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08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

experience revolved around a high inflation setting,” another Argentinean interviewee said. “I focused strictly on the short term, adjusting to short-term conditions. I thought, I just have to get through today.” In Chile, policy continuities View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Aug 2023
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Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

published in American Sociological Review in April, Zhang measured culture, manager quality, and work-life balance based on almost 933,000 employee reviews of 8,800 companies on the career website... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

launch in Charlotte, North Carolina, which prompted urgent strategic questions. Among them was the appropriate funding model—whether Ribbon should be mainly a platform for others to fund transactions, or should it buy and hold homes on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

emerging market corporate balance sheet indicators have not deteriorated to AFC crisis-country levels. However, more countries are close to or in the “vulnerable” range of Altman’s Z-score, and average... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2009
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Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation

By: Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth and M. Utku Unver

Markets sometimes unravel, with offers becoming inefficiently early. Often this is attributed to competition arising from an imbalance of demand and supply, typically excess demand for workers. However this presents a puzzle, since unraveling can only occur when firms... View Details

Keywords: Labor; Marketplace Matching; Quality; Competition; Balance and Stability

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03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

alleging that Noble was too aggressive in its fair value accounting for contracts and investments in producers. Iceberg did not accuse Noble of fraud but suggested that Noble’s profits and View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. They first designed a mobile site called Easy Food Stamps that streamlined SNAP enrollment, then developed the Fresh EBT app that allowed users to quickly and easily check their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)

By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin

Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States

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April 2017
Case

Global Leadership in a Dynamic and Evolving Region: Molinas @ The Coca-Cola Company (A)

By: Tsedal Neeley and Esel Çekin

Galya Frayman Molinas, President of Coca-Cola's Turkish business and a 20-year company veteran, is unexpectedly asked to take the helm of a newly expanded territory with operations across eight additional countries in Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,... View Details

Keywords: Functions; Structure; Centralization; Decentralization; Diversity; Country Of Origin Effects; Global Contextual Intelligence; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Experience and Expertise; Situation or Environment; Central Asia; Turkey

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05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

US courts due to its status as a territory. In 2016, the US Congress had intervened, passing the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (Promesa), which established an eight-member... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

“Predictions are risky, especially about the future,” according to a popular expression. Still, business is inescapably about the future—that’s what managers’ decisions are about. In the current crisis, we have daily grand predictions about “new normals,” View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

and observations from academics, practitioners, and practical thinkers from around the world, this book demystifies the economic, social, and cultural effects of globalism... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Alumni Books The Saudi Kingdom by Ali Al Shihabi (MBA 1985) (Markus Wiener Publishers) Al Shihabi presents an analysis of Saudi Arabia’s political stability in light of mounting domestic and international... View Details

05 Jan 2009
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Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

Balanced Scorecard Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts, with strategy execution lost along the way. A new book by Balanced Scorecard creators Robert S. Kaplan... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Summer 2016
Article

Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View

By: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu

The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content production model to produce and disseminate knowledge. While several prior studies have shown that the open-content production model can lead to high-quality... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Internet and the Web; Balance and Stability; Operations; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Dissemination

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17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

outlays. We characterize the determinants of social and fiscal risk and argue that these two risk management motives often conflict. Using the model, we explore how the attractiveness of different financial... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

elements—and common misconceptions—of power and how to apply strategies for shifting the balance of power in relationships. Highlights Analyzing the Fundamentals of Power Tactical Choices A Developmental... View Details

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

out. These agents are more likely to alter their electronic currency balance on a day (rebalance). In contrast, agents trained in person but who receive summary statistics of transaction volumes or agents who are notified about the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

2023
Book

Your True Moral Compass: Defining Reality, Responsibility, and Practicality in Your Leadership Moments

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

This book presents a new, powerful, and practical way of making final decisions on the hard, complex, uncertain problems of life and work. What if you have looked at the data, talked with trusted colleagues, and applied all the relevant managerial and ethical... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Decisions; Work-Life Balance; Values and Beliefs

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