Place Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

strong complementarity, but it can arise for other reasons as well. Transaction cost economics and property rights theory advise that strong complements should be placed under unified governance, for example, through common ownership.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

conflict of interest settlement, many brokerages such as Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan Chase are outsourcing a lot of the number crunching activities of sell-side analysts to places like India, where labor costs are just a... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

Starting a successful business is often considered the hardest thing entrepreneurs do—but growing an existing venture may be even more difficult. Many companies get stuck on a plateau that inhibits their ability to grow: a scale stopper. Call this barrier the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

2014 Journal of Advertising Research Pitfalls and Fraud in Online Advertising Metrics: What Makes Advertisers Vulnerable to Cheaters, and How They Can Protect Themselves By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—How does online advertising become... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

-and sometimes contradictory-mindsets that the idea of melding the two seems almost absurd. Moreover, in a culture that counts religious pluralism and the separation of church and state among its most hallowed principles, integrating the two View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

discovered that this compulsory secrecy program was in place during the war, and after the war it transitioned to a peacetime policy that persists to this day,” Gross says. “Everybody in the system benefits from being able to access... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

began making hiking boots. The cluster later expanded into ski boots and sneakers, and drew investments from major brands like Nordica and Nike. Lead firms started offshoring production to cheaper economies like Romania and China,... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

measurements are often difficult. Many senior managers have come to believe that further investment in new technology and e-commerce is an imperative that is required to maintain or develop a competitive position. They often make... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

15 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

Response to Covid-19 (Harvard Business Review) What Quarantine Can Teach You About Spending and Happiness (Wall Street Journal) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge The health care system in the US is larger and far more complex, and the virus is already... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

Hare said, “Should we do better in investing in people? They’re an asset of course we should!” Guy Higgins and Lewisman agreed, with conditions: “ (as with the GI Bill) make the offer to men and women who have some life experience and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

Kavuma commented that, "I think that there is a place for both kinds of leaders and/or their schools of thought in the modern high tech and versatile business environment." David Wittenberg said that an "effective leader... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in Conference Calls of Foreign Firms appears to be one of the first... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

system firm put in place to align innovation. These cases help us to identify the range of outsourcing strategies that system firms could pursue and the factors that appear to influence which one is most appropriate. Read the paper: View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

and what companies can do. Interview has been edited for clarity and length. "Well over 50 percent of workers report they have some caregiving obligation." Harvard Gazette: There are 50 to 60 million caregivers in the nation. They make up... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

highly local. This means that industrial commons can have a local character as well. As a result, companies located in some places have advantages over others by virtue of their access to the appropriate set of workers, engineers,... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

"working in present time." When the actors perform, they know the dialogue in the script as much as a musician knows the notes in a score. But they want to arrive at a place in the script feeling the situation entirely new. They... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

dreaming up innovative solutions to unique problems. Analysts and programmers may also underestimate their own capacity to make mistakes. Testing, for its part, calls for a whole different set of skills. Testers must pay strict attention... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

11 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

In this excerpt, Nohria and Leestma outline the challenges and rewards awaiting businesses that target the mobile-commerce customer. The best place to start? Develop a thorough knowledge of consumer behavior.The race for dominance in... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

Repairing the damage done by the crash created opportunities to rebuild the business and make it stronger. Morgan Stanley's Slaughter cites three fundamental, lasting changes that, for the first time, made commercial real estate an... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

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