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- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the incentive effects of competition on individuals' creative production. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
persuasion, according to recent research. Source: ebstock “There is the cost of taking the time to register, walking to the town hall, gathering the paperwork ” says Pons. While those might not seem like difficult tasks in themselves,... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
directors also are expected to help steer strategy development, not only in small venture-backed and private companies, but in large public companies, too. Kaufman says this is increasingly difficult to do well. "To develop good,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
For the most part, this requires management to look closely at the roles of various parts of the business and alter the way employees interact. Increasing the pace of business innovation almost always requires reallocating decision rights... View Details
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
technology at all but with the way you are collecting and using your data, experts say. Although getting your CRM program in order is an essential component of achieving customer loyalty, there's much more that you need to do. "Marketers need a good, thoughtful... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use "quality" to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However, this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
when I didn't move fast enough," he said. "At Omidyar Network my biggest mistakes have been those decisions for which I didn't reflect enough before acting." As to why it makes sense for philanthropists to adopt a venture... View Details
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
products to Asia, who would have guessed that this decision would influence where the most important component for tomorrow's electric vehicles—the batteries—would be produced? But that is what happened. The offshoring of consumer... View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
reorientations, we conducted an inductive, longitudinal field study of two startups in the “robo-advisor” sector. Despite similar initial profiles, parallel reorientations, and comparable end products, the startups’ fortunes diverged in a conspicuous way that is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
efforts in Germany and France), consumers favor products that evolved slowly and are well engineered, while the French prefer style and innovation. These preferences are not just a matter of national DNA, but also reflect decisions made... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
Hong Abstract—When to sell a novel idea is a difficult decision for many innovators. Selling early has financial benefits. But a later-stage sale of a more fully developed idea may attract greater buyer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
It is difficult for people to implement what they don't understand. Yet, research indicates that, on average, more than 50% of employees in organizations say they do not understand their organization's strategy. Further, the percentage of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
medium's effectiveness will derive more from its abundance of selectable information than from its ability to stir viewer emotions. A consumer can now order a new car online, for instance, selecting from a lengthy menu of carefully described options. But motivating an... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
can begin to understand how this unprecedented technology is shaping business activity. The course also examines why many established enterprises are having such a difficult time keeping up with these new, Internet-driven entrants. EE: Do... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
leaders often fail to notice when their decisions indirectly hurt people—and how people often fail to hold organizations accountable for indirectly causing harm. book excerpt Failing To Notice Indirect Actions From The Power of Noticing:... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
capital sources. Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain By: Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—How do teams working on complex projects get the help they... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
lights when we leave the room or recycling our bottles," Karmarkar says. "Bringing bags is interesting in that it's a difficult thing to remember to do, and actually requires a fairly big behavioral change on the part of the... View Details
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
computer companies prominent in 1975; it has entered and exited businesses, but it is recognizably the same institution. Common vocabulary and guidance for consistent decisions. The need for fast decisions and actions in far-flung or... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
needed, that he was able to really make a quite critical decision at IBM, which was to stay as a vertically-integrated company. Q: Now, as they say in Detroit, Mulally is not a car guy. So what does he bring to the table? A: Well, he has... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
Evaluation success will come in doing deals, emulating winners, and not making the same mistakes more than two, three, or four times. Case Study AOL: The One That Got Away Frans Kok shares with us the story about his decision not to... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson