Culture Of Health Plan Of Action - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

the discussion of issues and actions required to support it. Next, First Commonwealth helped the board develop its own scorecard (First Commonwealth Financial's board strategy map). A board scorecard... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

scheduled dates—albeit in a modified (virtual) form. NFL scouts had the entire 2019 college football season to evaluate prospects. The NFL Combine, another opportunity to see select recruits in action, went ahead as planned at the start... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

with these messy, complicated sets of challenges. My focus for participants will be on questions such as: What is the role of activists in transforming organizations? What is the game View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

production and "customization" of materials. The engineering or applied science-based culture of many German firms kept power and authority closer to the factory or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

Virts replied. Regarding what it's like to work with an internationally diverse team in close quarters, Virts indicated that it's a matter of character and attitude. "The ability to work with other View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

have to decide what you owe them (if anything) in terms of fairness, candor, and use of pressure tactics. Whatever poster or credo you may hang on the wall doesn't mean very much if your View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

part of the individual, Toffel says. But it also signals the values and culture of the company the CEO heads. “If one of your company’s core... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

implement policy for presidents from Roosevelt through Nixon. My summer plan is to read Andrew Roberts’ Churchill: Walking with Destiny. For relaxation, I read crime and mystery stories, and have been a long-time fan View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40 million people, and in 1966, Mao’s Cultural Revolution shut down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

08 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

centers can seriously affect an organization's bottom line and undermine its strategy. "My research reveals that what happens in the last 10 yards of retail supply chains is really important. Customers often experience stockouts not... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

thinking that all our plans can look the same everywhere, that all our brands can feel the same everywhere, and we have made huge mistakes in that regard," he said. Changes Brewing AmBev, one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

business world with revelations it had been paying bribes for contracts on a massive scale—eventually admitting to payouts in 60 percent of its markets, totaling $130 million to $275 million a year. Shopping trips to Hong Kong were the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

research shows health outcomes are poorer in impoverished neighborhoods that border wealthier areas. In terms of the haves, people aware of their higher status tend to be more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

established market. Mapping a product's or service's delivery chain can identify opportunities where removing a link from the delivery chain will allow people to do for themselves what they previously had to rely on others to do for them. The View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

The world's fair in New York City at the end of the depression decade was a big deal. Planning began in 1935. The fairgrounds covered 1,216.5 acres in what had been a garbage dump in Queens. By opening day,... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

the current plan are here.) Transcript edited for length and clarity. Sean Silverthorne: Why should citizens be interested in tax reform beyond what it means for their tax bill on April 15? Matthew Weinzierl: I think View Details