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- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
initially skeptical about the group, success is unlikely. This suggests how important it is for companies seeking to build standards around their technologies to find credible standard setting bodies with well thought through policies to... View Details
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
employees that their thoughts are welcome—and that includes inviting people to push back on a company’s strategies when they disagree with plans or recognize flaws. “You are training people to contribute by constantly asking questions:... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
employees against incompetence and inability to scale up with the company. In interviewing Majmudar, we thought we had reached the end of the knowledge transfer chain. But no. He was coaching three of his friends who were starting up... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
the emerging superportable market would be huge, and HP engineers thought they could leverage existing intellectual property in drive design from their high-end 2.5" laptop drives. In other words, because it appeared able to satisfy... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Typically, this performance is thought to be a characteristic of the firm, not the CEO who happens to run the firm. In contrast to this conventional wisdom, we find that equity issues depend on changes in Q and returns to a greater extent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
Business School Case 617-029 Anthony Starks at InSiL Therapeutics (A) When Bruce Wayne hired Anthony Starks, he thought he had hit a home run by getting the most brilliant and passionate scientist-leader in the field to be his CSO. But a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Yammer's scalability, software development, and organizational culture. David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, debated the challenges and opportunities related to competition, product, and culture as he thought about the offer on the table. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
thought of before. It's one thing to say, "You need to change your system of cooking." Perhaps you could solve it better by saying, "There's a much more efficient way for you to cure your meats." In a sense, the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give meaning to any circumstance and thus shape behavior: past experience, expectations about the future, group membership, and cultural values. This article opens with a series of thought... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
setting up a thought experiment, this exercise challenges students to examine their own assumptions about the meaning of the word "public" in public education, as well as to understand competing assumptions held by others.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
company in Boston, I was recruited by another speech recognition firm in Silicon Valley. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to take the job given the noncompete agreement I had signed in Boston, but I was nonetheless able to make the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are similar to, but more complex than, the mortgage-backed securities long used to bundle and sell packages of residential loans. "Commercial mortgage-backed securities did not exist in 1990 and were not View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
methods for exploring layoff alternatives (such as furloughs, retraining, and reassignments), and determine options for three scenarios: a healthy present, short-term volatility, and an uncertain future. As firms like AT&T, Michelin, Honeywell, and Nokia have... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
discuss the findings. Sean Silverthorne: Traditionally we've thought of innovation as something done internally by a business, often through a centralized R&D team. But your study discusses a trend where companies innovate in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
restructuring or explicit affirmative action policies for women. Being thoughtful about the implicit signals that are embedded in the structure of the organization in terms of who is in what types of positions may be a way of getting more... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
degree of stability and predictability. Many businesspeople thought elements of the Trump administration were favorable, such as a reduction in regulatory burdens and taking more aggressive steps toward foreign parties, especially China,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
Steiner 2006; Titmuss 1971). Blood, organs, and cadavers are generally thought to be better left untouched by market dynamics. Their sacredness sets them apart from other traded goods. As Philippe Steiner recently reminded us in this... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
Few industries have had the competitive challenges—the literal ups and downs—experienced by the U.S. airline industry since its formation in the 1920s. Consider that its early pioneers had the unenviable task of selling tickets to people who View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
energy sector. As Khosla thought about the hundreds of millions of dollars required by his portfolio companies, he wondered how he should position his firm at this stage of development. Should Khosla develop a new fund that focused on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
wrought by Wall Street's first panic, the New York legislature acted quickly to ban outdoor securities auctions and a popular class of financial instruments known as "time bargains," both of which were thought to have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace