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- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable by committing mistakes while learning something new. In Flying Without a Net, Thomas DeLong explains how to draw strength from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
those in the Class of '71 were destined to earn their MBAs during one of the most turbulent social and political eras of our times. Turbulence within the class, in the form of widely divergent views on the day's events, was also in evidence. A petition urging corporate... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns. Moreover, they analyze the forces at work in markets around the world, which are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These questions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
on sales that is positive for most brands. These results imply that brands seeking to attract multitaskers' attention and dollars must select their advertising copy carefully. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
spending and confidence as well as new competitive forces on Starbucks' transformation. The case concludes by examining Schultz's own leadership journey, the lessons he learned personally during Starbucks transformation, and how he is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Linda Katz (both MBA 1994) considered thirty different companies before buying Molded Dimensions, Inc., a manufacturer of rubber and polyurethane products located outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since purchasing the company in April 2001, the Katzes have concentrated on... View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
above and beyond first-nature driven geographic concentration due to market size, comparative advantage, and trade costs. Second-nature forces including knowledge spillovers, capital-market externalities, and vertical production linkages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
purchase of electric vehicles (EVs). According to Kelly Blue Book, EV 2022 sales increased 65% versus 2021. I was particularly interested in the ChargerHelp! model with its focus on reskilling individuals, especially those from... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
to globalization, a second force enabling marketing to bring good quality to the masses is technology. Today, the Internet, supported like most of the diverse media that preceded it by brand advertising rather than subscription, is... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
hamper the growth of the Android platform may have merely shifted the sales to weak IP countries. This study sheds light on the emerging patent enforcement strategy literature by highlighting the heterogeneity in the efficacy of national... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
Witwatersrand and then earned a master’s degree in finance from the University of Pretoria. From there he took on a series of positions in financial services, including head of trading, head of sales and marketing, and vice president,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
technology company that they planned to start. “Having to submit the plan formally and knowing it would be scrutinized forced us to spend a lot more time making sure all the details — especially the financials — were perfect,” says Bang... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
themselves and the charity, they respond very similarly to self risk and charity risk. By contrast, when their decisions force tradeoffs between money for themselves and the charity, participants act more averse to charity risk and less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
compensated and paid for what they do. But the challenges that they face, as on average 20- 25-year-old men are not that dissimilar to what someone who's just, in general 20-25. They've got families. They've got friends. They've got loved... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
NCLB sanctions. These results are consistent with a model of principal-school matching in which school districts are unable to compensate principals for the increased likelihood of sanctions at schools with historically low-performing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
financial and nonfinancial measures, some envisioned its role only in formulaic compensation contracts. We describe an alternative view, in which the scorecard's formal measures are created and used for informal management, with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne