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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
enjoy strong economic interests in the outcome, and face little resistance to their lobbying activities from the general public. These areas are known as “thin political markets” to distinguish them from more vibrant, competitive “thick”...
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- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
abstract paper or phone call I don’t need to take. Life is inherently unpredictable and uncontrollable, but what we say ‘yes’ to are things we can control.” Naturally, emotions may flare when people are confined together. If you want your relationships to outlast the...
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by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
company. The company resisted the decision for over a year before agreeing to the break up. The case follows the argument made by the company and each of the investors. It also describes the actions by the company to convince its...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
contemporaries "began to talk about companies in terms of 'distinctive competencies,' charting a path that diverged from the thinking of their intellectual forebears—who resisted theoretical thinking—toward a more systematic...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
People resist change. They like the way they do things now, for the most part. They might wish a familiar product was cheaper or faster, but they’ve gotten used to the way things currently work. And so, if you don’t take behavioral change...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
about companies in terms of ‘distinctive competencies,’ charting a path that diverged from the thinking of their intellectual forebears — who resisted theoretical thinking — toward a more systematic approach.” By the mid-1960s,...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
are in the same industry. Large establishments improve more slowly than small establishments in sparse regions, but both groups improve similarly in dense regions, suggesting that density mitigates the power of large establishments to View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
everything at once. You don't try to take on the teacher's unions; you don't try to have IBM control it. You're reducing the amount of resistance it's going to get, which is always a brilliant change principle. People think if you're...
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by Kristen Senz
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Conflict Management Research (forthcoming) Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby maintaining and oftentimes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to successfully implement it in what appears to be a View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
discussions about the pitfalls that might cause that high rate of failure? The ways in which we resist architecting prenuptial agreements or other ways that could be where we see a lot of analogs from founding teams, the founding teams...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
digital media, overseeing 50 million downloads of ABC, Disney, and ABC Family content each month. A sectionmate of Jason Kilar’s, Cheng can’t resist taunting his longtime friend by bringing up the fact that in 2006, ABC beat Hulu,...
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Julia Hanna;
HBO;
Netflix;
Hulu;
Vimeo;
YouTube;
Telecommunications;
Information;
Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
be above average. The market for executives is not one in which there are strong competitive pressures to keep compensation down; so, in the end, it's the boards that must resist the pressure to overpay executives. Healy: To put it in...
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Garry Emmons
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
it resists bruising. For consumers, that means increased convenience—potatoes can be prepped in advance—and reduced food waste. The White Russet marketing campaign is unique, too. When the company introduced the potatoes into supermarkets...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
individuals face stubborn resistance to new ideas. Managers and executives often reject innovation and unconventional approaches due to misplaced allegiance to the status quo. In this climate of stifled creativity and inflexible adherence...
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- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
with age. Temptation and Productivity: A Field Experiment with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol, Daniel Houser, and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract Substantial evidence from psychology suggests that...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
eliminates the need for noisy generators or air-conditioning systems. “We are just applying sound business principles in relation to the fundamental success factors of our business,” says Bailey, who resists being labeled a change agent....
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- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
diffusion of the commercial internet. Theory predicts that firms with greater market share will be more likely to adopt innovations that build on their existing strengths, while they will resist more radical technological advances. While...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
is only one way that will work: We have to measure results. And in order to use results to drive quality, we have to create competition on results at the medical-condition level. Q: But you also note in your book that physicians have been View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
business and life, and gave them practical experience by sending them on consulting assignments with real companies. In the military, he ruffled feathers by resisting orders so he could make sure soldiers had the equipment they needed to...
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