Creative Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

in primetime on network ABC's Thursday night, is plotting the future. One challenge she faces is to, as she put it, "solve the problem of writing and producing serialized dramas for broadcast network television." What changes could she propose to ABC to make... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

activity. Moreover, CDVC is likely to be in earlier-stage investments and in industries outside the venture capital mainstream that have lower probabilities of successful exit. Even after we control for this unattractive transaction mix,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

without their consent. Yet, sometimes honesty does hurt and bad guys do win. Thus, the fact that creative managers can often come up with strategies that are fair to non-shareholder constituencies while still maximizing shareholder value... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

likely to be overlooked for top assignments and promotions. As partners and friends, we are checked out and unhappy. Rebels—those who practice “positive deviance” at work—are harder to manage, but they are good for the bottom line: their passion, drive, curiosity, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

is certainly not the only game in town for startup hopefuls. The medical-device and biotechnology industries also lure people eager to create their own businesses, as do many of the areas that attracted entrepreneurs a decade ago. Of the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

was one of the first venture capitalists to build a portfolio around the transformation of industrial sectors of our economy. She co-founded Construct to expand this focus and pursue the next generation of massive companies to be built in... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

Chairman and CEO, Joh. A. Benckiser SE Meeting with colleagues in New York. Harf chats with InBev's CEO Carlos Brito and CFO Felipe Durta. Working with his daughter Katharina (left) at DKMS. Visiting the showroom of designer Derek Lam. Peter Harf has a passion for... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

He shows that while big bets require more justification, the facts alone don’t persuade skeptics. Instead, narratives that combine reason, contextual evidence, and creative interpretations align our imaginations. Cutting through esoteric... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

findings, we consider both information and social factors. We find that firms are more likely to protect proximate employees in soft information industries (i.e., when information is difficult to transfer over long distances). However,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

several hours that night to do it. I wanted to present an honest understanding of what I thought his gifts were and what he might do with them. Within a week he had signed on.” Bradley’s uncanny ability to see talent and immediately intuit how it can be leveraged is an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

pioneered shipbuilding techniques that not only allowed him to build ships at unprecedented rates, but he also spurred the whole shipbuilding industry to do the same. His fame made him the object of envy and scorn for shipbuilders all... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

Michael Depatie

be a great place to work. Last year, we were selected as one of Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” We try to create an environment where our people are empowered to make creative decisions but are also accountable for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Within and in Others By Dr. Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43) Independently Published From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at once to become an effective and thriving... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

about the up-and-coming general manager of Nickelodeon Latin America. “I was interested in the entertainment industry and globalization,” Hill recalls. “The article was about the business, not how she led.” So how did “Taran Swan at... View Details

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

eight years below the national average.) But with its manifold offerings and programs, all of which feed one another in ways both obvious and subtle, the school is a model for a radically diverse approach to economic development that combines View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks, and Build an Incredible Career Keeping a Diary to Catalyze Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa, Steven Kramer, and Ela Ben-Ur Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

that colleagues support one another's efforts to do the best work they can. That has always been true for efficiency reasons, but collaborative helping becomes even more vital in an era of knowledge work, when positive business outcomes depend on high View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

efforts, and thank them generously. Be creative and innovative about promoting kindness. CEO Rick Woldenberg of Learning Resources distributed a “kindness calendar” to challenge people to engage in activities that demonstrate compassion... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

sector are doing their part to accelerate startup activity for founders across the board. Many also believe the 2011 revolution was an additional catalyst. Business, they maintain, is the outlet by which creativity can currently find its... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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December 22, 2015

First Look: December 17

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

Doing It Your Way

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Extraordinary People

Alumni and Faculty Books

First Look: September 5, 2007

Front-Row Seat

First Look: February 26, 2008

Michael Depatie

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Making the Case for Leadership

City on a Hill

First Look: February 18

First Look: January 28

First Look: January 14

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

Step Change