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- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
more about the material being taught than the instructor. That’s why instructors are encouraged to prepare their own case materials. It’s a way of educating themselves as well. And a body of cases often leads to research based on... View Details
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
Jeffrey Immelt, GE's CEO, has received a lot of publicity recently for fostering "imagination breakthroughs" by encouraging managers to think deeply about innovations that will ensure GE's longer-term success. He has vowed that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
“Young scholars frequently like to study a lot of different things, but they are often encouraged to really focus,” says Frank Nagle, assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. “Otherwise, how are you going to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
looked for inspiration for next steps, he thought about Shibusawa’s 1915 book, The Analects and the Abacus. Shibusawa’s writings encouraged him to think beyond investors. Niinami realized that inspiring pride in employees, their families,... View Details
- 21 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)
administration of elections. Silverthorne: You have studied voter participation and engagement in a number of countries.How does the American voting system(s) compare to those other countries in terms of encouraging turnout and protecting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System
- 2008
- Chapter
Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature of human motivation. However valuable in understanding competitive product and financial markets, neoclassical economic theory employs an... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mathematical Methods; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "Corporate Honesty and Business Education: A Behavioral Model." In Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy, edited by Paul J. Zak. Princeton University Press, 2008.
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
to companies. IDEO, for example, has asked employees to step away from their work to meet up for a weekly tea time ritual as a way to encourage workers to collaborate, connect, build trust, and deepen workplace relationships. Walmart... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
employees’ needs. And they encourage employees to discuss their caregiving needs. “It’s motivating for people to be heard,” Fuller says. Managers need to acknowledge that many employees are caring for young children and aging parents, or... View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
especially if there is a tendency to start competitive businesses in the same market. (That helps explain why 30 percent of US hair stylists are required to sign NCCs even though their compensation levels are relatively low.) Perhaps most important, the existence of an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
re-emergence has to take place not only at the industry level and the organizational level, but right on the factory floors." Raffaelli describes the watch collectors and the old employee as institutional guardians, who encourage... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
execution is paramount. Surveys should be short and focus on a few key points to encourage employee engagement. To promote the most candid dialogues, an organization should segment members by seniority and leadership levels. Leaders may... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
Will they encourage mobility in their employees? Or will they express the same concerns as those for whom they currently work? What do you think? To read more: Carolyn Martin and Bruce Tulgan, Managing the Generation Mix, 2nd Edition (HRD... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
steps toward addressing institutional racism Companies have long used competition to motivate employees to think creatively and push themselves. Law firms, consultancies, and other adherents to the “up or out” philosophy aim to promote only the top-performing employees... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
only lead people to make healthier choices, but encourage companies to work with public officials for the greater good. “I hope it can inform some of the conversations firms are having with policymakers,” he says. “These firms can respond... View Details
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
“preemptively decoupling.” Instead of waiting to be disrupted, you just break it. When Amazon started selling electronics online, it created apps that encouraged customers to go to a store and check out the prices and products, but order... View Details
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
So it's an issue of not being satisfied and also being creative. On the structural side, they have very adaptive organizations, and on the people side, strategic intelligence is distributed throughout the organization. So they typically have structures that support... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
might not have the academic qualifications for tenure, and "mergers between American schools and schools abroad" as a way of encouraging a global outlook among teachers, researchers, and students. Perhaps it is time to ask... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
about the misuse and overuse of e-mail, something that they feel encourages disputes to escalate more rapidly than if face-to-face conversations had taken place instead. The latter, however, would require people to listen. Edgar Schein,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett