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- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Edmondson Abstract—In this paper, we examine whether and how traditional team structures can be adapted to accommodate fluid personnel and to what benefit. Previous research has shown that team membership stability fosters familiarity,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software vendors, integration partners, and technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
Colorblindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications Authors:Evan P. Apfelbaum, Michael I. Norton, and Samuel R. Sommers Publication:Current Directions in Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the pervasive endorsement of racial colorblindness-the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday
forgotten, current Prime subscribers will benefit from large savings on big ticket items. But the company may have other motives in mind, as well, such as fending off up-and-coming online retail competition. Many other companies (Walmart among them) have begun their... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
considering firms for membership in the Russell Value 3000, Russell Value 2000, and Russell Value 1000 indexes. Replacing the book-to-market ratio for more relevant valuation ratios will produce more representative value-stock portfolios,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
needed and more seats on the board will be demanded. The board will need to monetize the membership in whatever fashion ensures a profitable return of capital for the venture fund's investors. So my advice, if they believe Ello is still... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
Schwager, was more than qualified to take over, there were some concerns. Kubasik had planned and implemented most of MCBRE's current initiatives and single-handedly recruited nearly all of MCBRE's current members. Would MCBRE be able to retain its impressive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
failing, and the numbers bear this out. Less than half of loyalty memberships across all US sectors are in active use. This is due to multiple problems, including privacy concerns and poor ease of use, but Alvarez argues the main issue is... View Details
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
membership is considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives have led firms to increase return on equity proportionally by 41% on average, via higher margins, efficiency, or shareholder payouts, depending on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
Categorization of Black-White Biracials By: Ho, Arnold K., Jim Sidanius, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Mahzarin R. Banaji Abstract—Individuals who qualify equally for membership in more than one racial group are not judged as belonging equally to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
organization and prepared to challenge its own doctrines about how it operates to drive more resilient features into the entire platform (e.g. supplier partnerships and sourcing under duress, prime membership adjustments) that supplement... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
benefits to both members and nonmembers, negotiating advertising and product standards. "French consumer groups cultivated membership not by providing selective benefits, but by emphasizing their public purpose," Trumbull writes. French... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
investing the time or recruiting people to improve those processes.” The researchers conducted the survey over nine months between October 2015 and June 2016, in partnership with the membership organization WomenCorporateDirectors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
News on firms in the time period surrounding the 2000 presidential election and its influence during the election of 2016, it is worth repeating that the media landscape was very different in 2000. The few social media outlets that existed were extremely basic, and... View Details
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
socially driven purpose because of how it affects-through the visibility of firm membership and through the visibility of the firm's actions-employee identity and reputation, where we define "identity" as our own beliefs about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
“comvoc”), and leave their differentiated personal selves and external group memberships behind. All it took to motivate people, it was thought, was to offer financial incentives, and good results would follow. Well, we know where an... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
family and business. You really have to respect the business hierarchy if you're going to run a good business. [Ask] "Am I going to be consulted? Are we really going to respect the hierarchy in this business or does family membership... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
achieved largely through the bond of family membership or the personal loyalty of appointees. The family patriarch might take an annual voyage to visit key foreign holdings, and would perhaps also correspond with the appointed heads of... View Details
- 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 for innovation. Although View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne