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- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
business applications, aimed at empowering teams to better respond to changing customer and competitive threats, are already au fait with this idea of using military strategy to guide project... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
"They are like personalities," whose strength is their consistency of quality and service. "They are the source of a reputation that customers can trust," added Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
bias blinds them to local issues. And companies often fail to adequately check the actions of their local managers. Standardized Products, Universal Values? Global Product Standardization? Although there is a general perception that... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
impossible competition from the eventual world of smartphones. Fortunately, the team decided to focus Project Beacon on driver security and safety. Unknowingly, they were employing Christensen's now-famous "jobs-to-be-done"... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
future interactions of both the infected person and his or her past connections. In addition, because a majority of COVID-19 cases are with no symptoms, they go undetected. Proactive testing can identify the... View Details
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
argues for the "public's right to know," but suggests two other questions in assessing the need for a takeover: "What's the cause of the problem? And what are the public interests at stake?" Gerald Nanninga suggests... View Details
- September 2004
- Article
Decomposing the Persistence of International Equity Flows
By: Kenneth A. Froot and J. Tjornhom Donohue
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
Harvard Business School. The experiment was typical of thinking in those days: If only we had better ways of communicating, especially better ways of tracking customer preferences and demand. Now we do.... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
and licensed to practice radiology in the United States. The data set included 2.7 million scans read by the radiologists for 1,431 customers over a 30-month period. Nearly 85 percent of the scans were CT;... View Details
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
food and fuel; we're talking about health care, about which consumers and providers may be less rational. For example, behavioral economists would tell us, among other things, that in the world of health... View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
most likely have an inaccurate perception about what they think—and they have the same of you. All it takes is one person to break the cycle.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: zoom-zoom]... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
years of experience at the likes of Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, decided to set himself up as Spain's first pizza magnate and founded TelePizza. He believed that View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains,... View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
attention and sometimes it wouldn't." Bernstein elaborates on this concept in the paper "Seeing Too Much: Too Much in Sight or Too Little Insight?" The paper was chosen for inclusion in the Academy of Management's Best... View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
do all they can to uplift the performance of others, the focus changes and the behaviours improve. This is a collective responsibility. Leadership is a position you collectively occupy on the excellence ladder, not a View Details
- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
significant economic development of 2013. Use the "Comments" link to tell us what and why. Most Popular Stories In 2012 1. Clayton Christensen's "How Will You Measure Your Life?" Published: May 9, 2012 World-renowned... View Details
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- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air to be so powerful. It is a thought-provoking book for those like myself who are constantly trying to balance my career, my ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
really give to someone like Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson or to Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Department nominee, or to Vice President Mike Pence? It looks like he’s a person who hasn’t delegated a lot in the past. So those would... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese