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- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
driven To Lead: Good, Bad, And Misguided Leadership By Paul R. Lawrence To deal with the much-discussed but still poorly understood complex of economic affairs known as globalization, we must examine its several forms from a Renewed Darwinian Theory point of view. Some... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
opening several “desal” plants a year worldwide, costing up to $300 million each. “Seawater desalination provides the ultimate answer for water-supply problems because its source is effectively limitless,”... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a positive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
currency. This reduced profitability because Clearwater's costs were in Canadian currency while its sales where largely in other currencies. The case also discusses the challenges of maintaining a sustainable fishery and uses the collapse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
little effect on the restaurant or movie industry. Their contentment left society slightly better off. It is generally wonderful when parties are able to trade off interests to create value. In fact, one of the most important... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more than a technical debate on the costs and benefits. Most people are aware that the long-term economic... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance Authors:Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas Publication:Organization Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper argues that learning in cross-race... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
collaborative organization and knowledge management? A: Many companies have focused on knowledge management the last couple of years. While that has been a good start, it is only one part of the overall challenge of creating an effective... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
but resistance becomes more deadly. Coalition military morale has collapsed. The outcome will be decided by approaching US elections. High economic and political costs force rethinks. Oil drives all. Production averaged about 2 million... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/History/ The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
mountaineering expeditions and firefighting crews. We've found that for change to stick, leaders must design and run an effective persuasion campaign—one that begins weeks or months before the actual turnaround plan is set in concrete.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
process? I think that these sorts of scenarios, along with doubts about the effectiveness of recent US foreign policy decisions regarding Syria and Iran, have had a negative effect on how we're viewed by... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
in passing tort reform laws to limit the amount of damages patients can receive. Less attention has been paid to the effect such reforms can have on medical device innovation. Under the chilling effect of... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
therapies has become a reality, as have immunotherapies that induce or suppress a body’s immune response to treat disease. Yet, this relatively swift progress has not been fast enough for millions of other patients who still lack View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
''How long can this be sustained without effective push-back?" Others noted the benefits of scale in fostering success for the foreseeable future. Robert Duque suggested that the organization will learn from its subsidiaries, such as... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
necessarily charging higher prices to take advantage of inexperienced companies, says Stanton. They could also be trying to recoup their higher costs in working with a first-time employer, who might need more hand-holding navigating the... View Details