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- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
Prior research suggests that stress is a function of the difference between job demands and job resources. Even with high job demands, if employees feel they have the resources to meet these demands, they are likely to feel less stressed... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
access to more candidates, initially positive indirect network effects decrease in strength, reach their limit, and eventually turn negative. The limit to network effects is different for different types of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
individual contracts with each town or city they serve, after bidding against other cable providers for the chance to do so. They then, in turn, receive fees from broadcasters to be included in their limited channel lineup in each area.... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
interact—everything from how people view the role of the individual versus the group to their attitudes, say, about the importance of time or relationships. In response to these challenges, a great body of literature has emerged to help... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
Business of Emerging Markets
of the palm oil cluster in Malaysia and Indonesia and its global implications for corporations, governments, and individual actors, especially in emerging economies. I’ve also reframed key ideas and theoretical contributions underlying my... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
that merchandise would no longer carry individual price tags and that shoppers might be overcharged at the register. More recently, customers have expressed concern that electronic shelf labels could be used to raise prices between the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
deeper understanding of what has happened, and a broader conception of what must be done. Such understanding is all the more crucial given the evolution of business in recent years. Business is a remarkably dynamic and quite powerful force in society, and the View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
power. Equal ownership means that the parties must work out solutions to problems and differences beforehand, so that they enter the alliance with the attitude that they are true partners. With that mindset, the chances are much greater... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
positioning yourself? —Caroline Pan (MBA 2001) STEWART: There is no one answer to this question. The advice is not different from what men do, by the way. Unlike almost everything else a successful person does in his or her professional... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
transparency in the food industry, and the iterative process that created Clover’s different look and feel. READ MORE Julia Hanna: So how would you describe Clover Food Lab to someone who’s never been there before? Ayr Muir: At its most... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
that “Gathering direct and original facts is a tedious and dif cult task, and it is not surprising that such work is avoided.” For the 50th JAR Conference, we introduce a framework to help researchers understand the complementary value of seven empirical methods that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
individual tastes, they will migrate away from hit products. He thought companies should therefore stop relying on blockbusters and focus on the profits to be made from the "long tail"-niche offerings that cannot be offered... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
individuals who helped establish the corporate strategy movement that underpins today’s multibillion-dollar consulting industry. The four men are Bruce Henderson (MBA ’41), founder of The Boston Consulting Group; Bill Bain, creator of... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
social and cultural contexts that shape how men make sense of themselves as men—the stories they tell themselves about what it means to be male—and in the effect this sense-making has on how they behave at work. Much research on gender in organizations documents how... View Details
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
one an overland trip across four African countries that culminated in volunteer work at a university in Mauritius. These were two totally different experiences, but with the same impact: They gave DiDonna some real separation from his... View Details
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
ideas," Coval says. Over the course of a simulation, students input their decisions on networked computers; once trading is halted, the program automatically generates a slideshow summary of individual and overall performance. The... View Details
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
with all of her colleagues to work from home due to COVID-19. Stephan has worked remotely since 2001 in various roles in banking, recruiting, and education and was the first ever remote employee at Morgan Stanley. Their two different... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising
giveaway, whether tucked into products at the factory by wholesalers or inserted into packaged goods by retailers. Traveling salesmen had the opportunity to distribute trade cards to individual customers, general stores, retailers, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
individual flips from being a passionate advocate of an idea to offering realistic viewpoints of the challenges in the way of success." Other behaviors to scout for include a bias toward creating data rather than getting it, a willingness... View Details