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30 Oct 2013
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Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work

May 1994
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The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations

By: T. M. Amabile, K. G. Hill, B. A. Hennessey and E. M. Tighe

The Work Preference Inventory (WPI) is designed to assess individual differences in intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Both the college student and the working adult versions aim to capture the major elements of intrinsic motivation (self-determination,... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Measurement and Metrics; Higher Education; Employees; Personal Characteristics

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1988
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Doing Deals: Investment Banks at Work

By: Robert G. Eccles and Dwight B. Crane

Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Investment Banking

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December 2020 (Revised October 2021)
Supplement

Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

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January 26, 2012
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Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work

By: Fay Hanleybrown, John Kania and Mark Kramer

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November 2011
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Banco Ciudad (B): Transformation at Work

By: Aldo Musacchio, Gustavo Herrero and Cintra Scott

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Transformation

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May 1991 (Revised October 1991)
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Transformation: Changing the Way Organizations Work

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2004
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Why People Will Work for You

By: Timothy Butler

Keywords: Employees; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership

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20 Aug 2020
Podcast

Tulsa Remote: Live here, work anywhere

Will Covid-19 empty superstar cities? While it’s too soon to say, metros outside the top tier are now in a better position to compete for talent. This plays to the strengths of programs like Tulsa Remote, which helps professionals who work remotely relocate to Tulsa,... View Details

08 Jul 2024
Podcast

Acquisition Versus Working For Someone Else

Ari Santos and Allan Newman, about to graduate from business school, reflect on the choice between buying their own business or working for someone else. Though there are parallels between their paths, including service in the US Army, these similarities make their... View Details

24 Mar 2015
News

Best-Selling Author Touts Walter Friedman Work

08 Jan 2015
News

Why Working Mothers Still Aren't Happy

24 Mar 2008
News

Legacy of Depression at work now

02 Mar 2016
News

2016’s Hardest Working Cities in America

01 Sep 2021
News

6 Strategies for Exhausted Working Parents

11 Dec 2014
News

Working Smoothly with a Virtual Boss

Keywords: coworker relationships; communication; Internet

11 Dec 2014
News

Working for a double bottom line

Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986) uses her experience as a writer, editor, hedge fund manager, and banker to help women and girls who face challenges throughout the world. Together with her husband, she wrote Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women... View Details

October 2010
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Scollon Productions: Working with a Bunch of Characters

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr

As the sole female employee in an 11 person production shop, Lisa Ocheltree complained about being subjected to crass sexual "jokes" and antics; after being discharged, she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, Scollon Productions, alleging... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Ethics; Employee Relationship Management; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender

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