Attractions - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2001
What Do You Think?

What Can We Expect in the Other War?

most sensitive and talented prospects away? Will work groups be broken into increasingly smaller sizes, typical of the philosophy on which Nucor Steel was built—when a plant reaches a size of roughly two hundred employees, it's time to build a new one? Or, conversely,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

reason that the UK has been able to attract top Japanese and German company investment is that it is both a relatively efficient place to do business and one with access to the broader EU market. Companies in the United States have also... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

social risk and fiscal risk. Social risk management makes attractive programs that ameliorate market failures in bad economic times. Fiscal risk management makes unattractive programs that entail large government outlays at times when... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

a much more attractive deal be possible with another buyer, investor, supplier, or alliance partner?'" Rather than expend efforts at the table seeking to improve a potential deal, more sophisticated negotiators carefully assess... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

more to make the economics of a college education attractive for most students than reducing their student loan burden. Beyond that, the student loan problem is often misunderstood. About 30 percent of those who earn a bachelor’s degree... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

venture. Q: "Rich vs. King" is a concept that you've introduced to the venture lexicon. Please explain it and give an example of how it affects decision-making. A: At almost every stage of a startup's evolution, founders face a tension between View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

Another factor: Access to global talent likely shaped the transformation when it came to forming new companies. From 1975 to 2020, four “tech clusters” attracted the biggest patent issuance shift: San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and San... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

but initial indications would suggest that savings bonds might be as attractive to as many savers as on-site funding of an IRA," says Tufano, who plans to return for more on-the-ground testing in early 2007. Not A Perfect Solution... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

20 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

measure. Flexibility attracts talent For Oberholzer-Gee, the Prop 22 results showed that voters, like DoorDash drivers, saw flexibility as the most important element of gig work. As regulations are debated from state to state, he says,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology

14 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

what may be obtained when working with an independent agency that serves numerous clients. A long-standing issue is whether an in-house agency can attract and retain creative personnel as effectively as an independent agency. Q: At what... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

If you are an executive of a multinational looking for geographies in which to expand your markets, operations, and investments, is China more attractive than India? South Africa better than Mexico? Does Russia have more promise than the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

rather than a cause, of Infosys' decision to adopt world corporate governance standards. The proximate cause of the aspiration to good corporate governance at Infosys, in turn, is its need to attract talent with truly worldwide options,... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

habits of consumers. How about the habits of marketers? How open are marketers to trying these new methods of attracting customers? A: Marketers have a number of beliefs and habits that are becoming dysfunctional: for instance, the belief... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center

existing customers drop, but also there is a significant cost increase due to attracting new customers. Once these new customers come in, however, the lower service will only serve to drive them away." As for information technology,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service; Financial Services

25 Feb 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business

starts to develop as entrepreneurs look to attract resources to grow their ventures. Investors need to understand the motivations of the entrepreneurs they back to make sure their goals are aligned. How Do I Turn Potential Into Profit?... View Details

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

especially those with widely diversified product portfolios, are a dominant and critical enterprise model in emerging and developing economies and have lately attracted much attention in academic circles and business presses,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

Network Effects Authors:Hanna W. Halaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets would rationally prefer a platform-limiting choice. We show that platforms that offer a limited set of matching candidates... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

Blackstone Group had conducted a roll-up of theme parks and attractions business in Europe. It was considering how to generate liquidity for its investors. Blackstone entered the theme parks and attractions... View Details