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15 Feb 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from My Success and From Others’ Failure: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Keywords: by KC Diwas, Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino; Health

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Do We Listen to Advice Just Because We Paid for It? The Impact of Cost of Advice on Its Use

Keywords: by Francesca Gino; Consulting

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

For want of a better idea, many companies often rely on a tried-and-true success formula. And why not? What worked before to pull their organization into profitability will surely work again, right? Not so, according to Donald Sull, assistant professor at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

May 1993
Teaching Note

Museum Accounting Methods Controversy TN, The

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Accounting; Problems and Challenges; Arts; Fine Arts Industry

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May 1993
Teaching Note

Vocational Educational Club—The Missing Cash Dilemma TN

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Cash; Problems and Challenges

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October 1997
Article

Profit Maximization Problem

By: David Hemenway and Elon Kohlberg

Keywords: Profit; Problems and Challenges

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25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

possible and critically what is not possible. To the extent that you can treat these as hypotheses to be rigorously challenged and tested, rather than as assumptions that are taken for granted, you reduce the potential to be predictably... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

June 2011
Article

The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly?: Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings

This article argues that the BP Oil Spill is, potentially, a “cultural anomaly” for institutional changes in environmental management and fossil fuel production. The problem as defined by the spill’s context, the potential solutions provided by the competing logics in... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Environmental Management; Pollutants; Energy Industry

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December 2008 (Revised May 2009)
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Corporate Governance in China: Current Practice, Key Problems

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Joanne Xu and Tracy Manty

This note introduces the current corporate governance system in China, identifies its key problems and assesses recent improvements and future challenges. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Practice; Problems and Challenges; China

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March 2000 (Revised May 2000)
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Diagnosing and Overcoming Barriers to Agreement

Synthesizes and extends work on barriers to negotiated agreement. Five key types of barriers are described--structural, strategic, psychological, institutional, and cultural. Approaches to overcoming these barriers are discussed. View Details

Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Problems and Challenges

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January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
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Currency Crises

Briefly describes six historical currency crises. Presents actual data on 11 disguised countries and asks students to consider which is most likely to experience a crisis. View Details

Keywords: Currency; Problems and Challenges; Macroeconomics

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11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

How can you negotiate when the rules suddenly change, and no one knows whether your particular market is headed up or down? Regrouping from the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to failed labor negotiations, National Hockey League (NHL) teams and players faced... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports