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- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
exposure to peers’ creative work) and on the value of creative work and the attendance of salespeople working for stores in divergent markets where customers had distinctive needs requiring customized service. We also find weak evidence...
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- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
think that the regions that already had some amount of financial sector development would disproportionately benefit from the infrastructure investment. Could we pick your brain? We want to serve you—our readers—better. Could you please...
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- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
don’t think it’s possible to formulate a rule that applies in every such situation.” He went on to say, “The scariest part of this for me is that leaders are coming under fire increasingly for what they didn’t say and didn’t do members of...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
Code of Change. Despite its importance, Beer and Nohria assert that the process of change remains poorly understood, and only a third of corporate change initiatives succeed. After encountering widely divergent assumptions by leading...
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- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
than those who dress conventionally. “You're saying, 'I'm so autonomous and successful that I can afford to dress in a nonconforming way'” Think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his hoodie, or the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in black...
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- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
pole may not appeal to everyone, but it is fundamental to how the FDA functions. Conflagrations concerning products like RU-486 and COX-2 inhibitors are almost inevitable considering how many divergent interests and disputes over evidence...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Alumni Books So You Think You Can Teach: From Expert Practitioner to Successful Instructor by Bill Cockrum (MBA 1961) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Cockrum provides a guide for presenting or teaching a class to an adult audience,...
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- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
classical narrative of Western divergence in the eighteenth century. Q: Why is the Essay and its various translations written for other countries important for our understanding of the development of the political economy in Europe and...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
entrepreneurship. Then, to reconcile these divergent empirical findings, we develop a theoretical model that explains when user innovations are commercialized by users, by manufacturers, or not commercialized at all. At the core of our...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
onset of the crisis. PE-backed companies consequentially experienced higher asset growth and increased market share during the crisis. Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence By: Jones, Geoffrey Abstract—This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
the list until you run out of either time or money." But Tucker and Singer's findings diverge from previous research and theory. About half the hospitals that participated in their study chose to do some kind of prioritization—the...
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by Paul Guttry
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
this, comes from Steve Jobs and is that, “Follow your heart, but check it with your head.” So take that passion, but make sure that you have the ability to pull back at the right points on the reigns to go and think and inject some head...
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- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
which help to provide explanations behind the divergent performances of the two countries, especially the higher levels of productivity seen in the Dutch economy since the Second World War. The Netherlands has provided much higher levels...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
those in the Class of '71 were destined to earn their MBAs during one of the most turbulent social and political eras of our times. Turbulence within the class, in the form of widely divergent views on the day's events, was also in...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
on income and deforestation, but diverged on chemicals and legality, leading to low uptake. The Alliance responded by launching a second sustainability standard called the CRAFT Code in 2018. Whereas certification rewards the use of best...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation Harvard Business School Note 404-091 When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we are often drawn to explanations that rest on character. In simple terms, we...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
what is a missed opportunity for a young person to figure out their why. Flint: So, what are you hearing from the students who participate in your program? What is the experience like for them, and what are they coming away with? Falik: I View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
sessions to integration and distillation of insights. Principle 3: Breakthrough Negotiators Are Masters Of Process Design Control of the process yields control over outcomes. Skilled negotiators think hard about the impact of process on...
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by Michael Watkins
- 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 —...
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- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
more just, and greener society, and this entails reforming our economic system and the way businesses operate. Even though these changes that diverge from deeply rooted norms are challenging to implement, now is the time to push for them....
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by Dina Gerdeman