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- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
there has been enough volatility in recent days to bring that number slightly below 20,000 again. But I think what brought us all the way to 20,000 from about 18,000 just three months ago reflects the impact of the election of Donald... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
self-report of a licensee. Self-reporting gives rise to demand for auditing by the licensor or third-party attestation by the licensee. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
widening the generational gap in using cryptocurrency, buying and storing art and wine with nonfungible tokens, trading new kinds of securities on new internet investment sites offering new features, and thinking up new applications for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
a problem, as Superstorm Sandy demonstrated. So despite perceptions that "sustainable business" is up and running, the environment reminds us we're failing to deal with the problem at anywhere near sufficient scale. Because climate change requires a View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of leverage in affecting the likelihood and extent of systemic financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
the list until you run out of either time or money." But Tucker and Singer's findings diverge from previous research and theory. About half the hospitals that participated in their study chose to do some kind of prioritization—the analysis approach. Using a View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
them. So, today we find ourselves at a crossroads. We can either "go back to normal" by relying on existing institutions and on the neoliberal economic model. Or we can dare to rethink and reform our economic and social systems in depth.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
problems." Nevertheless, there was enthusiasm for disclosure, perhaps using a system of disclosing "pay bands" within which holders of specific jobs are compensated. Pete described a specific example this way. "Back in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
being pursued by the more conventional hierarchy. Again, it requires a "believer" in the feasibility of dual operating systems who is able to lead them with an even hand. This thinking raises... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
likely would be difficult to finance externally. We argue that a developed financial system can facilitate exports, and we test three implications. First, a more developed financial system is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient and make profits, people won't. To address this concern in... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
of past successes to predict that more successes are in store. The theory in use is that if you find someone with a track record and with the right-stuff attributes, then he or she can successfully manage the new business venture. But in the parlance of this book,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
already-stressful situation—not only for factories, but for corporate offices, schools, and other organizations, Toffel says. “Why is it that every school system has had to develop their own standards and policies for masks, for... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
to rate these securities to the best of their abilities, and Wall Street kept telling them to rate more. They had a sense they were doing something wrong, but they were trying to improve their models as quickly as they could. I don't View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
market share. Its Mach3 shaving system was a blockbuster product, but the company was suffering the effects of its own reliance on trade loading—the practice of offering discounts to retail customers at the end of a quarter in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
company. While they needed some independence and autonomy to get started, the problem is that an Arrow customer is just as likely to use the Web one day and a sales rep the next, yet wants to know that he or she is in the same system with... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
preserve it, even as they have become leading players in a global marketplace. They also have very long outlooks. They don’t keep score in quarterly earnings. They do a lot of their thinking one or two generations into the future. That’s... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
School, discusses his findings in this interview. Benko (HBS MBA '89), is Deloitte Consulting's global e-business leader. Lagace: A company's project portfolio, according to you and your co-author, Cathleen Benko, is a significant agent of organizational change. Why do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace