Tolerance - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

capabilities, developing a reputation within GM for completing high-quality design and analysis projects for other Technical Centers at a substantially lower cost. In areas such as tolerance stacking analysis, GMTCI-Powertrain was now the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

Organizations stand to benefit when ideas are cross-fertilized and diverse individuals learn to work together. "Outsiders" can introduce valuable ideas. Learning and execution are often at odds: Learning by its nature involves uncertainty, false starts, and occasional... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

a new working paper. “We find that routine customers have higher value to the organization, even after controlling for their level of consumption,” Ascarza says. These customers may also tolerate price increases better and even stay loyal... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

building a culture based on collaboration, teamwork, and respect—and not tolerating employees who dominate or treat other employees as if they are there to serve them. Leaders sometimes inadvertently send the wrong message by excusing—or... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

Advances in Strategic Management Innovation Policies By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation but has not examined how this... View Details

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

Xerox’s Anne Mulcahy and Ursula Burns, I have witnessed firsthand just how well they handle extremely stressful situations. For Damore to say women are more neurotic, anxious, and lack tolerance for stress implies that women cannot handle... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

06 Oct 2003
What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

spending your time on disruptive innovations!" M. P. Singh, a manager in the public sector, suggests, "Expecting corporate culture to tolerate or encourage radical change or innovation is like expecting a country to encourage... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

people's plans? Second, will consumers tolerate fees for what they've formerly received for free? And finally, has competitive advantage returned to bricks-and-mortar operations? CNET's Bonnie was bullish on the future of Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

world is a competitive one," adds Coval. But much of finance theory can only be communicated in the classroom by making certain assumptions about the similarity of investors—that they all have the same information, for example, and the same View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

power in a small socio-economic class. Such an environment was less tolerant of the elitism and paternalism found in large, family-dominated companies in Britain. A corporate meritocracy emerged that fostered the development of a new... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

through the selection of leaders. That is, what qualities should we look for in leaders capable of employing denial usefully? To what degree do they include such things as self-confidence (within acceptable levels of hubris), self-awareness, the ability to listen, and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action

also emphasizes the importance of establishing an atmosphere conducive to organizational learning — a task he entrusts primarily to corporate leaders, who, he says, need to be tolerant of dissent and ready to hear new views. Learning... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

"The best creative environment is a safe one in which participants can freely express their opinions," according to Leonard and Swap. "Dissent must be tolerated and protected by the leader. In addition, a set of basic... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of positive industry trends, there were some nagging concerns that this might be a risky time in the public capital markets. The company had just completed an acquisition, and he had additional concerns that the public markets... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

in those areas. However, those incremental sales were offset by lower margins and return on equity, negating the benefits of those higher sales. "This evidence suggests that multinationals that tolerate corruption are able to grow their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

was what this free product would do to print revenues. Third, experiments and innovation require time and, by definition, a tolerance for failure. Trouble is, quarterly reporting pressures by public markets do not create the most... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

20 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Misgovernance at the World Bank

capital, shareholder losses, and, in the extreme, financial crises—at the end of the day the investors by their nature have some tolerance for risk. "In an aid organization, however, the costs of misgovernance are borne not by the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Jul 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?

tolerable level?” Ramji commented, “(I) think it is human vanity with some highly optimistic predictions ” Other comments took on an even darker tone. MichaelA wrote, “Homo Deus brings round the basis on which Humanism was first... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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