Year Up - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

mark fifty years after the event, the statistics that marked extreme achievement on Everest were blown away as new records for the oldest, most often, and fastest climbs were logged in over a one-week period. Excelsior! It's an... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

treating platform systems and step processes as mutually exclusive architectures sets up a false dichotomy. Creating any good requires carrying out a technical recipe, i.e., performing a series of steps. Step processes in turn can be... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

percent for loans of up to $250,000 that can stretch for three years. P2P platforms offer amortizing loans with fixed interest rates and three to five year maturities. A third emerging online player in small... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

fields. Can you imagine doing brain surgery without proper training? Or playing the cello at Carnegie Hall or tennis at Wimbledon without years of training and practice? Just as you cannot learn these skills solely in the classroom,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

industry. Promoting from within is no promise of success, of course. Former Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O'Neal was with the company 21 years before his forced resignation on October 30. But strong leadership and effective succession programs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

independently operating silos and the filtering of information as it passes up through the hierarchies. Political vulnerabilities contribute to predictable surprises when a small number of individuals and organizations are able to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

health care by employers will result in a more cost-effective and efficient system. Participants submitted papers that were read in advance of the conference. These papers will be edited by Herzlinger and published later this year in a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

decoupling of the sources of value participants derive from any one experience—together open up the executive education industry to a radical restructuration. We argue that any consequential strategic action on the part of providers must... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

categories. This can lead to a certain amount of head-to-head competition between the two neighboring shopping centers; but, for the most part, their overall business increases as they siphon away customers from more remote shopping centers that aren't as assiduously... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

27 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

leg up hurts not-so-fortunate colleagues. Or the uneasy realization that their status boost could disappear as quickly as it appeared. In short, receiving an unexpected bump in prestige doesn't always feel good. Companies need to be aware... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

industry: dry bulk carriers, which primarily carry iron ore, coal, and grains; cargo ships, run by companies like Maersk that rent container space; and fuel tankers. In 2011, Dry bulk ships made up about 40 percent of the shipping... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation

17 Jul 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence

"network effects"—the idea that the value or utility of a product goes up as more people use it. A telephone holds no value if there is only one in the world—but the technology becomes increasingly valuable as more people use... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer; Education

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

The health insurance system in the United States is broken, and business is paying the price. Employers' insurance premiums reached an estimated $450 billion in 2000, and then shot up again, at three times the rate of inflation, in 2001.... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

Our most popular stories are those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders. Here are our most-read stories and faculty research papers in 2019. Tell us in the comment section below what you thought were the most interesting business trends of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

and Brooke Barton, 309-320. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007 Abstract After thirty years of development, commercial microfinance in the developing world—the provision of financial services to low income populations on a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

years voters would get the chance to choose their administrator of choice. While I am serious about this idea, I know that it can't work without the input of visionary policymakers who would hammer out all the details. If a company or... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

03 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?

changes on Black Monday for the 2014-15 season, seven for the 2013-14 season, and eight for the 2012-13 season. This year Black Monday is on January 4, 2015. Three coaches, Ken Whisenhunt of Tennessee Titans, Joe Philbin of Miami... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

government environment required to support citizens in the long term. The two goals can often be at odds, Werker says. Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 after an interim government was set up to move the country toward a more stable... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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