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- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
will eventually find themselves spending more and more energy fighting for a dwindling supply of resources—and the market will win anyway. Norton and Westinghouse, for example, two companies that lived by the sword—with managers who were... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days seem a thing of the past. How could such a reversal have occurred? Can it be corrected, and does it matter if it can’t? Car Trouble Every novice... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
for a second-mover to challenge a first-mover. A: Firefox and Camino claim only a small market share, and those users are on the tech-savvy end of the user spectrum. In particular for Mac-centric browsers, we still live in a PC-dominated... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
retailers gain experience with discount vouchers, these matters may become routine. But for now, there's ample room for error, creating important risks for retailers that fall short of applicable consumer protections. Q: How does the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
clear that what the Bank and other development agencies were doing was not reducing poverty. In some instances it was actually making it worse by sustaining the political and social arrangements that caused poverty, while increasing the country's debts. My interest in... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
Fienning, MBA Class of 1970, Section C. Five years after graduation, I was a partner in a mobile-home retailing company in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was a bachelor, living in a mobile home, and trying to create a manufactured housing... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
little bit about how American women basketball players began playing professionally in Europe? Levy: Well, it happened like this. There were leagues in Europe-- very amateur except that the players would get paid modest sums. And no one really earned a View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
under-conceptualized. That’s why the subject of climate and peace matters so much for business.” Ms. Grande continued: “There’s currently no global cooperation on a range of climate issues that impact business and the private sector. One... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
that experience? I lived in Asia for a time when I worked at GE, and I continue to be impressed by the growth there, particularly in India and China. I think it’s good for the people who govern our country to see more of that so they can... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
authors Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer discuss how even seemingly humdrum events can make huge differences in employees' emotional and intellectual well-being. "There's no reason, no matter how resource-constrained an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
what matters most; facing conflict, adversity, and ambiguity with decisiveness and confidence; setting uncompromising standards for behavior and performance; and selecting and developing great people. Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote work at many companies, complicating View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
explores many issues in the construction of large-scale buildings: how to envision such a project, how to manage the architects, how different designs add value, and what criteria matter in resolving a dispute between designers. The case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
matters in the investment decisions made in financing a project. Could you explain this further? A: Modigliani and Miller's (M&M) "irrelevance" proposition is one of the foundations of modern finance. It states that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
As the Bulletin celebrates its 75th birthday, this is a good time to reflect on the principal topics the magazine has covered over the years. In paging through 75 years of Bulletins, we found a remarkable amount of ink given to matters... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
going to be taken into the receivership process and liquidated or restructured. “One thing the critics don’t fully acknowledge is the world we live in right now,” continues Moss. “It’s one of massive implicit guarantees that are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It. And while his next move was to run the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) think tank, he couldn’t shake the topic. It wasn’t just a professional... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
necessary book, arriving not a moment too soon." Robert Reich writes "Anyone who wants to understand modern America should read this captivating book." Her 2012 The Outsourced Self: Intimate Life in Market Times , explores the many ways in which the market enters our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
“And it stood up to the take-something-away, add-something test. Which of those building blocks could you live without? None. What would you add to make it more complete? I still haven’t come across that missing piece.” So with a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
you can get ahead of some of those fires, what you will do is not reduce your workload, but you’ll reduce that level of tenseness and friction that exists between so many couples. And I say this personally, too, I live this as much as... View Details