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Kristin W. Mugford | About

previously served as Faculty Chair for field-based learning and co-curricular programs in the MBA program. For the last decade she taught "Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring," a popular advanced... View Details

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

beyond in the study and appreciation of the lessons and legacies of business history, the endowment supports a wide range of innovative projects and programs associated with... View Details

Research Summary

Reforming Social Science

By: Max H. Bazerman

Social science research affects all of us. When researchers learned organ donation rates are higher in countries where human organs are automatically available for donation unless you specifically “opt-out” of the system, as opposed to countries like the U.S., where... View Details

Portrait Project

Auden Laurence

joy in this mission. I will spend my life serving others, just as serving my sister taught me. I will lead with intention, staying true to my core values of empathy, impact, and service to others. View Details

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Ahmed Alimi

Advisory Services, FBN Capital, and Helios Investment Partners. "At Helios," Ahmed says, "I had a unique opportunity to work on deals as well as support value creation efforts at our portfolio... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

"Paltering" is the active use of truthful statements to influence a target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. It can pervade all kinds of personal interactions, from romantic relationships to foreign affairs, whenever... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

executives in the core businesses, rather than ambitious young MBAs, should be assigned to growth initiatives; 3) Assembling the wrong team and staffing up prematurely. CEOs should focus on capabilities, not who's available, View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

up, consuming only about ten seconds of the two minutes. Having studied and written about the value of "listening posts" in business, I concluded that the company's management wasn't interested in listening.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Judging Criteria - Alumni

problem, need or pain-point. What solution does your venture provide? How is your solution innovative i.e. technology, business model, IP etc.? Describe your value proposition. Does your solution have the potential for significant impact... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

traditional approaches in building enterprises, their governance, and growth.’’ The technology is open source, so different teams can build together. Participants value open information flow, universal... View Details

Keywords: April White

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

long-term strategy and culture. David Wittenberg led the way in making the argument for an inadequate strategy as a primary cause of the problem. He suggested that bad timing is related to a lack of “strategic frameworks to assess the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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Timing - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

and he reveals how he managed the R.R. Donnelley and Sons case discussion. Making Real Time Adjustments David Garvin While it's important to allocate time for each segment of a discussion, Professor Garvin... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

the idea of questioning Matt. And so the process continued, as the project fell further behind schedule. For his part, when Matt was asked about the value of the PMM, he was mystified: "Not to insult my... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

05 Sep 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Global Currency Hedging

Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros & Luis M. Viceira; Financial Services

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

changing accruals, for example—the adverse impact on company value is probably small. But rarely is the activity so benign. Usually, the shuffling of dollars results from decisions that change the operating characteristics of a company,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

01 Dec 2022
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My First Job

watch for shoplifters, and keep smiling to maintain customer service. I was 16 and it was a real stretch, but I became quite good at juggling it all and was made a department... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Academy of Management for his paper with Emilie Feldman and Belén Villalonga, “Do Analysts Add Value When They Most Can? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs” ( Strategic Management Journal ). Victoria Ivashina... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions View Details

12 Mar 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO

hesitant. Yet sometimes, this is necessary. But when? You should fire your CEO under two of these three conditions: (1) there is a weak and unfixable fit between the CEO's skills and the needs of the... View Details

22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

First, pricing and value are inherently intertwined. Yet, most companies use cost-plus pricing. That's dangerous in an information-rich world. Amazon, for instance, takes thousands of SKUs for consumer goods... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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