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- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
David McKnight's comments reflected a similar need to take into account Chinese officials' views: "A far smarter approach is to evaluate the ethical impacts of Chinese law on a company's business model, and determine how to meet both... View Details
- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
(One cure for stock option abuse, say proponents, is to change accounting rules so that option grants are reflected in a company's principal financial statements. High-tech start-ups blister at that idea, saying it would harm their... View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
prices reflect substantially all publicly available information, and buyers can see which companies provide good value for the money. By establishing trust in the information, this system has lowered the cost of capital and enabled better... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
self-interest the common denominators to them all?" Echoing his point of view, does our current approach to greater accounting transparency through legislation and regulation attack the symptoms and not the disease? If so, is this a View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
the plans over many iterations of the course, they are a good reflection of the kinds of debates that nearly any group, reading that text, might have. For example, it would be very hard to read Sophocles' play Antigone and not discuss the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
companies or organizations to apply for H-1B visas on behalf of workers they would like to bring in to fill jobs. These are jobs that paid a mean salary of about $80,000 in 2016. Wages must reflect the current prevailing wage for that... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
company had performed well and was gaining momentum. Interline was a rare asset in terms of the scale it had reached. However, there were still unknowns. Would buyers reward Interline with a high valuation multiple that reflected its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
Recent reports that sales of new single-family homes rose in March are proof points that "the housing market recovery remains on track." We asked Nicolas P. Retsinas to reflect on the re-emergence of the housing industry, what... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
takes up time and requires prioritization? Is it a reflection of the fact that productivity improvement in non-manufacturing activities lags behind the manufacturing sector, at least in the US? Is it an indication that our new managers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com, which explored how restaurant reviews on Yelp affect their bottom lines.) Reviewing The Reviewers After spending some time on Yelp, Luca questioned whether the site's star-based rating system (five stars for the best) truly View Details
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
immigrant concentrations, reflecting national trends since the early 1990s. The Cato study concludes that there are "strong, positive arguments for pursuing a policy of expanding legal immigration for low-skilled workers." Such... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
individuals' biases often get in the way of good decision making. In part, it's a reflection of what we often term "analysis paralysis" in MBA-speak. A distant cousin to thin slicing in our management curricula of the past forty... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
driven by the fears of the past: ensuring nuclear safety and radiological health and avoiding nuclear proliferation. However, our actual experience with these issues has been far different than anticipated. Political leaders and voters need to ask regulators to... View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
employees, rather than simply issuing orders, leaders can promote operational flexibility, employee engagement, and tight strategic alignment. Groysberg and Slind have identified four elements of organizational conversation that reflect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
fail to focus on a variety of situation-specific (or customer account-specific) factors. We also urge vendors to go beyond just a descriptive tact focusing on the means of these variables, and to study their impact on response coefficients that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
tightest fit between actions and intended impact. An organization's choices must reflect its priorities. Once leaders have asked the right questions, the resulting clarity will help them with difficult choices they need to make to be... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
riches" is instilled in people very early. But in other countries, no such role model exists. The stigma attached to failure is not just cultural; it's also reflected in bankruptcy laws. For example, in Switzerland, where military... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
systems that are trained on past behaviors. This could lead to AI scribes being biased toward upcoding, reflecting volume-based revenue maximization incentives. What needs to be done? The promise of AI to improve provider well-being and... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to the formal banking system. In the period 2000 through 2005, there were approximately 30 million checking accounts reportedly closed for excessive overdrafting. Closure rates jointly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
is just launching, but devising a static split doesn't properly reflect the fluid nature of startups. My research also shows that 33 percent of startups split 50-50, usually when the team is splitting early. In these cases, the founders... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons