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12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

document. By "nonfinancial" we mean the kind of information that is typically provided in a company's corporate social responsibility or sustainability report regarding its performance in environmental, social, and governance terms. But... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

a challenge for researchers who wish to study them and for the governments, business leaders, and citizens striving to improve life quality in them. The limitations of the dominant development paradigm coupled with the need to focus on consumers View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

solely up to management to ensure a company retains its competitive edge, a proactive board can help to provide the guidance needed for the future. Related Reading: Managing for the Longterm The Real Duty of the Board of Directors... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

offers new hope for growth to companies frustrated by their hit and miss efforts. This book carefully lays down the authors' provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

DC. Jim Aisner: The newspapers point out that a federal government shutdown has occurred 17 times before, but that really doesn't provide much solace, does it? Joe Fuller: The thing that's particularly unnerving about this shutdown is its... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

stock turnovers that drive LEGO's business model. Senior distribution manager Asger Juncher Métais said the group should assume that all retailers want quick lead times and fast stock turnover, capabilities where LEGO is strong. The company can View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

"The USDA could be looking for a scapegoat," he speculates. "A positive signal from a fellow bureaucratic actor could diffuse the blame and provide political cover were the department to approve a faulty product."... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

But in the focus groups, viewers did not have the option of skipping the ad the way they do in real life. A surprise at the end of the ad has no effect if the viewer doesn't bother to wait for the end of the ad. Video-ad designers also have to extend the opening... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24

Third, we provide some new evidence of the recent shift of large U.K. retailers toward smaller retail formats, which followed the introduction of new and more restrictive planning constraints for the opening of large retail stores. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

operations. Carliss Baldwin: A bookshelf and books provide a low-tech example. A bookshelf is designed to be between 12 and 24 inches in height and have a flat bottom and sides. That is a simple architecture with three flat interfaces.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

factors influence individual creativity, as well as the contextual factors that impact creativity such as teams and leadership. The book takes research findings out of the lab and provides examples of these findings put to use in real... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

empowerment would lead to better outcomes and lower costs. “In the world of health care, maybe the curve goes in the other direction, as I suggested in the 23andMe example,” he said. “If you empower consumers, they start asking a lot of questions that eat up a lot of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

important as this one about which we assume so much and know so little? Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back (16,865) Leading a doomed company can often help a career by providing experience, insight, and contacts... View Details

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

Federal Housing Administration. To a first approximation, that's the right approach, but there are times like the crisis period we just experienced when markets benefit from government support. At the other extreme, the government would View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 May 2009
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Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

still come from one source, search and advertising, despite the organization's emphasis on providing time and an organization for innovation among its associates. I remembered the airline Song, which had introduced service innovations... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

accountabilities. This provides a mechanism for the board to set objectives and subsequently review its performance. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map provides a framework to illustrate how strategy links... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

provided by management. But on certain Gordian issues—a bet-the-company merger decision, say, or a complex product-liability concern—insight from an external perspective could be very useful. Although circumstances requiring such experts... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

the next—take their findings with them, providing the wherewithal for startups to hit the ground running. Finally, he said, knowledge in fields such as IT is no longer primarily within the bailiwick of corporate laboratories;... View Details