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- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
selected was the only candidate considered. Far too few companies conduct reference checks; far too many rely on gut reactions when judging qualifications and cultural fit. Hardly anyone considers whether... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
Traveling Salesman in American Culture (1995) and my book, Birth of a Salesman (2004). In the past few years, scholars have done a lot of work on 20th-century salespeople in Europe, comparing these experiences with those in the United... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
a concern of several respondents. Santhanam Krishnan said, for example, that "assuming even the valuation is possible, it is a moot question as to how many buyers of such companies (unable to afford to defend their IP) would be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher Abstract Many companies have successfully used outsourcing to lower costs. But, unless the company's efforts are unusually good, true competitive advantage is fleeting when competitors begin outsourcing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new institutional economics, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: companies large and small are shuttering more quickly than ever. What does it take to buck this trend? One answer is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture By: Padavic, Irene, R. Ely, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a team of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
of undergraduate education. But perhaps nowhere on earth have recent decades seen more revolutionary change in higher education than in the People's Republic of China. Thirty years ago, Chinese universities were just reopening after the catastrophe of the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
impact of immigration on native men’s employment and occupational standing, which increased the supply of “marriageable men.” We explore alternative mechanisms—changes in sex ratios, natives’ cultural responses, and displacement effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
horizontally. We also decided that while there are lots of companies with expertise in different verticals, our basic concept of using auctions to help buyers and sellers was exactly right and our pricing was right. While our executional... View Details
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
had the kind of in-depth look it deserves, yet it is at the core of a number of the problems we've seen. The board of directors and its compensation committee determine the compensation of the CEO in our system. Yet too many companies in... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
customers. Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Competitiveness in Catalonia: Looking Ahead—A Report of the Center... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
individuals to enroll in weight loss programs, without a decrement in program effectiveness. Future research could explore the cost effectiveness of such subsidies or alternative designs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51020 Spring... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
Western and white beauty ideals emerged as the global standard. The momentum of this standard was reinforced by the impact of Hollywood and other drivers of an international consumer culture from the interwar years. However the study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash company based in Argentina, was planning for rapid growth through a combination of owned and franchised operations. CEO Sergio Kompel needed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
his insights to set the stage. Senior Lecturer Clayton S. Rose, who for 20 years worked at JP Morgan & Company and headed global investment banking and global equity there, discussed the implications of change in commercial and... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
team and the ways in which firms shift their identities, build innovative cultures and processes, and begin to change the world around them. Business leaders will find the book a source of both powerful examples and immediately actionable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
debts, substantial store closures and workforce reductions, and sufficient new private equity capital to help reposition and revitalize Daiei's retail operations. Overcoming these hurdles in a large and visible company like Daiei would be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace