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- 22 Feb 2018
- News
My First Job
obviously no PCs. And to see how it was actually changing the way that things were automating. Out of college, I worked for a company called the International Business Machines Corporation --some people know as IBM--and that qualified me... View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
my long experience dealing with Soviet organizations, I knew that the way decisions were implemented and what actually happened depended more on the lowest echelon of the hierarchy than the top." In addition, Vlachoutsicos, in close... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
all the hurdles other female founders may face in their own journey to the top. It’s about dealing with the way things are, even when you don’t like it, and being yourself, even when it seems like a drawback. Digital Goddess is a story... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process improvement, including how internal supply chains and other... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
international banking, I am familiar with “the old shell game” of tax evasion via the transfer pricing mechanism. Differentiating between tax avoidance and tax evasion in this area is often very difficult indeed. But very big money is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
growth preventing it from achieving critical mass. Ironically, it was the financial crisis of 2008 that gave the city’s fintech scene the jolt it needed to reach the next level. Suddenly, the big banks had much less money to throw at View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
driven by a strategy to distinguish itself from its competitors. And the other issue, which further complicates things, is how Apple should deal with governments around the world that have different views around privacy regarding their... View Details
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
By: Kerr, William R., and Ufuk Akcigit Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
evolved in those markets. New business processes had to be created from scratch as a network originally intended for research and military defense had to deal with network interconnectivity, the needs of commercial users, and a host of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.
inflection point. Laitsas found that he had learned a great deal from investment banking but didn’t see himself in the industry long-term. As a way to hit the reset button on his career path, Laitsas turned his attention towards obtaining... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
billion for SpaceX) from NASA. One can only imagine the pressure under which developers were working at Boeing. The result? A failure to reach its destination, the International Space Station. While the cause is under investigation, early... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
political leaders in the country are wrestling with the question, what comes next? Will Japanese companies adopt western business practices, and at what cost to its own uniqueness? As with the School's four other international research... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Latin America - Global Activities 2020
conversation with them about the problems they face. One stream of work is thinking about how they manage their internal organization—understanding how changing the ways that they reward their loan officers can motivate them to better... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
operations. His time in Colombia opened his eyes to widespread poverty. “I took the time to learn about the people, the environment. I found that people worked with the cartels because they didn’t have other opportunities to support their families, and I realized I was... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
apart" with increased training times and more rapid changes in international job markets, according to Michael Lindsey. "We're headed for a two-tier economic society..." says Mike Dorkoski. While Brad Leach opines,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Dean Nohria Looks Ahead
MIT’s Sloan School of Management. I started in international finance, which is what I thought I was going to do. But I discovered organizational behavior and leadership, and ultimately my interests went in that direction. MIT for me was a... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
team found that a sense of making progress on meaningful work was the single most important factor in igniting creativity, satisfaction, and productivity among employees–far more than factors like monetary compensation, praise, or camaraderie. The stark finding, which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
consulting, architecture, engineering, research, and, increasingly, computer software development and technology systems integration firms. We also seek an international mix of participants. About half come from the US and the other half... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
medications. We also realized that the failure of health care systems in more fortunate countries meant that those systems would fall further in most of our markets. The challenges involved in operating in poor or underdeveloped countries in the region intimidate most... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
investors. We find that solo investments by institutions outperform co-investments and a wide range of benchmarks for traditional private equity partnership investments. The outperformance is driven by deals where informational problems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne