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- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
economy.” According to the researchers, “Supply chain industries are a distinct and large segment of the economy. In 2015, they accounted for over 53 million jobs, 43 percent of US employment.” “We think this is a breakthrough—a new way of View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
TripAdvisor, which doesn't have such accountability. On the other hand, Luca approves of the more extensive options that TripAdvisor provides for sorting and categorizing reviews of hotels—for example, business travelers can find reviews... View Details
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
closely, the researchers conducted an online survey of nearly 600 people in the United States, asking them to recall their social interactions the previous day and categorize them into categories like stranger, acquaintance, friend, or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom
and care for family members. Survey respondents included 13,326 women and 18,152 men from 24 developed nations. The researchers based their analyses on responses collected from the 2002 and 2012 surveys. They categorized the countries by... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
but it doesn’t highlight your expectation that sales will be flat in the year ahead, and you are aware that it is likely to create the false impression by your counterpart that sales will grow. After being given these definitions, the majority of participants were able... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
analysis. And a few are motivated simply by the vision of a better and more humane way of conducting business. Overall, though, my experience has been that probably half, and maybe even two-thirds, categorize ethics mainly as a risk... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 18 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers
organized deposits by high-to-low ordering as of 2016, according to a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts. "We always thought of banks as being the good guys and payday lenders as being the bad guys." At least a quarter of US households are View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide
opportunities. Conversely, the models also highlight opposing profiles within sectors. We recently talked to Awada and Srinivasan, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, about the study. Danielle Kost: Why should the investment world reconsider... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
works on specific types of inventions We were also interested in the types of inventions Bezos was personally involved in, so we broadly categorized his patents based on information in the patent abstract and description. We found that... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
categorizing activities and businesses into “areas to invest, areas to maintain, and areas that can be reduced or eliminated.” Identify areas where revenues can be increased and costs cut in advance of a downturn. Strengthen the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
wealthy shifted how they categorize their income to take advantage of the tax cuts, widening the income gap in the process. The paper uses state rather than federal data because corporate tax cuts happen much more frequently at the state... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
pursue? To adapt to a new customer-centric directional reality, we propose an alternative to Ansoff's (1965) growth strategy matrix (see table below). The proposed 2 x 2 matrix is categorized by whether the firm is competing with existing... View Details
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Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management
The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
Investors come in more shapes and sizes than hats and tacos: Angel, VC, limited, corporate, banks, institutional, friends and family—these are just some of the categorizations used to describe them. Now, a recent paper explores who might... View Details
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
seconds, followed by a decision screen displaying both price and product. They then indicated the extent to which they wanted to buy the items on a scale from 0 to 100, with anything above a 50 categorized as intent to purchase the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
people as A, B, or C players isn't fair. DeLong agreed. But, he added, people categorize others all the time. In his research he has been surprised and frightened at how quickly people in organizations get classified. Even a couple of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
Sameer Kamat asked whether Kellerman's categorization over-simplifies the issue and opines that "these are transient states that followers pass through in their careers." Sujeet Prabhu observed that "The five types of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
might have produced the same results as the McKinsey study. He commented that improved performance is not about gender diversity, but rather about cognitive diversity--"differences in the way that we see and categorize the world, the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
effectiveness is measured. This forces the FDA to make ad hoc rules for the testing of each new device in order to properly gauge safety and effectiveness. When Stern looked more closely at the numbers, however, she discovered a curious paradox. The FDA View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
lengthy time horizons. Therefore, on top of this categorization of activities, it is necessary to overlay a coordination system: an explicit definition of processes, responsibilities, and structures to bring together multiple functions... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston