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- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in developing countries, GiveDirectly transfers cash directly to the poor. As experiments have shown this approach to be an effective and efficient way...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
home-grown disaffected Islamic extremists, and the ongoing social catastrophe in southern European countries because of the Euro crisis. Brexit will at best divert the attention of the political and administrative talent of Europe from...
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by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
spent roughly a billion dollars to deliver OS X. They get to amortize that investment over 3 million annual buyers. Microsoft spends the same billion dollars to develop XP and they get to amortize that investment over roughly 120 million...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
talent pool. Now in 266 schools across 13 states and in 28 countries, P-TECH started 10 years ago as a pilot program in a Brooklyn high school, offering students of color from underprivileged backgrounds the chance to stay in high school...
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by Kristen Senz
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
to focus in order to improve this crucial dimension of talent acquisition. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50539 December 15, 2015 Harvard Business Review Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
from them. Discourage exclusionary social activities, and make sure that teams don’t treat women as outliers or extraneous. Development. Assess how managers assign training and development opportunities, and ensure they use objective...
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by Kristen Senz
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
settings right, you can design a job in which a talented individual can successfully execute your company's strategy. But if you get the settings wrong, it will be difficult for any employee to be effective. I'll look at each span in...
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by Robert Simons
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
forthcoming Annual Review of Economics History, Micro Data and Endogenous Growth By: Akcigit, Ufuk, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—Economic growth is concerned with long-run changes, and as a result historical data should be especially influential in informing the View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
diplomacy, are not innate talents but can be learned. It lists problems that research has shown often occur in the process of seeking or giving advice, including being overconfident about one's own perspective, failing to seek advice from...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Cavallo, Alberto, W. Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We show that online prices can be used to construct quarterly purchasing power parities (PPPs) with a closely matched set of goods and identical methodologies in a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
philanthropy, has been very focused on giving back. As far as his management principles Intel developed under Andy Grove a set of principles, a culture, which is extremely strong and remains extremely strong to this day [and was] with him...
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- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
developing customers on each side of the platform, it can still lose out. A great example was Microsoft’s failed efforts in smartphones. Microsoft built a very good operating system for smartphones, but it could not crack the market...
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by Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in...
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by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
aspects of developing globally competitive businesses. Much of their growth is driven by a wealth of smart, hard working, well-educated individuals. In other words, great human capital. However, they do not have fully formed financial...
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- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
crises like the one that we are experiencing tend to facilitate the development and implementation of changes that break with the existing norms and power hierarchies. We all have the opportunity to participate in the collective effort to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
of CP Group This case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP Group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural products (particularly eggs) in China while also promoting the welfare of Chinese farmers. This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
quarters of strong revenue growth. James Hoffman, the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, fears that the chain of success is shifting the company's focus away from effective performance management. Recently, Vitality has been faced with increasing turnover...
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Sean Silverthorne