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- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
notable investors. Higgins contends that an IPO team's connections are a crucial component of any startup's portfolio. "There's no question that the new company must show promise that it has a good product and that it can bring... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
described the Metaverse as “alternate digital realities where people work, play, and socialize.” That reminds us of the things that were promised us by futurists at the time of the development of the internet, many of which have exceeded... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
ideas and ventures; and the drag of middle management screening of ideas in large organizations that is absent in startups. They concluded, among other things, that the bottom-up RAP process still held the most promise if top management... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?
patient-protection legislation promising to set off a round of expensive lawsuits, and costly genomic technologies on the horizon, the price of insurance is almost certain to continue its upward spiral in the years ahead. And what do... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
firm's and his personal performance. Besides, the compensation committee would have to approve any unusual change for the person in question. A promise of increased management responsibility is unlikely to be a major carrot. Finally, of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
foreigners. In the somewhat special case of Indonesia, the political crisis accompanying the Asian Currency Crisis meant that no increases in rates were granted; thus the state-owned power distributor simply could not pay what had been View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
values statements of vague promises to make the world a better place that most companies proffer. "You've got to get beyond the values laundry list, which for most companies comes down to them being committed to everyone for almost... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
and Michael Slind show how trusted and effective leaders are adapting the principles of face-to-face conversation in order to pursue a new form of organizational conversation. They explore the promise of conversation-powered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
that Promised Land and how they're different from the founders we looked at in the beginning of the course," Wasserman says. In the end, the course is about self-reflection and foresight. (Wasserman explores these ideas further in an... View Details
- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
percent. The cost of creating this closed ecosystem of top-tier executives is more than the price of CEO compensation and searches. It is also the cost of the failed messiahs who could not deliver the promised results. Industry wisdom,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
had promised Wall Street—were fraught with risk. Senior executives must evaluate the seriousness of the risks and identify alternative ways of integrating the two firms, while safeguarding the technologies that process and clear a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
accounted for $124 billion corporate assets filing for Chapter 11, including CIT Group, Six Flags, Lear Corp., and Charter Communications," Gilson writes.) In a prenegotiated Chapter 11, firms don't formally solicit votes but rather ask key creditors to sign a... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
regulation—prohibition, in fact—for federally funded research into an area of great promise while, at the same time, we have no regulation at all in the field of reproduction. Clearly, I wouldn't want to see tight constraints put on... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
(an average of seventy-eight years in the United States), promised to keep the Boomers active in the workforce long past age sixty-five. This development, as well as the growing importance of Millennials, View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
understanding when to use which medium of communication (email, telephone, Zoom).” Searching for the silver linings The new year began with promising vaccine developments, giving CEOs some rational hope, but there is still a long, dark,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
promising and profitable. This should benefit small businesses who, despite having to deal with higher interest rates in some cases, could find more transparency in product and pricing options, lower search costs, and better speed and... View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
her chin. Now if I spend some time setting up that scenario and then follow up by asking you to tell me how much you like Mac computers, I promise you that you'll rate them more highly than you would have if I hadn't just talked about how... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
interest intrigued Zappos' senior executives, they had not felt the time was right, until now. Amazon's offer—10 million shares of stock (valued at $807 million), $40 million in cash and restricted stock units for Zappos' employees, and a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
its network of food banks. It considers the promises and pitfalls of using market-based allocation in the context of a centralized artificial currency market and evaluates the importance of different design components in making the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
strong theoretical performance guarantees as well as promising numerical performance results when compared to other algorithms developed for similar settings. Moreover, we show how our algorithms can be extended for use in general... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne