New Trading - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

will emerge new kinds of collective actions that will address the contemporary issues of multinational workforces and globalized networks of trade and commerce." These comments raise several questions:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

of education. This is particularly true of those with "strong brands." Describing the new virtual schools as "intermediaries," Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli suggests that schools with highly regarded and recognized names (or... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

creative destruction following U.S. banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. U.S. banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. The vast majority of closures, however, were the new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

door to success. Getting the sequence wrong could have led to failure. Though often overlooked, sequencing matters greatly in negotiation. Whether you're trying to get the "right" people to attend a charity event, invest in a View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

No one says the life of the entrepreneur is glamorous, at least in the start-up phase. Financing pressures. Bad diet. Family—what family? And now new research from Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman reveals another... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

In recent years, I have been inside nearly two dozen turnaround situations, in various stages of progress, in which new leaders were bringing distressed organizations back from the brink of failure and setting them on a healthier course.... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

have retained Best Buy's reputation for sound values (and his own). Contrast these actions with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who took immediate responsibility for his firm's recent trading losses, calling them "stupid and... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

Entrepreneurial success may depend on more than a great idea, plenty of connections, and financial backing, new research suggests. The entrepreneur’s job security may also play a significant role. Uncertain job prospects, such as those... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

the first world war, German assets in India were expropriated under the Trading with the Enemy Act 1914. The British Empire operated internment camps in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India. The... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

first flocked to the area in the 1940s and worked together to build the entertainment hub it is today: a destination for gambling, trade shows, comedy, music, and some of the finest restaurants in the country. “It is simply the result of... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

will require a new institution that can harness the capabilities of global corporations and, helped by loans from development agencies, directly attack the root causes of poverty. The need for corporate involvement in the fight against... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

Commerce and Strategy panel at the 2001 Global Alumni Conference. He told alumni that fighting against a larger, stronger rival means not playing the game that your opponents want you to play. "Instead, figure out a different way to go about your business, with... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

feel the pinch. Q: What does it mean for the U.S. economy if this is China’s new normal or things decline even further? A: The U.S. is growing solidly. This crisis is not going to be too impactful through the View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

and shake hands with the Pope John Paul II if he's not a rock-and-roll roll star." A leader's mission is not static; it evolves. Bono continuously sets new goals around several related global challenges. For example, he started advocating... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

legislators who decline to raise taxes and, instead, attempt to control these costs, face three choices: Cut Medicaid expenses through reductions in enrollment, benefits, and provider reimbursement; cut other state expenditures for the likes of education and roads; or... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

25 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market

federal court in New York City. Argentina categorically refused to negotiate with investors and halted payments to any creditor that rejected its offer. Investors who agreed to the exchange offer received View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

more tentative for small firms than for large firms. Regarding points of access to capital, community banks have long been crucial to small business lending. But community bank failures have been high and few new ones have started up.... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made... View Details