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- 26 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?
established schools, an 8 percentage point increase in regular season football winning percentage translated into a 3 percent revenue increase. That means typically one more win per season is worth an average of $1 million, which for the... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Anheuser-Busch, that means a foray into the direct-to-consumer channel, which is an entirely new world for the company, notes Whitworth. Traditional beer is a tightly regulated industry, for all the right reasons, with a tangle of laws... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
ruggedly handsome, good in a fight, savvy, emotionally intelligent, but by no means flawless or mistake-free. Unlike some of his hard-boiled fictional predecessors, he does not brood in a darkened downtown office; he relishes life and the... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
Watson] What steps are your organizations taking toward gender parity? Share your insights in the comments below. Book Excerpt Inclusive Managers Effectively Leverage Diverse Perspectives By Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg Gender inclusion View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 2011
- Working Paper
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, Kenneth Kimura, and Marion Fourcade. "How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-070, January 2011.
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
and Web development expertise. When people are that involved in your company, we can't afford to let one fail," he said. What Cost Incubation? But, asked moderator Lerner, what about the cost of this closer involvement? Does it mean... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 11 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the MBA Class of 2020
CUSTOMERS, FINDING OUT WHAT CHOCOLATE MEANS IN THEIR LIVES.” HOME REGION Beijing, People’s Republic of China UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Peking University, 2007 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Mars Inc. View Details
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By: Karim R. Lakhani
Can America Invent Its Way Back?
BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008
Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY
basically disengage from the work. Unfortunately, downsizing will remain a fact of life, which means that leaders need to focus on the things that get hit. Communication and collaboration decline significantly. So too does people’s sense... View Details
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
socializing or collectivizing the potential costs of exercising their professional judgment. Some risk-taking is needed in any professional activity; it is from such risks that innovation and growth emerge." For client-managers, this View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
means closeness, and while social distancing remains important to mitigating the spread of COVID-19, psychological proximity—interpersonal trust, alignment on values and strategy, shared understanding of key facts—has never been more... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
fared poorly. Even fashion-forward discounters like Target have not done well. This doesn't necessarily mean consumers have lost their interest in upscale merchandise. Rather than returning to these same stores after the crisis, are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
product development terms, you might call this something like "jumping to the next S-curve." By the "S-curve" we mean the pattern that new innovations typically follow when they are introduced. At first a few people,... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
in the Obama Administration at the White House and US Department of Energy Summer Internship: Strategy at a renewable energy company How do you do it? Prioritization, realism and support. Being a working mom hinges on making the best use of your time. For me this View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Groysberg. "The stipend, the budget, the library - there are faculty at other schools who don't get the same level of assistance."That assistance means students can take on the topics that interest them most without worrying about funding... View Details
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
and they're paying close attention. I mean, people are like getting back to the TV to see the ad and then leaving during the game, sometimes. So, does that mean the stakes are a lot higher for brands featuring an ad in the Super Bowl?... View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
exactly what we thought it would. It came with high incrementality, which means a lot of folks who hadn't been visiting us in the past, or at least the recent past, came in. It came with a high average check and it drove trade up from... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
meaning of their lives, and they remain hopeful about achieving them, even when faced with obstacles. Many contemporary brand biographies contain underdog narratives. Product packaging, corporate Web sites, blogs, and marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management
The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
disintegrated despite their shared commitment to communism, helping the West win the Cold War. Professor Jeremy Friedman will explore whether their alignment will prove more durable this time around, and what that could mean for the... View Details