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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
of an airliner. Hundreds of hours may go into gathering and analyzing data to sort out exactly what happened and what can be learned. Compare this kind of analysis to what takes place in most organizations after a failure. As noted above,... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Japan's Fujitsu; in 1996 they were two and a half times those of its largest competitors, Japan's Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard. IBM had, of course, been the dominant enterprise in the data processing industry well before the coming of the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
"Excess of everything is bad it always relates to the matter in point (for example) getting big data about our customers and focusing too deeply on it will lead to not noticing other important facets However, while finalizing a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
is uncertain about what vaccine supplies, if any, are available or when they will be. The World Health Organization estimates that at least 60 to 70 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity. While vaccines are in View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
enough data and information to do so. Plans, and the corresponding KPIs and other metrics that will empower your team to execute them, should be adjusted to address the company’s immediate needs and short-term goals, and communicated... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
data-sharing partnership that provided officials with traffic incident and congestion data. Since 2015, her program had enabled officials in Kentucky and elsewhere to share more reliable traffic information more quickly with drivers. Now, the program that Eisnor and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
pixelfit Companies that contribute to open source software and use it in their own IT systems and applications can gain a competitive advantage—even though they may be helping their competitors in the short run. Open source software is... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
many different audiences he reached. We all consider him a world-class scholar, a once-in-several-generations writer and researcher. You can't say Alfred D. Chandler without taking a short pause before you speak, a bit like Jacqueline... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
initial interviews, however, we kept hearing the same concern: "Thank goodness you folks are doing this. All of us collectively need to take a hard look at the state of business education." Srikant Datar: With that prompting, we expanded our efforts. We collected... View Details
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
for several days in the future? Most economic models predict that decisions do not systematically differ on such short timescales. We use a novel panel data from an online grocer to conduct analyses... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
physical business trips in 2017. No vehicle required No printer or paper. Most companies have held on to their executive fat so management has something to do. But that is changing.” Kamal Hossain was enthusiastic about the impact on his... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
critical data point and a unique leg up in thinking about the issue. CTrip is one of many companies using experiments to guide decisions, according to Harvard Business School professor Michael Luca. “Executives need to understand when and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall person earning $50,000 should pay $4,500 more in tax than a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
decisions” It’s not good news in other ways. “Having fewer applicants can impact rankings and prestige but may also make it difficult to craft the ideal class, whether it be falling short in enrollment and tuition revenue or enrolling... View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
conflict, and trial and error to advantage. At Pixar, for example, the company was caught up short in 2008 in a clash over production schedules for the movie Up and the short film Cars Toons. Blindsided by... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
fat contracts to players long past their prime. Each transaction altered the overall negotiation landscape. In rapidly changing marketplaces, you can't provide for every contingency. But you can take a page from Marine Corps practice and... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
plenty of water. Omega fatty acids, B and D vitamins, and antioxidants promote mental functioning; sugars and saturated fats impair it. Sleep As one of our wise CEOs noted, “The primary task of leaders is to avoid as many sleepless nights... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of coagglomeration and use data from the Census... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
customers rather than take possession of and responsibility for the products or services in question, they have inherently low cost structures and fat gross margins. They are highly defensible once established, owing to network effects.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
March 2018 Review of Economics and Statistics Scraped Data and Sticky Prices By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I use daily prices collected from online retailers in five countries to study the impact of measurement bias on three common price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne