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- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
paramedics, how do gray zones operate and why are they significant? A: Occupations, de facto, provide the shared, collective level of understanding that allows moral gray zones to exist. Nurses, paramedics, or flight attendants, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
Summing Up Fixing the Way We Work There is a lot wrong with the way we work, but very little of this is due to new networking capabilities or communications technology. Neither can we blame increasing globalization and the demands of... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
I believe it is good to have experienced global fluctuations when you are running a business, because it makes you a smarter, more thoughtful executive. Sahlman: In general, I find that competent people can overcome cycles, even dramatic... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 11 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Board
globalized and became more competitive in the '90s, as the world became more difficult, CEOs got busier and joined fewer boards," Kaufman says. "That was one of the things that led boards to look further afield for directors.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- What Do You Think?
Succession at GE: What’s Next?
usual suspects. For example, qualities cited (other than the ability to listen, learn, and teach; a vision of the future; and the ability to inspire confidence, which were mentioned in the article) included "energy, dynamism ... tremendous stamina ... a sound... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
a mix of both. Wherever clubs fall on this spectrum, having a strategy that recognizes the global importance of stars is critical to long-lasting financial success. August 2013 Journal of Finance A Comparative-Advantage Approach to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
understand and capitalize on the needs of health care businesses. With the recent passage of health care reform adding to the pressures already squeezing the health care industry-including new payment models requiring significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
to $426 billion, accounting for nearly 70% of the jump in total syndicated loan issuance over the same period. Did the inflow of institutional funding in the syndicated loan market lead to mispricing of credit? To understand this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
with the “seventh sense” that Ramo talks about understand how networks change and speed up everything they connect. Seventh sensers don’t just see unused autos and drivers with some extra time on their hands. They envision what happens... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
“Queen Elizabeth: Mystique of Theranos Founder Grows.” She received prestigious accolades, being named Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, youngest winner of the Horatio Alger Award, and one of Time’s 100 Most Influential... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
understanding the mechanisms that permit firms to capture value. Many of these imperfections are competed away when firms struggle to attain and defend competitive advantages, making markets more efficient in the process. The remaining... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
in data. ML methods also address several issues raised by scholars pertinent to the norms of empirical research in the fields of strategy and management (such as “p-hacking” and confounding local effects with global effects). We provide a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
think their customers won't support the change because they are satisfied with the current product. The third is that they think it will negatively impact their revenue. And the fourth is they don't want to change the way the organization runs. Once you View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
supply chain profitability in emerging markets and understand the impact of e-intermediaries. Academic / Practical Relevance: In practice, much attention has been given to e-intermediaries, and they have often been touted as for-profit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
2017 Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Democracy: A Case Study By: Moss, David Abstract—Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
The first step is to understand how brands buy these services. What are they looking for? What do they need to learn? How do they go about assessing things like creativity, trust, and loyalty? This set of cases puts the students into the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety. It is a country that is at once cosmopolitan and confused about what its new View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? Over the past few weeks, we asked 600 CEOs that very question. Their responses were touching and instructive, but also daunting about the challenges leaders face at this... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams