Inside-out Approach To Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Feb 2020
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Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

Clean Air Act was one of the first and most influential federal environmental laws—and many in the business community saw benefits from a national strategy to combat pollution. Prof. Michael Toffel Prof.... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

01 Oct 2000
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Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

disciplined approach that systematically confronts each one. To begin with, Beer and Eisenstat recommend that the CEO or general manager create a partnership between their top and lower-level managers,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

portfolio of programs in parallel.” In an industry where serial entrepreneurship is the norm, Cytokinetics’s approach instead requires “a strategy based on sustainability and durability” that includes... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2012
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Learning to Speak the Language of Business

Mikitani Main article: Where Innovation Rules Case study: Englishnization at Rakuten From Pinterest to Kobo, how Japan's Rakuten is building a global internet giant (Wired.co.uk) You might call Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA 1993) the Jeff Bezos... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; e-commerce; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

09 Mar 2021
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Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

you to approach these challenges more formulaically, with a sound, proven rationale and strategy behind your decision-making process,” she explains. “That’s been critically... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Jun 2015
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Pointing the Way to a Better World

no problem in presenting facts that lead to change. An in-depth look at proven, evidence-based strategies, A Path Appears is a kind of primer on how anyone—indeed, WuDunn hopes, everyone—can help to make the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2014
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Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry

positives, including likability and trust. In one of the studies, Brooks and her fellow researchers had a man approach 65 people in Philadelphia's busy 30th Street Station railway hub on a rainy day and ask View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Information

01 Sep 2007
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How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

case UBS discovers that its stance on global warming lags behind industry competitors. UBS considers four options in its approach to global warming. First, it could do nothing and stabilize its emissions at... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

11 Oct 2018
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Baseball’s Billy Beane Shows Companies the Power of Data

17 Jun 2020
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Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

yes.” Pasricha, who thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living, gave the 80 attendees a set of simple coping strategies to remain positive, find rest, and let go of the idea of rushing back View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2014
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The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

vision," they say, "is to be the preferred provider of food for West Africans." Ndidi and Mezuo, both children of university professors, approach the ambitious challenge with a combination of academic rigor... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Jun 2014
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Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business

Leading innovation is the foundation of a company's success—in bad times as well as good. This is the lesson Lynda M. Applegate, Baker Foundation Professor, has drawn from her research. Applegate has identified an approach View Details