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- December 2022
- Article
I Don't 'Recall': The Decision to Delay Innovation Launch to Avoid Costly Product Failure
By: Byungyeon Kim, Oded Koenigsberg and Elie Ofek
Innovations embody novel features or cutting-edge components aimed at delivering desired customer benefits.
Oftentimes, however, we observe the need to recall new products shortly after their introduction. Indeed, a firm
may rush an innovation to market in an attempt... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Management; Innovation And Strategy; Product Development Strategy; Product Introduction; Quality Control; Product Recalls; Game Theory; Market Timing; Innovation Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development
Kim, Byungyeon, Oded Koenigsberg, and Elie Ofek. "I Don't 'Recall': The Decision to Delay Innovation Launch to Avoid Costly Product Failure." Management Science 68, no. 12 (December 2022): 8889–8908.
- May 2004
- Article
Survival Beyond Succession? The Contingent Impact of Founder Succession on Organizational Failure
By: Heather Haveman and Mukti Khaire
Haveman, Heather, and Mukti Khaire. "Survival Beyond Succession? The Contingent Impact of Founder Succession on Organizational Failure." Special Issue on the Proceedings of the Conference on Evolutionary Approaches to Entrepreneurship in Honor of Howard Aldrich, University of Maryland, October 3, 2002. Journal of Business Venturing 19 (May 2004): 437–463.
- November 2018
- Supplement
Triangulate (B) Post Mortem
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Lauren Barley. "Triangulate (B) Post Mortem." Harvard Business School Supplement 819-080, November 2018.
- March 28, 2014
- Blog Post
What's Positive About Failure?
By: Christopher G. Myers
Myers, Christopher G. "What's Positive About Failure?" Center for Positive Organizations, Blog (March 28, 2014). http://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/blog/whats-positive-about-failure/.
- July–August 2014
- Article
Becoming a First-Class Noticer: How to Spot and Prevent Ethical Failures in Your Organization
By: Max Bazerman
We'd like to think that no smart, upstanding manager would ever overlook or turn a blind eye to threats or wrongdoing that ultimately imperil his or her business. Yet it happens all the time. We fall prey to obstacles that obscure or drown out important signals that... View Details
Keywords: Accountability; Business Ethics; Cognitive Psychology; Human Behavior; Personal Ethics In Business; Business or Company Management; Ethics
Bazerman, Max. "Becoming a First-Class Noticer: How to Spot and Prevent Ethical Failures in Your Organization." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2014): 116–119.
- 18 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language
Does the federal deficit matter? Oceans of ink track and report this monster tally (current estimates for fiscal year 2006 stand at $260 billion), yet Jerry Green of Harvard Business School and Laurence J. Kotlikoff of Boston University contend that the deficit and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- winter 1994
- Article
The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems
By: M. C. Jensen
Jensen, M. C. "The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 6, no. 4 (winter 1994). (Reprinted in the JACF, (winter 1994); Finanzmarkt und Portfolio Management, (January 1993); and Jensen, Theory of the Firm, (HUP, 2000) & abridged version forthcoming in Management Revolution. . ., (HUP, 2001).)
- 16 Jun 2020
- News
How to rescue a diversity and inclusion program headed for failure
- 17 Sep 2007
- Conference Presentation
Clear and Present Danger: The Failure of Political Institutions and New-venture Survival
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
- September 2000
- Article
Regulatory Free Cash Flow and the High Cost of Insurance Company Failures
By: Brian Hall
Hall, Brian. "Regulatory Free Cash Flow and the High Cost of Insurance Company Failures." Journal of Risk and Insurance 67, no. 3 (September 2000): 415–438.
- 1988
- Chapter
The Critical Path for Change: Keys to Success and Failure in Six Companies
By: Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat and Bert Spector
Beer, Michael, Russell Eisenstat, and Bert Spector. "The Critical Path for Change: Keys to Success and Failure in Six Companies." In Corporate Transformation: Revitalizing Organizations for a Competitive World, edited by Ralph H. Kilmann and Teresa Joyce Covin. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1988.
- January 15, 2002
- Editorial
Enron failures show U.S. auditing system is in dire need of big change
By: G. Loewenstein, D. A. Moore and M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Accounting Audits
Loewenstein, G., D. A. Moore, and M. H. Bazerman. "Enron failures show U.S. auditing system is in dire need of big change." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 15, 2002), p. 11–C.
- February 2012
- Article
CEO Relational Leadership and Strategic Decision Quality in Top Management Teams: The Role of Team Trust and Learning from Failure
By: Abraham Carmeli, Asher Tishler and Amy C. Edmondson
In this study, we examine a complex pathway through which CEOs, who exhibit relational leadership, may improve the quality of strategic decisions of their top management teams (TMTs) by creating psychological conditions of trust and facilitating learning from failures... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Decisions; Management Teams; Trust; Learning; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Failure
Carmeli, Abraham, Asher Tishler, and Amy C. Edmondson. "CEO Relational Leadership and Strategic Decision Quality in Top Management Teams: The Role of Team Trust and Learning from Failure." Strategic Organization 10, no. 1 (February 2012).
- Article
Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Elections, Banks and Agricultural Lending in India
By: Shawn A. Cole
Cole, Shawn A. "Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Elections, Banks and Agricultural Lending in India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1, no. 1 (January 2009): 219–50.
- June 2005
- Article
The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)
By: C. Nicholas McKinney, Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
McKinney, C. Nicholas, Muriel Niederle, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)." American Economic Review 95, no. 3 (June 2005): 878–889.
- March 1990
- Article
Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and The Failure of Established Firms
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Kim B. Clark
Keywords: Design; Innovation and Invention; Product; Information Technology; Failure; Business Ventures
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Kim B. Clark. "Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and The Failure of Established Firms." Administrative Science Quarterly 35, no. 1 (March 1990): 9–30. (Reprinted in The Management of Innovation, edited by John Storey, London: Elgar, 2004; Managing Strategic Innovation and Change, edited by M.Tushman and P. Anderson, Oxford University Press, 2004; and in Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, edited by Robert Burgelman, Clayton Christensen and Steven Wheelwright. Oxford University Press, 2004. Translated into Chinese for inclusion in an ASQ sponsored collection of "best papers" in 2005.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?
By: Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured. We suggest that incremental insurance expansions focused on addressing market failures will propagate inefficiencies and... View Details
Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30854, January 2023.
- 22 Jul 2007
- Conference Presentation
Clear and Present Danger: The Failure of Political Institutions, Planning, and New-venture Survival
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine