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- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
However, there is also considerable good news. More women are on career paths with high earnings potential today than ever before.7 They have yet to close the earnings gap completely, but their increasing capacity to create wealth allows... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
advertisers, and were heavily focused on interactive advertising options. The tendency for the established organization to assert control over the decision-making processes of the new venture kept these new capabilities from being developed. Even when done with View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
Wasserman identified Wily Technology founder Lew Cirne as the ideal case subject. "An inherent paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired,"... View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
attempts to copy successful services haven’t always worked out. For example, despite Vodafone’s widespread success in Kenya, its effort to take the M-Pesa model to South Africa fell flat. Mobile money operators do not seem to have a good... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
We went out to a good section of America for a grassroots response to what Napa means." Socratic Learning Scott Rozic, founder and CEO of XMarkstheSpot, recalls the tough questions that former CFO of Silicon Graphics Stan Meresman... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
"If you were a babysitter, at some point someone would have said to you, 'Aren't you good with kids!' because we equate that, of course, with nurturing. If your brother was out mowing lawns, you can bet no one said, 'Aren't you View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
stable customer retention? If customers are staying on because they're held hostage by a contract, good retention may be obscuring the truth that customers will flee the instant they can. Selecting the wrong metrics can actually cause... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
their demand for a risky asset by weighing two signals: an average of the asset’s past price changes and the asset’s degree of overvaluation. The two signals are in conflict, and investors “waver” over time in the relative weight they put on them. The model predicts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
and their impact on organizational climate, which predicts successful outcomes. We addressed this gap with a field experiment suggested by Toyota's problem-solving process. We tested three related process improvement activities: (1)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
are impressive as they decrease each year. The business context relates to the particular patients, mostly require cataract or glaucoma surgery and the payer is Medicare/Medicaid, which regulates the price. Yearly decreasing prices make it more difficult for doctors to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
May 11, 2017 New England Journal of Medicine Good Riddance to Big Insurance Mergers By: Dafny, Leemore S. Abstract—Federal judges issued preliminary injunctions halting mergers of four of the five largest U.S. health insurers. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
Publications In press Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes When Doing Good Is Bad in Gift-giving: Mis-predicting Appreciation of Socially-responsible Gifts By: Cavanaugh, A., F. Gino, and G.J. Fitzsimons Abstract—Gifts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
governmental support as an additional stressor for their employees and by extension, themselves. Specific groups—parents, salespeople, and older employees—had particular challenges. Older employees and those with less experience managing... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
governments to fight the downturn. "It seems likely that economic historians will look back at the years since 2007 as a grand natural experiment for assessing the effectiveness of alternative macroeconomic responses to a financial... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
health choices. The good news is that human nature can also be a source of solutions. Through her studies in Zambia exploring the reasons for unwanted pregnancies and the incentives that would motivate hairdressers to sell condoms to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
office-but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and become more productive in the process. In fact, she shows that you can devote more time to your personal life and accomplish more at work. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
more than mechanistic structures that defined work roles and regulated economic action. Mayo, Roethlisberger, and their followers saw organizations as social systems characterized by ideals, values, and, ideally, a purpose. An individual View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
said. Men, on the other hand, "attach everything on the table—we call them Frankenberries." The watch industry might be a good analogy as to how devices will evolve, he said. For next to nothing, you can get a watch from Timex... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
offer their thoughts on the Greek economic crisis. Their answers were written before last week's referendum vote by the Greek people, but their insights remain valuable. The Need For Sustainable Growth Calling for a referendum asking the Greek people to stay in the... View Details