First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Vote for me! ... Why are US central cities in such rough shape? ... Shifting into high gear at Shift Technologies.
View ArticleWhy Entrepreneurs Must Focus on Building Trust
Legal and social institutions that support entrepreneurs often aren't well established in developing countries. Tarun Khanna's new book explains how businesses can make up for that by building trust.
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
Practical advice for advisors ... A focus on company culture ... India's ambitious health insurance program.
View ArticleAre Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
Free trade seems to work well for countries and companies, but less well for labor, observes James Heskett. A number of new books suggest the resulting social costs need correrction. Do you agree?
View ArticleBargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
Retailers often compare a "sale" price to the original price. Donald Ngwe says consumers should be skeptical of those original prices — and so should regulators.
View ArticleSustainability and Green Business in Latin America During Globalization Waves
Capitalism has created much wealth but at the cost of massive ecological destruction. This has been particularly severe in Latin America over the past century. Yet the last three decades have also seen...
View ArticleDeveloping a Strategy for the Digital World
A new book by Sunil Gupta, "Driving Digital Strategy," explores how traditional businesses can make the leap into the digital age.
View ArticleGuts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
What are the ingredients that make an entrepreneur successful? Here is a collection of stories and research that shows the way to making a difference in industries as diverse as green technologies,...
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
How comparing salaries affects employee effort ... This worker contract inspires innovative ideas ... Low-performing salespeople need frequent quotas.
View ArticleHomesick or Home Run? Distance from Hometown and Employee Performance: A...
Distance from one’s hometown effects individual work performance, according to research by Prithwiraj Choudhury and Ohchan Kwon. First-year performance ratings tend to be high the farther employees...
View ArticleHow Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons
This study of more than 2,000 employees at a multibillion dollar firm explores how perceptions about peers’ and managers’ salaries affect employee behaviors and preferences for equity. Research by Zoë...
View ArticleWhat Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
Harley-Davidson was President Trump's poster child for American manufacturing—until the company announced plans to build a plant in Asia. What are the CEO's options, asks James Heskett, now that POTUS...
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
Tough negotiators do better ... How to foster creativity in the workplace ... The pros and cons of a long drug approval process.
View ArticleSome Facts of High-Tech Patenting
This study details the growth of patenting in software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and related technologies in the twenty-first century, and the continuing dominance of inventors in...
View ArticleInvesting Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital
Private equity vehicles that differ from the traditional structure have become a major portion of investors’ portfolios, especially over the past decade. This study identifies differences in...
View ArticleThe Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
Firms that allow their software programmers to "give back" to the open source community on company time gain benefits--even though competitors might benefit too, says Frank Nagle.
View ArticleCelebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s "Men and Women of the Corporation" inspired and informed a generation of scholars studying gender, status, and power. Robin J. Ely interviews Kanter about her groundbreaking...
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
How online competition affects retail prices ... Feeding America designs marketplace for food banks ... Let's talk taxes.
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