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- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
valid and do their own independent assessment of what an item is worth to them. For retailers, Ngwe’s research shows that fake original prices could be a strategy to increase sales—but only if regulators don’t crack down harder on the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions. Technology: Simulate different... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 25 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
4 Challenges All Early-Stage Startups Face
still felt limited in what we could explore. Our process included several meetings to synthesize the ideas into four categories, three rounds of voting on the best categories, two prototypes to test out our favorite ideas and countless customer interviews to View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
they first hear about the concept that it can and is happening. Once people throw questions at me, expecting to find holes in our plan but finding that we have answers to every question, that's when folks typically start to see the View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
those who view immigrants as a threat to national identity and local culture. Cultural concerns are often amplified by the idea that immigrants are unwilling or unable to assimilate. But has anything happened to validate these concerns?... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Voice of Experience A lot of people think that dot-coms in Asia are just taking U.S. technology and replicating the same business models. That may have been a valid criticism in the past, but things are really changing.” The speaker is... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
complaints that are valid but don’t rise to the level of requiring dismissal of the offending employee but rather a lesser sanction, such as requiring training for the employee and making sure there’s no retaliation.” But if the evidence... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
empirical models that allow me to separate the components of CEO and employee compensation explained by economic factors from those that are not and use these models to estimate explained and unexplained pay disparity. After validating my... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
attractiveness, which is the cost of factor inputs relative to a country's competitiveness. This analysis reveals important insight into the economic trajectory of individual countries. Our framework also offers a novel methodology for the estimation of a theoretically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
whole episode has certainly highlighted the manufacturer’s duty to validate the quality of suppliers.” For the full story of how SmartPak got its start, years before this bump in the start-up road, you’d want to meet Westley, the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
appropriate relational contracts within the firm. In this paper we report the first results from a research program designed to test the empirical validity of this idea. We use the quasi-randomized roll out across multiple sites within a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
validate their initial results over the coming months. In light of the study results, Cohen says that opening sustainable investment to traditional energy firms might deliver clean energy faster. He points out that although oil companies... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
introduce residents and validate their information. If residents cannot prove their date of birth, the date they choose is considered the official date. After the team collects all the necessary information from a person, the biometric... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
never win a game. But for a team, lifting a trophy is the ultimate validation of the importance of making personal sacrifices for the good of the many.” Not long after came another unhappy twist. Swearengin had been following news... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard
for the industry and another was conversations with her career coach. “Conversations with CPD around where my passion lies and how I could turn this into a career were very helpful both in validating my interests and opening my eyes to... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
even cartels treat them as valid and often successful forms of business enterprise rather than inferior options to large, vertically integrated firms. Q: Is there a major theme running through the book? A: For me, a major theme is the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
primary goals are to (a) develop and validate an interdisciplinary multidimensional model, which focuses on the complex interrelationships among requirements workflow related risk factors, individual, team and organizational competencies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
relatively little relevance for practice — I actually think that’s a valid concern,” Light says in an interview. “But I don’t think that’s the issue for us.” Why? Because the case method of instruction is at the other end of the... View Details