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- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
early venture capital funds and leading intermediaries in the industry—such as law firms and data providers—began as organizations oriented to the SBIC funds, and then gradually shifted their focus to independent venture capitalists.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
report on the social value they are creating for the poor. In conclusion, companies should not look to the poor merely to exploit their untapped purchasing power or dip into low-cost labor pools. Over the long term, such a cursory and extractive approach will draw the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
management policy, which aimed at assuring a more secure environment for business. By the early twentieth century, however, the focus had shifted, from business to labor. As a result of industrialization, a great many workers had moved... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
strategy that was explicitly based on the perceived strengths and weaknesses of its competitor, Ford.2 In the 1930s, Chester Barnard, a top executive with AT&T, argued that managers should pay especially close attention to... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
Herzlinger has led by example. Married for 47 years and the mother of two Harvard College graduates, she has maintained a steadfast focus on research, course development, teaching, and advocacy. Although her early days as a faculty member... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
students were 100-percent students of color, and 60 percent of them were more than two years behind in reading and math—eliminated a barrier to scaling it. Some suggested making it a charter school. That way, you wouldn't have to pay View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
additional countries in Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. With seemingly competing instructions to accelerate growth, while not diluting focus in Turkey or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
lays policies that have been proposed to deal with either the consequences or the causes of the crisis. These include policies for reforming the supervision of the financial system, changing bankruptcy rules and regulating mortgage finance. Some View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. "The total effect of all that money and lack of focus on the intrinsic economics of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
New Jersey, I was the project director for the introduction of the Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) on the New Jersey approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. This was the first contraflow freeway bus lane anywhere; it remains the highest hourly passenger-volume bus lane in the world.... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in spreading order flow information. We focus on large portfolio liquidations, which result in temporary drops in stock prices, and identify the brokers that intermediate these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
that hold back progress in resource mobilization research. We then propose a path ahead for future research guided by two overarching goals. First, we advocate for a process perspective, focusing attention on how an individual actor’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
institution needed to do better. It made us more mindful that society had new expectations of business leaders, and we needed to redouble our focus on developing leaders with both the competence and character to make a difference in the... View Details
- 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, and staff up... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Trump needs to step up the focus on small business and ensure this critical part of our economy is part of every economic discussion his team has. So far, his attention seems to be on big business — aside... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
second-guess, double back, or duplicate other people's work. They catch problems more quickly or take bolder steps because they do not worry about embarrassment or punishment. Energy is freed and focus is possible when people have... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
According to Moffett, the intense focus on how and when various TV channels will be unbundled and rebundled in new subscription packages is misplaced, despite the recent flurry of attention given offerings... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. “The total effect of... View Details
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
firm maintain a unified focus and operational consistency in new and existing points of sale around the world. One measure that Kompel and his team were considering was the Balanced Scorecard, a tool traditionally used by top management.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace