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- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
retail channel made up of thousands of small neighborhood shops called bakalas. In October 2018, all three of these focal points were under pressure. Under the economic-restructuring programs of Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince, Mohammed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
papers engaging with these questions empirically should be clear about whether their analyses distinguish between mechanisms behind poorly informed choices and what that implies for the questions they can answer. We present examples from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
answering one key question: How are leaders successfully managing competitive companies in the 21st century? Today's constantly changing business environment presents challenges and opportunities that are more dynamic and complex than ever before, requiring a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
customization to the online environment and credible monitoring and punishments. I analyze the pricing, enforcement, and channel management policies of a manufacturer over several years. During this period, new View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
that are more responsible socially and environmentally. Q: How prevalent are vanguard companies? A small parade? A: It's a growing parade, but it's not clear yet whether they are the exception or the rule—that's true of every change. And... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
clear that what the Bank and other development agencies were doing was not reducing poverty. In some instances it was actually making it worse by sustaining the political and social arrangements that caused poverty, while increasing the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
need to clear paths through bureaucracy, weed out weak ideas, and maximize the organization's learning from failure. Though points of view varied, the theories and frameworks explored advance the understanding of creativity in business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Cohen and Breno Schmidt Abstract We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named trustee... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
multiple channels can facilitate collective action via redundancy, the sending of the same message along multiple paths or else repeatedly along the same path (Chwe, 1995 and De Jaegher, 2011). This paper offers another explanation for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
the School’s highest honor come from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences but share a few outstanding traits: fearless curiosity, a clear sense of self, and a powerful commitment to community. Conducting Business Remembering the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Campaign and the Upside of CEO Activism By: Chatterji, Aaron, and Michael Toffel Abstract—When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz asked his baristas to engage customers in a discussion about race in America, it was a clear case of the growing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
measurement of liquids in the petroleum industry, it contains 42 U.S. standard gallons. Abbreviated to "bbl." Christmas Tree: A multivalve device that channels fluid flows from a well into a pipeline. Duster: A dry well. Elephant: A "real... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Antonio Moreno Abstract—Online channels generate frictions when selling products with nondigital attributes, such as apparel. Customers may be reluctant to purchase products they have not been able to try on, and those customers who do... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
it’s clear who does what and why. And after that, stay in your lane. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns there were no domestic flights, and you had to have special permits to travel by road. We had to think through the logistics of how to operate... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: 1) catalysts—events that directly facilitate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
to analyze whether or not a deal made financial sense." According to Beeninga, Lopez was also a clear and direct communicator when things were not going well. Another Lopez quote, in the context of prolonged sluggish results: "Okay, in... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
profit. This much is clear and part of everyday commercial language. But interestingly, there is no common phrase for the spread between customer value and price. Economists call this "surplus," a word that suggests it is... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
afford a watch like that." And I'm thinking, here's a guy who is making tons and tons of money and he wishes he could afford a Rolex watch like the one I had on. It was clear to me that he knew I couldn't afford that, and it was a fake... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
health-economics literature has done a better job documenting consumer-choice mistakes in insurance and treatment choices than explaining why those mistakes occur, it is clear that we should not ignore these mistakes in our analyses. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
student-focused initiative has collectively raised more than $30,000 in less than 3 weeks, has mentored more than 350 prospective business school and graduate students, and started a fundraiser to procure oxygen concentrators and channel... View Details