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- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
alums. "We set up the forums as opportunities for candid discussion among peers," says Paine. The principal question asked of each participant was this: "If we stipulate that the system of market capitalism has been the source of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Multi-Sourcing at Adidas This case describes the design and implementation of an IT-multi-sourcing strategy at a large global sportswear company, the adidas Group, which is headquartered in Germany. To help increase the benefits and reduce the risks of its View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
Hagiu and Altman provide a framework for doing so. They lay out four specific ways in which products and services can be turned into platforms and examine the strategic advantages and pitfalls of each: (1) opening the door to third... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
hypothesis predicts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., communication links, geographic collocation, team and firm co-membership) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
build a scholarly community that reflects what is happening in the broader world while creating new learning materials for students and practitioners." Iansiti and Lakhani's MBA elective course Digital Innovation and Transformation... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
the twenty-first century as the epoch-making era of playing fields becoming more level and opening markets, reducing government control, and spreading lifestyles and products of different cultures from all over the world. In this context,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
communication exchanges, are not going to happen unless managers better integrate common standards. McAfee studied IBM's B2B midrange ordering system and interviewed key players to find out what worked and what didn't. Using his case... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
and the latest example of zero-sum competition. If drugs are too expensive, let's get the government to pay more. Now that healthcare costs have gotten so high, it is squeezing consumers, employers, state governments, and federal governments. The pain is so great that... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
mixed expertise teams in which members must work together across knowledge boundaries to accomplish challenging goals will be more likely to collaborate effectively if each individual member perceives that his or her expert identity, defined broadly to encompass... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Schorderet, debating how the company can defend and grow its position in Saudi Arabia while also finding new sources of future growth (e.g., bringing its production model to new markets with fragmented dairy sectors or entering new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of exogenous price variation to assess the validity of this prediction: higher tariffs should lead to higher prices and therefore to more integration. We construct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate goods sector, entrepreneurs must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and entrepreneurial behavior to the ways in which governments determine policy—is less well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
now at a level of reasonable safety to open up. Much media attention has been paid to easing restrictions—basically increasing the available supply of offices, restaurants, colleges, stores, and factories. “Will shoppers, diners,... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
organizations like Braver Angels and the Constructive Dialogue Institute. Encourage leaders to model humility and openness to different viewpoints, setting a tone that discourages stereotyping and contempt. Vincent Pons is the Byron Wein... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
congruence. Performance appraisals with 360-degree feedback improves congruence and collaboration, opens communication when feedback is discussed by the team, and provides an opportunity for more accurate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the platform (eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion) in-house, but it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
benefit from a fresh and open perspective. For students, meanwhile, the experience of generating insights that could have real-world repercussions in a foreign country is empowering, says MacCormack, even if they never plan to work... View Details