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  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

work? A: Many firms adopt what we call a "production outsourcing" mindset to collaboration. This is typified by a focus on lowering cost at the expense of other potentially more valuable benefits. These firms view collaboration as a form... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

is superior in all attributes. In a world with variance in individuals' needs and valuations, these dimensions are evaluated idiosyncratically, allowing both models to coexist. Legal considerations play an important role as a number of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four experiments examine the moral psychology of indirect agency. Experiment 1 reveals effects of indirect agency under conditions favoring intuitive judgment, but not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

found many firms mistakenly applied an "outsourcing" mindset to collaboration efforts which, in turn, led to three critical errors: First, they focused solely on lower costs, failing to consider the broader strategic role of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

commitment reveals a mindset and managerial practices discussed in this article that they employ to simultaneously solve for performance and commitment. Interorganizational Trust, Governance Choice, and Exchange Performance Authors:Ranjay... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

that represents the interests of key stakeholders and expertise required is critical. Identify opportunities to address compelling problems that will enable you to accelerate through the crisis. In evaluating potential opportunities, I... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

might be working with peers in pharmaceuticals or defense to accelerate the development of virtual reality capabilities. In my work, I use the ethnographic methods of anthropology to study transformation as it takes place through shared View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

to all these decisions is the notion that project managers, left to their own devices, do not have sufficient information to fully evaluate their potential impact on the entire system. Hence there is a need for a manager with a broader... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew the consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

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identifying the right funding sources (venture philanthropy and impact investing), to developing strategies for direct scale and replication, to evaluation practices, to governing for excellence. The module concludes with cases that shift... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

measures, but also expect employers to consider their individual circumstances, like caregiving obligations, when designing their roles and evaluating their performance. That is a major departure from the time-honored definition of the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries