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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
identify goals, overcome obstacles, and persist until their goals are realized. That determined individuals can bring about changes big and small is reinforced in almost every movie ever made. That's an invaluable contribution that helps drive away View Details
- Student-Profile
Ta-Wei "David" Huang
in a particular setting. Historically, Firms provide personalized information by considering preferences elicited by the historical customer data. However, given the nature of food consumption, customers usually switch between the variety-seeking and View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
single security for both Fannie and Freddie. Now we must "get there" before inertia gains even more momentum. The new Congress must recommit itself to drafting legislation that will transform housing finance in the twenty-first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
will run on inertia with partisan gridlock blocking any change in direction. But in the 50 states there are 25 with a GOP governor, house, and senate (population 165 million), and 13 with complete Democrat control (population 81 million).... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem
long way to go to knock off the established credit card system, Shih says. "Ecosystems are very delicately balanced, and the current payment system represents a balance that has resulted from 40 years of evolution. There's a lot of View Details
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
substantially changed. Tushman: In Leading Change and Organizational Renewal, we begin by helping managers to recognize inertia within their own organizations, and to understand its root causes. But, we don't stop there. We also give them... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
oil consumption. “If we could get to 40 miles per gallon,” says Stobaugh, who also favors tax credits for alternative-energy companies, “it would make a world of difference.” And going forward into the global energy future, only a world of difference will suffice.... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
that forces of inertia constrict how TMTs perceive innovations but that frame flexibility can overcome these perceptions, increasing the likelihood of adoption and the breadth of the organization’s innovation practices. We advance a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
about the limits of time, the limits of knowledge, the complications of group process; but you've also got to recognize that there is a negative inertia and that that is a huge stumbling block. So while the book is about design, it's also... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
As a result, new technological opportunities inconsistent with that identity may be missed. Second, since identity becomes embedded in the routines and procedures of both the organization and external constituents, explicit efforts to shift identity in order to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
point that exploration is stifled and inertia sets in. We suggest that mature organizations can sustain exploration by deliberately inducing perturbations in their own processes. Our theory yields testable hypotheses about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
future? George C. Lodge: Bureaucratic inertia is strong. Big organizations do not like change. There is considerable mutual suspicion among MNCs, NGOs, and multilateral organizations. They are all busy doing what they are doing. There are... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over 20 years, examining the logic behind the strategic changes, and the challenges of implementing them. It... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
of specialized routines. Perturbation creates opportunities for organizations to invoke exploratory, general-purpose problem-solving routines. In mature organizations, exogenous perturbations become increasingly scarce to the point that exploration is stifled and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
forces of inertia generally constrict how TMTs perceive innovations but that frame flexibility can overcome these constraints, increasing the likelihood of adoption and broadening the organization’s innovation practices. We advance a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
through the orchestration and integration of existing assets to overcome inertia and path dependence, is a core dynamic capability. While promising, research on dynamic capabilities and ambidexterity has not yet been able to specify the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne