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- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
see. From our offices and homes to our schools and hospitals, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized influence on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
about Marketus, a young man who leaves home for the first time and travels to an island on a quest to answer some of life’s basic questions. The book, a conversation with the hero's inner voice, is divided into four fundamental sections:... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
it imposes limitations and stifles innovation, as I argue in my new book Think Outside the Building. In companies, turf wars between departments and divisions hinder organizational performance. Silo-busting often consists of moving people from their View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
endorsements of the umbrella organizations. The big contracts did not come as quickly as the founders had expected, and in early 2001, the company was no longer in business. GovWorks's failure is a textbook example of the perils of grandiosity. View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- Profile
Paris Wallace
do. It’s a challenge that most startups go through. We’re now up to 18 people and we’re writing job descriptions for the first time. Before, it was hire really smart people who can figure it out. Now we need specialists. How does this... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
We find that linguistic complexity is positively associated with the language barrier in the firms' home country. Also, linguistic complexity in firms' conference calls affects the extent to which the capital market reacts to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
and New York," she says. Investing in entrepreneurs is smart for American competitiveness, says Karen Mills.Photo: iStockPhoto She also notes a lack of capital in America's supply chains, particularly small and innovative... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
and investing leaders in countries including Ethiopia and Tanzania as well as field research in Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda. (Several students have shared insights from their field studies here: IFC Africa: Building Cities.) I believe the lessons learned there can be... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
smart about competitive analysis and forging a strategy that considers realities and which way public policy is moving," Herzlinger says. "She must also understand capital markets, group dynamics, and different kinds of leadership." But... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders
their family after years spent working in house cleaning and other physically demanding jobs . He decided to stay in the US “I loved it here, this was home now,” he explained. So Westphal stayed on his own with a big year ahead –... View Details
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
those countries because people just didn't have credit cards or credit ratings so they could do a monthly billing. Those sorts of innovations might not be unique to a South African company, but they could just be what happens when you have a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
acting on your body that you can’t feel or see. From our offices and homes to our schools and hospitals, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized influence on our performance and well-being. They affect... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
control over the use of remittances. In partnership with a Salvadoran bank, we offered U.S.-based migrants from El Salvador bank accounts in their home country into which they could send remittances. We randomly varied migrant control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal 4-5 May 2023 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Robin Ely Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
video, all to improve the at-the-game experience and to keep pace with the coverage enjoyed by fans at home. Engineering Excitement If the NFL has seemed preternaturally blessed by good fortune and smart management, some of its success... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
one-story former garage on Grand Street in Soho that would be the main home of Deitch Projects for fifteen years. A Photographic Odyssey: Around the World with Alexander W. Dreyfoos by Alexander W. Dreyfoos (MBA 1958) (Cultural Council of... View Details
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Navigating Recruiting with Diverse Abilities: Advice from Alumni
but if I say that out loud maybe they won't want me because they'll just assume that I'm not smart enough or not capable enough,” shares Mitchell. However, Francis and Mitchell have found over time that disclosing their diverse abilities... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
operations cover food and home and personal care, and its brands include Lipton Tea, Hellmann's, Bird's Eye, Wall's, Ben and Jerry's, Surf, Domestos, Comfort, Dove, Sunsilk, Pond's, Signal, Axe, and Calvin Klein. In particular the book... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details