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- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
that waking fresh and clearheaded makes us better able to see decisions in a clearer light. “It’s somewhat like moving information from short-term to long-term storage” That’s certainly what Uma R. Karmarkar, an assistant professor in the... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
Gretchen M. Spreitzer, 552-565. Oxford University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's link: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/Health/?view=usa&ci=9780199734610 Working PapersCompetition View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14
behave like money. We first present a simple model where households demand money services, which are supplied by three types of claims: deposits, Treasury bills, and asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP). The model provides predictions for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
This is an obligation we should not and cannot take lightly. If the teaching of leadership comes with unique obligations for the instructor, it also begs similarly important questions about the nature and... View Details
- July 1978
- Teaching Note
Walton Instruments--1970, Teaching Note
By: Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
resources furnished by its partners. Receptivity in turn portrays how organizational capabilities and the quality of ties to partners facilitate flows of network resources. We propose that the interplay of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
look more like a full-blown auction. Another defining feature is that there are multiple interests—in the fence example, price is important but so are quality and timeliness. A third feature of a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 21 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?
executive might get caught up in comparing the graphics capabilities and audio quality of various options, when in fact the only factors of importance to users are the size, weight, View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
they sample only a few songs. One possibility is that the current patterns of file sharing reflect consumer preferences. Consumers do not know the quality of new music and sampling one or two songs is good... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
far. The American capital markets are a key element of the economic system, and "when they function well, they are a wonder of the world," he said. But the American capital markets require four View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
Think Team Stars don't shine alone. As Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee reveal in new research, it is imperative that top performers as well as their managers take into account the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
certain qualities and practices not observed in firms that fall short. Multinational firms have understood for some time that certain activities, such as marketing, must remain local in concept View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
Because of the quality of the people involved in the colloquium and the book, there are many, many important insights, in a lot of different areas. But let me just mention a few: A lot of people feel that... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
retailer, we found 65% to be inaccurate. That is, the recorded inventory quantity of an item fails to match the quantity found in the store. We identify factors associated with this inaccuracy that are stock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
statistical and survey measures. Those measures include not only hard statistics but also indicators from anonymous surveys of executives, on issues such as the level of corruption in the country, the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- July – August 2011
- Article
The Paradox of Samsung's Rise
By: Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee
Twenty years ago, few people would have predicted that Samsung could transform itself from a low-cost original equipment manufacturer to a world leader in R&D, marketing, and design, with a brand more valuable than Pepsi, Nike, or American Express. Fewer still would... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Research and Development; Marketing; Business Processes; Brands and Branding; System; Globalized Markets and Industries; Transformation; Cost; Forecasting and Prediction; Production; Quality; China; India; Turkey
Khanna, Tarun, Jaeyong Song, and Kyungmook Lee. "The Paradox of Samsung's Rise." Harvard Business Review 89, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2011): 142–147.
- 09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9
Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
under intense operational pressure is nearly impossible. In addition, the heavy burden of compliance with government regulations and internal corporate requirements is taking a toll on people, limiting their creativity, View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009
Laboratory experiments allow us to isolate the effects of exploding offers and binding acceptances. In a simple environment, in which uncertainty about applicants' quality is resolved over time, we find... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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A Research Agenda for Bridging the 'Quality Chasm'
By: Rushika Fernandopulle, Timothy Ferris, Arnold Epstein, Barbara McNeil, Joseph Newhouse, Gary Pisano and David Blumenthal
Fernandopulle, Rushika, Timothy Ferris, Arnold Epstein, Barbara McNeil, Joseph Newhouse, Gary Pisano, and David Blumenthal. "A Research Agenda for Bridging the 'Quality Chasm'." Health Affairs 22, no. 2 (March–April 2003): 178–190.