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- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
draws on theories of entrepreneurship and history to explore the ways in which historical processes play an integral role in entrepreneurship. It builds off the plea by Joseph Schumpeter for an active exchange between historical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
regarding the valuation of the firm. This exercise also highlights the challenges of valuing a small firm, where information and viable comparables are often limited or non-existent. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110035-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
PublicationsHigh Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage Authors:Michael Beer Publication:Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Integrating knowledge from strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
and SEC regulations. “Even a hint of negligence or misconduct can be devastating to a company.” Throughout the ensuing trial, Skilling and Lay strenuously denied knowledge of any conspiracy to defraud shareholders, despite the fact that... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
advertising and marketing services is best served through the coordination and integration of resources from both inside and outside the company, rather than assuming that these options are mutually exclusive. A review of advertising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
Recognizing foundational skills. The most durable skills in a labor market featuring rapid technological change are human skills. Employers need to make deepening such skills integral to their training and corporate learning programs.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
proportion of Latin Americans rose from 18 percent to 47 percent, and the proportion of Asians from 4 percent to 37 percent.4 By 1980, the integration of worldwide capital, commodity, and labor markets remained limited compared to the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- Research Summary
Competing on a Common Platform
Why have over 100 firms joined the Eclipse Foundation to collectively produce an open source platform and tools for software application development? What are they trying to accomplish? This research analyzes IBMs divestment of the Eclipse Java Integrated Development... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
people seek in a successful leader: Passion Decisiveness Conviction Integrity Adaptability Emotional Toughness Emotional Resonance Self-Knowledge Humility The emotionalism that goes with passion is more common in America than elsewhere.... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
continue working from home; this can lead to rival subcultures. Onboarding and integrating new employees is also especially difficult. The major issue with remote workers and motivation appears to be feeling isolated and second-class... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 14 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide
That kind of tacit knowledge is not easily captured in data and performance metrics, adds Sandino. “Amazon has been an expert on delivering non-perishable foods, but that is different than learning how to prepare certain foods, or knowing... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
that colleagues support one another's efforts to do the best work they can. That has always been true for efficiency reasons, but collaborative helping becomes even more vital in an era of knowledge work, when positive business outcomes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
online-security software firm OneTrust into an industry leader, so he changed how he lives. Now, he meditates daily and practices self-forgiveness. He says living a more grounded, balanced, and integrated life has made him a better... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
corruption, which increases managerial credibility. These effects are larger for countries with stronger law enforcement and more widespread assurance of sustainability reports. We conclude with thoughts about mandatory sustainability and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
paper, the authors argue that neither companies nor investors can be seen as taking sustainability seriously unless it is integrated into the quarterly earnings call. Until that happens, the core business and sustainability are two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
within pre-existing cognitive categories and therefore do not benefit from a pre-existing understanding or identity of an industry. Given the importance of identity, it is critical that we understand how the identity of a new industry is generated. I attempt to address... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
Team Diversity: An Integrative Multi-Level Model of Cross-Boundary Teaming By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Teaming across expertise boundaries, within and across organizations, is an increasingly popular strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
deceitfulness and fraudulence led to his public lambasting. Santos is just the latest in a long line of leaders for whom integrity has little to no meaning, including Frank’s Charlie Javice, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried, Tesla’s Elon Musk,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
restructuring in pillar industries and its effect on industry structures. In the petrochemical industry, the shift toward greater horizontal consolidation and vertical integration reduces the collective action problems associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
deployed to handle uncertain tasks. How can they effectively use their knowledge resources to assure quality communications and high performance when confronting uncertainty? Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace