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Leadership - Faculty & Research

in society. Meeting this aspiration requires equipping them with knowledge and tools that will enable them to understand what it takes to have a positive impact in the world. In line with this objective, this module note focuses on how... View Details

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

differences between schools and classes. Do some schools tend to have more tests in the morning than others?” The research also holds lessons for adults in the corporate world. Bottom line: Managers need to encourage employees to take... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

09 Mar 2003
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Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

cost advantage over integrated mills. But the quality of the steel they produced was inferior. The rebar market at the bottom rung of the industry (rebar is small steel bars made from scrap and used to create reinforced concrete) was the... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

09 Apr 2019
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Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed

share of society’s resources.” What’s to be done? Dalio suggests a series of reforms, including improved leadership from the top, more public-private partnerships to invest in “double bottom line projects,”... View Details

Keywords: capitalism

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

time to get all of their people together, so the meetings kept getting delayed and delayed,” he says. “The intent of these processes is often good, but the results are not. You have to walk a fine line and strike a careful balance between... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

rural settings. Caste in India is both less important and more important than it used to be. In some sense business is a great leveler. In the cities a low-caste person may earn a lot more than a high-caste person. Business cares about the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Negotiating - Alumni

offer is made Know your bottom line in terms of salary, benefits, etc... Negotiate base pay first, then other points the employer would likely agree to Save other issues of conflict for last Seek to... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

double digit comparable store and delivery sales growth. In 1998, Todd left Staples to co-found dry cleaner Zoots with Staples founder, Tom Stemberg (who remained Staples C.E.O.). Todd was C.E.O. of Zoots for five years, building the... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

Surround’s niche but results can be a little all over the place, Terry acknowledges, and the organic content is probably better for top-of-the-funnel awareness. As a small startup with no brand awareness, Surround needs more activity at the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

markets. The top left figure displays treasury yields at different maturities, and shows that yields, particularly short-term yields, have begun to rise over the recent time period. This is in line with expectations that the Federal... View Details

25 May 2011
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QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

leave vacant positions unfilled for immediate, measurable savings. That's the retail way. Moreover, the costs of understaffing aren't easily quantifiable; who can say how many customers are lost to long lines or stock-outs? “You can... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

22 Oct 2007
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Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

the line, are not directly replicable in software as there is no line to stop. "What we hope to do," Upton says, "is to distill the relevant aspects of lean manufacturing so that managers can see how these tools were... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

10 May 2022
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Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

Besides, prior studies have shown that other factors motivate self-employed people more than salary. Their bottom lines are not entirely measured in dollars, Kerr says. “It’s about being your own boss,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

for it to be effective, it has to be done all the way down through the organization. And the only important thing is when you get to larger consequence decisions or irreversible decisions, then you need to push that up. So if you push it down to the front View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

steam engine, electricity, and openhearth furnace allows businesses to expand nationwide Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19 First widespread use of auto assembly line Self-starter increases popularity of automobile Influence: Medium-High 20... View Details

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

community around a worthy cause and to develop leaders capable of co-design, he has sought volunteers (people in the company willing to work on their own time) to come together and start up profitable business lines in the so-called View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

12,000 jobs to workers who applied for employment via Wonolo’s on-demand job marketplace, the study reports. “The bottom line is that there’s a much bigger pool of talent out there waiting to be tapped,”... View Details