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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
away by hand. In the air was an acrid smell, unlike anything I'd ever experienced. Everywhere on the ground, there were empty shoes." Exhausted in body and spirit, Lhota went home and napped. When he awoke, for a split second his mind was...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
Business School Case 711-415 At a time when ever-rising smartphone sales are driven as much by demand for devices that run must-have third-party "apps" as by the quality of traditional voice and data services, there is a myriad...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
MBA student, Shapiro visited Levitt to consult about a possible career path in manufacturing. "It was the second time I went to see him," he recalls, "and Ted was visibly nervous. He said, 'Your voice. Your voice has a pleading View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
involved in Scranton, a city just over two hours away from New York with the potential to outgrow its punch-line status and draw millennials looking for affordable housing and a higher quality of life. Then, over lunch at Caravia, a...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
Shapiro visited Levitt to consult about a possible career path in manufacturing. “It was the second time I went to see him,” he recalls, “and Ted was visibly nervous. He said, ‘Your voice. Your voice has a pleading quality to it that is...
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- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
create informed, online test prep through Khan Academy. Free, accessible coaching, Khan reasons, will help “level the playing field”—giving every student, everywhere access to elite-level SAT coaching. J.R. Simplot’s White Russet is unique among potatoes: The flesh...
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- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
empirically show that firm operational performance has improved. Finally, we suggest that the lean initiative studied possesses qualities of a Trojan Horse change initiative—its outward manifestation accomplishes the short-term goal...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
Performance Indicators (HPIs) they collect. They will try to demonstrate that their buildings are safer than someone else’s space, especially as landlords compete for office tenants. We see this already in posted statistics like positivity rates; in widespread sharing...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
particular roles, and we also looked at particular industries that are likely to be disrupted. Here’s an example. Administrative assistant, someone who works inside a corporation, and you think of it as a relatively stable job, there’s more “assistance” than ever...
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
things to be new, and they wanted to keep working on them forever. So the quality of the proposal in some sense depended on whether there was someone who was a real business manager who put it thoughtfully and integrated it, but many...
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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
bias. Nine studies document this effect and provide insight into its psychological underpinnings. In Study 1, MBA students perceived their revised resumes to be of higher quality the more they differed from their original versions, but...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
out of the sugar cane plantations and the cotton plantations, of blacks coming to New Orleans to find employment. The Baptist Church are swinging their hymns. There's something called ragtime that's sort of running up and down the Mississippi River. So all of this is...
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feedback, speaking on your feet, influencing someone to change their behavior, resolving conflicts, and more. This class is for anyone ready to take risks, hungry to receive and apply feedback, and eager to improve the quality of their...
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
than 100 volunteers from across the US, Europe, and Asia. The nonprofit matches those who need PPE with verified suppliers who can provide vetted products. The demand shock to the supply chain in March left many without any access to View Details
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
researchers wanted things to be new, and they wanted to keep working on them forever. So the quality of the proposal in some sense depended on whether there was someone who was a real business manager who put it thoughtfully and...
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
not consuming your product or consuming very little, their definition of quality is different. As an engineer, as a scientist, you look at that, and you say, "Well." That's the firsthand way you see, "Oh, the product I was designing,...
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