Equality And Inequality - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2004
What Do You Think?

For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

intense exposure to news of business leaders' alleged (and in some cases proven) acts to deliberately mislead investors, employees, and others, we are naturally interested in greater transparency. And it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

size of the company's assets? The management of financial risks is not just a matter of "protecting" the firm against adverse events. A: As an accounting identity, the total value and the total risk of the assets of the firm... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

equally well within and between companies. Cross-company implementations, however, are still comparatively rare. We see them between large and technically sophisticated... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

on-time performance, and offered to share equally with all employees 50 percent of the cost savings achieved by better service. Employees were motivated to achieve this goal View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

Countries need to develop or acquire test kits and deploy testing sites. As mentioned earlier, testing is the only way to identify the whereabouts of the otherwise invisible enemy. Equally important is to... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

participants were given a situation involving a global context (strategizing about the future of a foreign wire service and advertising at an international sports competition). When asked to brainstorm in a local context (a US newspaper... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

expected to achieve. You might conclude, therefore, that the two spans should be equally wide or narrow. As the adage goes, authority should match responsibility. But in high-performing organizations, many people are held to broad... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

versus strangers) might affect their approach to splitting the equity (both the equality of the split and the timing of the split) and how the split might affect both the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

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