Wisdom Of Crowds - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

that does not come as easily to public company leaders, with the exception of the higher-ambition-type leaders we studied. Public company leaders have the constraints of capital market expectations for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Students of recent United States real estate history can't help but notice unsettling parallels between the red-hot commercial market of the late 1980s and today. Then, as now, money gushed into the market,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

Editor's note: When did America's declining global competitiveness begin? One starting spot might be 2008, the last year the country topped the World Economic Forum's list of most globally competitive nations. Four years later, the US has... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

program. Conventional wisdom has it that it is difficult for retailers to offer differentiated services or levels of prestige to their different levels of customer loyalty. The... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

of the experience. You are paying almost $500 for lunch, so being made to feel part of the in crowd is actually really beneficial and important. [Noma] has one four-hour... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was a cauldron of innovative and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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