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Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
contrarian views are wrong most of the time, due to the wisdom of crowds. How can you know if you are too far out on a limb? Course Content and Structure The course will be structured into modules on problem definition and solution... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
the Economy Is Wrong by Edward Conard (MBA 1982) (Portfolio/Penguin) To explain the causes of the US financial crisis, conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using predatory tactics to seduce homeowners into... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate because they focus on the short term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned with those of society. View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
Well-intentioned parents across the country are enabling a “me” generation of children who lack the wisdom and satisfaction of accomplishment that only struggle and adversity can bring. Watts provides View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
examine the most up-to-date best practices and explain how companies can put a smile on customers’ faces and keep them coming back for more. In a recent interview, they explained some of their findings. Aisner: Why is it so important to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
upsetting the West's conventional wisdom about the reasons for Japan's success, Porter and his coauthors emphasize that Japanese practices such as total quality and continuous improvement were valuable... View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
a field largely based to that point on practice and shared (often untested) wisdom handed down from one generation to the next. This was followed by, among other things, the growing acceptance of a 1970... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
firms flatten, they are actually pushing some decisions toward the top of the firm. "The conventional wisdom of delayering is that it's about pushing decisions down," Wulf says. "But our research finds it's not as simple as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
Photos by Jeff Moore Conventional wisdom says expertise gained through years of experience is the key to business success. Conventional wisdom has never met Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975). Freeman’s unfettered... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
questions, presenting unique strategies and concrete steps useful for handling the growing number of giants in our personal and professional lives. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
rich selection of enlightening and instructive essays by Arthur C. Brooks, known worldwide for his inspiring yet practical wisdom and advice in his weekly column for The Atlantic and in his bestselling... View Details
- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
on rapid rotations. New research considers the wisdom of frequent assortment rotation in cases in which a retailer has many new varieties of a product to sell—nine different silver necklaces, say, or 17 different toaster ovens. Is it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
a wealth of real-company examples, the authors demonstrate a set of practical frameworks for managing a global innovation network. Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle of the (Mis)Management of Canadian Business from a Veteran Insider by Tony... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
relationship between manufacturer and retailer, Chun shows how certain promotional practices deserve to be rethought. Conventional wisdom and past research, for instance, have led some to conclude that... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management masters share the wisdom they... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
relationships, and work with greater wisdom and strength. It can help us understand how our daily work contributes to human flourishing, not just for ourselves and our families but for others as well. The book offers View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
If you don't know where you're going, any map will do.1 This conventional wisdom sounds right to many managers. It highlights the safety of having a clear objective for your management actions. It implies that all management actions are... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
and (f) profitability ratios. We show that SBPs are not constrained by standard industry classification and are more dynamic, pliable, and concentrated. We also show that co-search intensity captures the degree of similarity between firms. Our results highlight the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
to compete. Strategists have developed some well-known rules for navigating business environments with network effects. "Move first" is one, and "get big fast" is another. In a study of dozens of companies, however, the authors found that quite... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
Traditional wisdom teaches that brands win market share by offering a wide variety of products, increasing the chance of appealing to a wider variety of customers. But how happy are you when trying to find a head cold remedy at the... View Details