Balancing Innovation And Control - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

behavior could possibly arise, lie many examples of highly innovative management: the successful intermediation of the natural gas market, the "gas bank" created by Jeff Skilling, the development of standardized commodity... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

(whether Wellfleet should accept it or not). At the same time, students will learn that gray-area risk decisions and, in particular, risk-adjusted performance measurement can rarely be automated. Risk governance requires executives to strike a View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

challenges. In business, strategy is usually a response to conditions that exist "out there"—forces like competition and demand drive innovation and performance... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

continuity; discard control systems that limit creativity; discourage too much "convergent" thinking that "thrives on focus"; encourage processes that identify and invest in ideas View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

significant economic development of 2013. Use the "Comments" link to tell us what and why. Most Popular Stories In 2012 1. Clayton Christensen's "How Will You Measure Your Life?" Published: May 9, 2012 World-renowned... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small businesses are not creating these jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

from the human CEO over those they attributed to AI, suggesting a deep mistrust of algorithms. To explore this phenomenon further, Choudhury and his team conducted a second study that aimed to control for... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

there are fewer governmental controls and safety nets than in other countries. The second quarter of this year provided a "correction" in U.S. equity markets, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

of applicants weren’t willing to forego any pay for more control over their hours. While the results of this experiment and CTrip’s experience can be valuable, companies can also test policy proposals on a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

economy was managed spectacularly, with inflation brought down to single digits relatively quickly, budget balances within a reasonable ability to pay, and political stability guaranteed by the ANC's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jul 2019
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Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

further growth, and essentially the loss of control of the company by the board, which was even required to remake its composition. At Volkswagen, eerily similar things happened, this time with engineering... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

coefficients aggregate discrete choice model-which accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success-and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

country innovated in ways to minimize physical contact during the test procedure, such as drive-through and phone booth testing facilities, which protected both medical staff View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

28 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

goods in their stores. “You have to make it clear why it is worth their time and money,” says Lal. A balanced approach to agent network growth is best. When growth is too fast, agents compete among a small... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications

30 May 2018
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Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?

by the United States. Nearly all of it involves the trade of manufactured goods. Much less attention is being paid to trade in services, which represent 84 percent of all employment in the US, 80 percent of global spending, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

13 May 2002
Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

disciplinary powers similar to those of the stock exchanges. And, like them, it would be overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SRO board should balance members of the accounting profession... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting

06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

at Enron had nothing to do with the failure to expense options. Rather, it related to a failure to disclose something else entirely on both the income statement and the balance sheet. Enron had taken... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

and innovate from. Our efforts thus required an experimental laboratory to discover what will enable us as educators and trainers to efficiently View Details