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- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
embarrassing—it can hurt your career. Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart DiscriminationPoor design decisions contribute to racial discrimination on many online platforms. Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
consumer electronics had conquered world markets. And the five leading Japanese computer companies were seriously challenging the U.S. computer industry worldwide. This epic story of the consumer electronics and computer industries has... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
company results as their own personal results; and do the reverse too, dealing with family as just a company exercise." Tak Okamoto suggested that the concept poses real problems for managers. As he put... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
in domains such as customer service, finance, operations, and business history are coming together to explore the many facets of how sustainability and business management might mix. Here is a sample of that work with implications for... View Details
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
accessible corporate archives in most countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also permits a level of nuance that is hard to obtain even if written archives are accessible. Oral histories provide insights into why events did not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
being created, while in others, the stock of technical knowledge that can potentially be transferred into new ventures is locked up in companies. The best example is Japan, where most innovations are generated within research laboratories operated by large View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
common operating platform across three separate institutions, BancoSol of Bolivia, Mibanco of Peru, and Banco Solidario of Ecuador. The Banca Regional is a response to forces that the banks perceive as potentially threatening to their long View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
strong history of commercial development. Pictured is the Bund in Shanghai, the city's financial district along the Huangpu River, in 1899. "After people read this book, they should not be negative on China—we're not negative on China,"... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
economy. “A platform owner may imitate them and enter their markets by offering similar products,” Zhu explained. “Before you build your business model around platforms, you need to think about how to minimize the risk from these platforms” View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
"Moonshine Shop," a group of plant-savvy creative generalists, is helping a great industrial company become more innovative. Chronicles the history of the Moonshine Shop, its successes and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
highly valued use for the technology. The history of innovation is full of examples where the eventual best use of a new product or technology was far different from the initial intended purpose of the idea. It is time that View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
Despite all these efforts to gain new global historical visions, however, the debates surrounding this movement have remained rather provincial in scope. Global History, Globally addresses this lacuna by surveying the state of global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/consumers-corporations-and-public-health-9780190235123?facet_narrowbytype_facet=Books%20for%20Courses&lang=3n&cc=us# 2016 Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Antonio Serra and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
multimillion-dollar proposal in a pigskin binder, considered vile in many Muslim cultures. He was unceremoniously tossed out and his company blacklisted from working with Saudi businesses. But the differences can be much more subtle,... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
the quality of research. Does Familiarity Breed Trust? Revisiting the Antecedents of Trust Authors:Ranjay Gulati and Maxim Sytch Periodical:Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (March - April 2008): 165-190 Abstract This paper investigates how the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
corporate managers and directors must first be accountable to and for the satisfaction of customers, the loyalty and opportunities for growth of employees [and others] ..." How does this play out in the consideration of bids for a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett