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- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
who enter an industry at precisely the wrong time end up suffering too badly: resilience and decision making on the fly are two traits we try to inculcate in students before they graduate. Describe your version of an ideal relationship... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
exploratory units to scale. We also contribute to the strategy literature by showing the importance of multi-level exchange relationships, complementary resources, time effects, and identity dynamics for corporate decisions on whether,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
to promote new behaviors and monitor symptoms. They man quarantine control points 24/7 and attend to patients that need to be isolated at village health stations. Many operate without light at night and lose communications when they... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
predictably less likely to defect to a competitor if they are heavily reliant on self-service channels characterized by high switching costs. We demonstrate that when self-service usage promotes retention, it does so in a way that is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
primarily reflected the decision to pause the delivery of Executive Education programs from mid-March through the end of June as a result of COVID-19. Total expenses increased 1 percent to $831 million, resulting in a net margin... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
and raises questions facing key decision makers at the time. The cases ask readers to weigh choices and consequences and wrestle with momentous decisions, provoking them to rethink which factors made the difference between constructive... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
geographically insulate their trades from the broader commerce, creating in effect two circuits. Yet the professionals also promote specific practices of trade within their circuit to help them distinguish their own pursuit from an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
shareholders as a category are not well positioned to guide corporate decisions or to discipline management. They also discuss problems in two other roles shareholders play with respect to corporations, as a source of funds and as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are mandated variously to smooth economic transactions, facilitate global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
to the decisions faced by managers and policymakers and addresses why research relevance matters, what relevance means in terms of a journal article, and how scholars can increase the relevance of their research. I define relevant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
videogame consoles are no longer just gaming platforms, they are gateways to a variety of digital content, including DVD movies and Internet video for the gamer and advertising and other promotional opportunities for the advertiser.... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13530 Cases & Course MaterialsBest Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms Harvard Business School Note 804-176 Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public offering and, eventually, through its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
or place. Although the choice for business schools that Biddle presented nearly a century ago has yet to be decisively made, a number of factors suggest that all is not well within the institution of the university-based business school:... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
Glover says she feels lucky, she also notes that more than luck has been involved in creating a life that brings her satisfaction. "We've been very conscious about the decisions we've made," she explains. "We've avoided acquiring... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
now. One manager recently told me this about his life: "I wanted the promotion so badly I could taste it. The truth is that as much as I tried to quell my personal ambition, it was still a strong and sometimes overriding force in my... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
PublicationsSetting Health Priorities: Strategy versus Tactics Authors:Chu, Michael, David E. Bloom, and Elizabeth Cafiero Publication:Impact: The Magazine of PSI Abstract Health decision makers throughout the world are faced with a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
much in our interest. Indeed, it's the right thing to do. Clearly, it's also in or interests, too. In fact, it's mission critical to promote sustainability. Otherwise, how would we be around 50 years from now? It is mission critical for... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
Sadun Abstract—Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To understand better how companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne