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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university administration can be made more effective...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
step" toward death. As Peter Gay, Freud's biographer observed, "Freud's inability to give up smoking underscores the truth in his observation of an all-too-human disposition he called 'knowing-and-not-knowing,' a state of rational...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
to pay anything they want for a product, a rational consumer should pay nothing, and that’s not a business model anyone can sustain. So how much do people tend to pay? First, most consumers pay more than zero, but beyond that our data...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2007
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How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
HSBC. According to Oberholzer-Gee, about half the students voted for UBS to maintain emissions at 2005 levels; he says that these students tend to take the rational approach that it’s fine to spend $100 on insulating a building if that...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Ink
Rational Blueprint for Success, by William N. Thorndike Jr. (Photos: Harvard Business School) “The author, a practicing physician and professor at Harvard’s Medical School and School of Public Health, argues that end-of-life quality is an...
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- 01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
that a collaborative management style in the real world would be equally effective and essential.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “There is no substitute for good, old-fashioned planning and analysis. You can’t rationalize excessive use of ‘gut feel’...
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- 01 Sep 2005
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Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
been at for the last 50 years. It starts opening doors to rationalize a new economy that isn’t as dependent on oil as the economy we created. What steps should we take now to prepare for an oil shortage? You’ve really got to go to a sort...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Ink: The Habit of Innovation
view the process as being as rational as possible. These criteria will be guidelines, not rules, as final decisions will always require subjective judgment. Involve outsiders. Parents can attest to how hard it is to be objective about...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
shouldn't be that way. THERE IS ONLY ONE decision I would change. In 2007, when we knew the economy was starting to go south, we talked about selling our papers in Maine. Every rational thought I had said, "Sell them, or you'll be sorry."...
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- 26 May 2016
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Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
says. Over the next decade he proved that he was up to the task, so much so that in 1993, when the firm hit hard times, Bain CEO Mitt Romney (MBA 1974/JD 1975) asked Tierney to head the company. “The rational response would have been to...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
emotional reaction that leaves the conscious brain incapable of making a rational response. Understanding the irrationality of human behavior is essential for understanding how people relate - or do not relate - to each other, which is...
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Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
said, in some cases even enabling patients to treat themselves. Resistance to such a scenario is strong in the rules-based world of medicine, he conceded. "Disruptive innovation has been ignored or opposed by the leading institutions in their industries for perfectly...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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The Baby Business
parents and others are happy because somebody’s taking a rational look at all this. But there’s always a tendency for people to say, “You’re telling me I bought my child, and that’s a horrible thing to say.” — Garry Emmons
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- 01 Mar 2010
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How to Spur Prosperity
LERNER: The federal government lacks a clear, rational process for spending $40 billion to boost the nation’s clean-tech industry. Across the decades and around the globe, governments have tried various approaches to kick-starting...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
had built IBM to last,” explains Tedlow. (The company earned $7.6 billion in 2003.) In The Watson Dynasty, Tedlow shows in vivid colors the impact that emotion, rather than solely rational calculation, can have on business leadership.
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- 01 Oct 2002
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The Class of 1977
then methodically proceeded to rationalize P&G's cost structure, sold some businesses, acquired Clairol, and delivered upside revenues and earnings surprises within months. Rick and A.G. are two shining examples of how capable company...
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Desmond Wong
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
introduction of Amazon Web Services in early 2006. This was the defining moment when the cost of starting consumer internet businesses really plummeted. That fact was very useful in rationalizing other things we saw happening: VC...
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April White
- 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
of the Don by Elizabeth Muir (HRPBA 1958) Dundurn Press Debunking the Bump: Why Most of What You Believe about Navigating Pregnancy Is Wrong by Daphne Adler Siniscalco (MBA 2004) CreateSpace This book answers the question, “If you’re a View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup
single scenario among many that were likely—then I could discount the success scenario back to the present, and make a rational decision.’ So it’s really quite a different thought process, and it suggests answers to a whole bunch of...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?
happiness and altruism, the psychology of cheating, and our amazing ability to rationalize our questionable behavior. Almost all have implications for business as well as public policy. He plans further equality-focused research in the...
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