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- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
historical role of politics (and, indeed, of government) in business, economic production, distribution, and exchange. The artefacts of pre-modern and modern political economy, from the fourteenth through the twentieth centuries, remain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
behavior shaped modern American business? A: American business history is chock full of man-of-action hero stories: Edison, Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, on and on. But the man-of-action hero receded in the postwar era through the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Periodical: Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (spring 2006) Abstract A number of modern industries are organized as complex networks of firms whose integrated efforts are necessary to deliver value to end... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
from (HBS professor emeritus) Tom McCraw's Creating Modern Capitalism book, wherein Henry Royce is talking about a decision whether to merge Rolls-Royce with Vickers, but "was determined to keep the firm independent." "From... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three case studies—:software, animation, and mobile... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
Sun Aware of the impact that modern society was having on the environment, Ashley Telkes had always tried to be cognizant of her own impact on the environment and to take reasonable steps to mitigate her own effects. Having already... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
of the modern neo-liberal regime. No PDF is available for download at this time. Social Categories and Minimizing Joint Gains: An Ethical Dilemma? Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, and Dale T. Miller Abstract People prefer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
political economy. This book highlights the parallels between issues discussed by Serra and modern political and scholarly consciousness and illustrates the importance and influences of historical debate in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
supposed to be doing,” explains Chiefs Reporter, BJ Kissel. Speed of information processing, physical skills, and the need to deal with the media are other skills required by the modern QB. The QB job is also made more difficult as teams... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
plays a minor role in modern tax theory. One obstacle to its playing a greater role is confusion over the many ways in which theorists have argued that benefit-based taxes should be determined. In this paper, we provide clear descriptions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
to respond effectively once they did. We focus particularly on the problems GM encountered in developing the relational contracts essential to modern design and manufacturing. We discuss a number of possible causes for these difficulties:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
wave of modern globalization started in the nineteenth century, there began a massive homogenization of beauty ideals around the world that has, to some extent, continued until the present day. This had enormous societal and cultural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007
Present, and Reconstructing for the Future Authors:Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel Levinthal, and William Ocasio Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and the broader " Carnegie School" form critical theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
entrepreneurship and how it shapes and reshapes the modern world. August 2013 HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need Reaching Your Potential: Know Yourself-and Find Fulfillment By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—Despite racking up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
modern industrial corporation not only separates decision-making power from the full economic consequences of the corporation's decisions, but it also insulates shareholders from accountability for the consequences of those decisions. So... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
the revolution in finance in the 1960s and 1970s when the modern approaches to finance were coming into vogue. Consistent with Kuhn's (1996) Structure of Scientific Revolutions, the established profession and the established journals... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
innovations never been invented or adopted. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern11-1 Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan Authors:Nicholas, Tom Publication:International Economic Review Abstract Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne