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  • 1996
  • Article

Evidence to Support the Componential Model of Creativity: Secondary Analyses of Three Studies

By: R. Conti, H. Coon and T. M. Amabile
Amabile's (1983a, 1983b, 1988) componential model of creativity predicts that three major components contribute to creativity: skills specific to the task domain, general (cross-domain) creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation. If all three components actually... View Details
Keywords: Theory; Creativity; Research
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  • December 1994 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

AES Honeycomb (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah C. Mavrinac
Senior managers of the AES Corp., an independent power producer, must decide whether to drop the company's emphasis on corporate values and revamp organizational controls as advised by investment analysts and outside counsel. The company is recovering from an incident... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Generation; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; United States
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  • November 1994
  • Case

Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)

By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide whether to contribute $2 billion to end a class action suit filed by women suffering from connective tissue... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Ethics; Health Disorders; Government Legislation; Crime and Corruption; Legal Liability; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Lawsuits and Litigation; Health Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
  • Case

Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard
In the over 20 years since Hewlett-Packard (HP) set up a manufacturing site in Singapore to produce calculators, HP has invested managerial talent and resources in developing its licensor into a technology development partner. The case details the growth of high-volume... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Competency and Skills; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Computer Industry; Singapore
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  • Article

Contribution Margin Analysis: No Longer Relevant/Strategic Cost Management: The New Paradigm

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Keywords: Accounting; Cost; Management; Finance
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  • July 1989 (Revised August 1990)
  • Background Note

New Theories of International Trade

By: David B. Yoffie and Heather A. Hazard
Explores the "new" theories of international trade--also called strategic trade policy--which were developed in the 1980s. Examines why economists and policy makers thought new approaches were necessary to explain international trade, the contributions of industrial... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Theory; Policy; Trade
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  • January 1989 (Revised October 1993)
  • Background Note

Note: Valuing a Business Acquisition Opportunity

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Describes how to value an acquisition opportunity as a capital budgeting problem. Cash flows are discounted at the cost of capital and debt is deducted to value the equity capital of the target company. A key contribution of the note is the discussion of five methods... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Acquisition; Opportunities
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  • 1988
  • Chapter

Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs

By: Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus and Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Cost vs Benefits
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  • August 1983
  • Article

The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Componential Conceptualization

By: T. M. Amabile
Considers the definition and assessment of creativity and presents a componential framework for conceptualizing this faculty. Including domain-relevant skills, creativity-relevant skills, and task motivation as a set of necessary and sufficient components of... View Details
Keywords: Theory; Social Psychology; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics
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The Contributions of Industrial Organization to Strategic Management: A Promise Beginning to Be Realized

By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Strategy; Management
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  • January 1981
  • Case

Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.

By: John P. Kotter
Introduces the student to Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., its business, its strategy, and its organization. Provides the necessary background for understanding the contributions of Mary Kay Ash, the company's founder and chairman. View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Business Strategy; Organizations; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • January 1980 (Revised April 1994)
  • Case

New Balance Athletic Shoes

By: Kim B. Clark
Faced with growth exceeding 100% per year, James Davis, president of New Balance, must decide how to meet the need for additional capacity. Several factors contribute to a climate of extreme uncertainty. Several options are considered, ranging from a second shift to... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Information; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Performance Capacity; Risk and Uncertainty; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Republic of Ireland
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  • Research Summary

By: Boris Groysberg

Professor Groysberg's research focuses on the challenges of managing professional service firms. In particular, his work investigates how a firm can be systematic in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage by leveraging its employees. In a number of related... View Details

  • Research Summary

Advancing Leadership: Research and Teaching

By: Nitin Nohria
Despite the fact that most business schools' mission statement proclaim their commitment to developing leaders who can contribute in a meaningful way to the betterment of their organizations and society, research and teaching on leadership remains a fragmented and... View Details
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Building Small Business Utopia: How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Can Increase Small Business Success

By: Karen Mills
Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details
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Corporate Governance and International Competitiveness

By: W. Carl Kester
W. Carl Kester's research involves comparisons of national or broad regional systems of corporate governance (e.g., German, Japanese, Anglo-American), and the influence these systems exert on corporate investment and international competitiveness. Kester has found... View Details
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Creating ‘Smart’ Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation

By: Karen Mills
Entrepreneurship is a key to unlocking innovation and fostering regional and national economic productivity. Extensive studies demonstrate that small and young firms contribute to innovation and employment growth. But which of the many types of small firms are... View Details
  • Research Summary

Creativity and Innovation

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Starting in 2016, I undertook several new projects on creativity and innovation. The first, a revision of my 1988 componential theory of creativity and innovation, was coauthored with Michael Pratt (Boston College) and published in Research in Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation
  • Teaching Interest

DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE ES285

By: Roberto Verganti

Any organization, business or venture grounds its value on how “meaningful” are its products (functionally, symbolically and emotionally). Design Theory and Practice (DTP) empowers students to create products that are meaningful, to people who use them and to... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Design; Leadership; User Experience Design; Design; Strategy; Technology; Product Design
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Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

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