Independent Living - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Winter 2017 MIT Sloan Management Review Why Big Data Isn't Enough By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

But for most of us, our relationship with alarm clocks is both intimate and codependent. It's the last thing we see when we go to sleep, and the first thing we see when we wake up. We rely on it every morning, but we resent the living... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

At the end of June 2022, a video was posted on TikTok with the theme, “I know Victoria’s secret.” The secret was that Victoria was “an old man who lives in Ohio making money off of girls like me cashing in on body issues.” The song was... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

for Auditor Independence Yet? Authors:M.H. Bazerman and D.A. Moore Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society (in press) Abstract Well before the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, we argued that the auditing system had been... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

The American workforce has always migrated, moving wherever the jobs took them—traditionally, away from small towns and toward big cities. Now, as an increasing number of workplaces embrace remote work and allow people the flexibility to View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

money to Senator Mark Hanna [R-OH] and the leaders of a Panamanian independence movement. Hanna, in turn, convinced President Roosevelt to support the independentistas. American warships prevented Colombia from responding to Panama's... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

prospects you meet, the more tweaks you’ll make to that JD and finding “the one.” NOTE: If more than two of you are thinking about becoming cofounders, do the JD method as a “diverge-converge” exercise. Discuss potential roles each may fill and have each of you, View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

workers do which activities? What is a living wage, and how does that vary by country and by urban or rural setting? These are questions for which we just don't have good answers yet. So it is not surprising that firms might disagree with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

person can do it all. What do your discussions with leaders teach us about putting together a coalition? Kanter: I urge leaders to live by the Change Agent Rule of Three. In every situation, leaders must deal with three groups of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

training, independent living skills, and communication skills, to improve services to communities. Peacock told them that Guide Dogs was willing to take on the mobility piece since that was its area of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

Surveillance Capitalism, you are fooling yourself.” David Wittenberg stated the case for the position that the source of the problem is us. “No matter how much businesses know about us, they cannot sell to us unless their products make our View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly influenced the lives of most people on the planet. It has changed daily activities; something as simple as a walk in the park is perceived very differently now. The same is true for businesses. Many... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

American history, yet descendants of residents harmed by the attack note that government officials have never made reparations for those killed or for homes and businesses that were destroyed. The killing of George Floyd by a police officer last summer and the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

from other cultures think, argue, and perceive things very differently. A manager who is sensitive to that will understand and respond much better in a global context. Just living in that world of trade-offs can be invaluable.... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

dynamic consumer segmentation, which operates independent of the homogenization effect, and can in fact be stronger when the homogenization effect is weaker. We also find that bundles are treated as separate products (distinct from... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

percent of core employees participate, with the ability to pull the trigger independently to virtually test anything at any time. To illustrate that point, Thomke describes the time an incoming CEO called a meeting to present a new logo... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

to generate fresh momentum and bring in independent perspectives. It is easy to decipher the purpose. The team in action, after all, is the team portraying the downturn. But how effective is Big C change in reality? The answer may lie in... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

01 Mar 2021
What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

through our computers and phones. Remote work has given top leaders incentives to use these communication technologies to not only communicate with every individual in the organization but even meet their pets and check out their living... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

creativity have largely focused on the factors that fuel extraordinarily creative people. But who studies the ordinary people, who may not be geniuses but nonetheless contribute creative solutions in their personal and work lives all the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

little change in behavior until we guarantee that those who destroy value and betray the public trust don't profit from it handsomely..." These matters have become embarrassing for Americans living overseas. Tammy Doty reports that... View Details