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  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

expanded, while disagreements on the terms of natural gas supplies have been resolved. The case describes the impact of the interplay of great power politics, domestic political considerations, and economic factors on the efforts of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

corporate) now needed to understand how and why they were doing so and to make sure that those edits were being made in a constructive manner. In a disagreement between human and machine, Belk allowed humans to win by design by giving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

distinguish those protections that reflect genuine consumer concerns from those that merely protect trade-exposed domestic producers. For the moment, such disagreements are managed by the dispute- settlement body of the WTO. There is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

distribution-enhancing policies generate fierce debate. A central goal of class discussions in this module is to have students identify, understand, and engage with the sources of these controversies. Consistent with the core lesson of the overall course, a key source... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Business School Case 209-052 CityCenter is a $9 billion project for MGM MIRAGE. The project's star architects have a major disagreement about a critical design issue. Bill Smith, head of the MGM MIRAGE Design Group, must resolve this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

guidelines you've identified for (1.) sparking constructive conflict; and (2.) devising a decision-making process that will be fair and effective? A: To be effective, leaders need to ensure that conflict remains constructive. That is, they must stimulate task-oriented... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

breaks down or needs expediting. And how about her uncanny ability to decode behavioral cues—subtle signs of disagreement or even hostility among subordinates in meetings? How does she do that? That storehouse of unwritten process... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

study. Of course, there are also political issues and disagreements that are slowing the progress of the IASB. The IASB has had problems getting some standards through in Europe. They recently had to withdraw guidance on hedging because... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

chemical company, is in the midst of the first use of a new zero-base budgeting system. The general manager of the division leading the process is experiencing disagreement and conflict among the members of the senior management team.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

corporate tax code? Because the IRS wanted loopholes? No, because businesses pleaded for loopholes that benefited them. MP: And legislators saw a great way to get campaign contributions. Q: What reaction have you heard from the business community? MP: Very little View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

natural gas producer in the world, to cut off gas supply to Ukraine because of disagreement on the terms of future trade. The case also narrates the events that have followed: the adoption by Gazprom of a comprehensive policy to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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