobias Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote & Flemming Norrgren
    • Article

    Understanding Boards of Directors: A Systems Perspective

    By: Jay W. Lorsch
    In this essay, my goal is to explore why, despite the tireless efforts of talented people, research on corporate governance has been slow and uneven, and where that research should turn to next to be most valuable to practitioners. My belief is that the most fruitful... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Boards; Business Admnistration; Social Systems; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; System
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