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Innovative Conduct In Computing And Internet Markets
Oct 2009
How has innovative and competitive behavior in computing and internet markets evolved over the past half century? This paper discusses these questions in light of six topics: the limited role for...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Moral Hazard, Firms' Internal Governance And Management Earnings Forecasts
Sep 2009
This paper investigates the role of management earnings forecasts in mitigating information asymmetry between investors and managers relating to moral hazard, and explains how earnings guidance...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Staffing And Control Of Many-Server Service Systems
Apr 2008
This paper considers large-scale service systems with multiple customer classes and agent types. Customers are classified according to their processing requirements, service-level guarantees, or...
Provided by Columbia University
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Improving Workplace Conditions Through Strategic Enforcement
May 2010
The challenges facing the major agencies in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that regulate conditions in the workplace are daunting. Public policies on health and safety, discrimination, and...
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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Delegation Vs. Control Of Component Procurement Under Asymmetric Cost Information & Price-Only Contracts
Apr 2009
A manufacturer must choose to delegate component procurement to her tier-1 supplier, or to control component procurement by contracting with both the tier-1 supplier and the tier-2 component...
Provided by Stanford University
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Benchmarking The Single Family Office: Identifying The Performance Drivers
Nov 2009
A Single Family Office (SFO) is a professional organization, owned and controlled by a single wealthy family, dedicated to managing the personal and financial affairs of family members. In...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Better Management Through Better HR
Jun 2009
As the economic downturn rides roughshod over the nation's workforce, human resources professionals face a wide range of new challenges. Whether protecting a collective culture or protecting one's...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Supply Chain Strategies For Sustainable Companies
Apr 2008
Companies can make money while operating in socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. It just takes what supply chain expert Hau Lee calls the Triple-A approach - having agility,...
Provided by Stanford University
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Battle Of The Brands: Brand Manager Mistakes Boosting Store Brand Market Share
Apr 2010
Consumers opting for less expensive store brand products over their name brand competition may seem like a given in a recession. But new research has found that even when the economy is flush,...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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Can´t Compete With Costs? Use Culture Instead
Jan 2008
Competing in quality and innovation is the strategy of the future for industries affected by outsourcing and growing competition from surrounding countries, says IESE Prof. Xavier Vives in his...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Competitor-Oriented Objectives: The Myth Of Market Share
Dec 2007
Competitor-oriented objectives, such as market-share targets, are promoted by academics and are commonly used by firms. A 1996 review of the evidence, summarized in this paper, found that...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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An Economic Analysis Of Tradesecret Protection In Buyer-Seller Relationships
Jun 2008
The economic analysis of trade-secret protection has traditionally focused on the interests of companies to conceal information from competitors in order to gain a competitive advantage through...
Provided by Kellogg / WHU-Otto Beisheim School
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Nonprofits Are Seen As Warm And For-Profits As Competent: Firm Stereotypes Matter
May 2010
Consumers use warmth and competence, two fundamental dimensions that govern social judgments of people, to form perceptions of firms. Three experiments showed that consumers perceive nonprofits as...
Provided by Stanford University
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Power Trip: CEOs And Firm Performance
Mar 2009
Despite the public outcry over CEO pay and abuses of authority, powerful chief executives can be good for the bottom line. E. Han Kim, professor of finance at U-M's Ross School of Business, says...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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2008 Supply Chain Monitor "How Mature Is the Green Supply Chain?"
Feb 2008
Limiting damage to the environment is the major challenge society faces over the coming years. Now that companies are beginning to step up their environmental programs, their objective is to...
Provided by ESCP Europe
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Firms Survive By Recognizing Fundamental Industry Changes
Sep 2008
Enduring companies survive because employees throughout the firm, not just those in the executive suite, learn to keep an eye on how related industries are evolving. Longevity comes not just from...
Provided by Stanford University
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Japan And Her Dealings With Offshoring: An Empirical Analysis With Aggregate Data
Jul 2009
First moves towards a real understanding of the offshoring phenomenon date back to very recent times, with employment and productivity effects occupying much of the literature around the subject....
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Moving Beyond The Moving Anecdote
May 2009
For years, groups working on poverty-fighting ventures have used stories, anecdotes, and milestone markers to highlight their work and secure funding. Unfortunately, these things don't actually...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Businesses Can Win The Competition With Open-Source Technology
Sep 2008
How can a business compete with a free product? It's not easy, and it's more than just a theoretical question. U.S. newspapers are finding it difficult to compete with free news and the commentary...
Provided by Stanford University
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The Slippery Slope Of A Damaged Reputation
Jan 2010
If you want to sell a laptop or get rid of a coin collection, chances are you'll find a buyer on eBay. But if you are a regular eBay seller with an impeccable reputation, beware of your first...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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New Game Strategies To Create And Capture Value
Jun 2009
In his book Strategic Innovation (Routledge, 2009), professor Allan Afuah demonstrates the value of "New game" strategies in the face of rapid technological change and increasing globalization....
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Services Shift: Seizing The Ultimate Offshore Opportunity
Feb 2009
In their new book, The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity (FT Press), authors Robert Kennedy and Ajay Sharma explore ways that outsourcing and offshoring are now impacting...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Determinants Of Changes In The Organization Of Production
Mar 2009
In this paper the authors empirically examine the determinants of changes in the organization of production using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 1003 plants...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Nov 2007
Judgment is the essence of leadership. Whether it's CEOs, politicians, coaches or generals, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the fate of an entire organization. A new book, "Judgment:...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Knowledge And Competitive Advantage: What CEOs Say And What Firms Do
Jan 2008
Knowledge can be a source of competitive advantage: what firms know is sometimes more valuable than what they have. In their paper, "Firm-Specific Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: Evidence and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Offshoring: Facts And Figures At The Country Level
Aug 2009
Offshoring has lately received wide attention. Its potential effects, mainly to be materialized in employment and productivity dislocations, are yet to be fully assessed. However, some consensus...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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NGO Partnership Boosts Management Development
Jan 2008
Over a 10-year period between 1994 and 2004, the British subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) sent 60 middle and senior managers, along with two external consultants, on capacity-building...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Privatization Laboratory
Oct 2009
Physicists often wish they could go back and observe the Big Bang, since it would help resolve some of the most confounding mysteries about the universe. Economists studying transition economies...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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World's Top Management Guru Calls For Radical Innovation At First India Business Conference
Oct 2009
Prahalad is the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy at Ross. He presented his vision for "India at 75" during the school's premier India Business Conference Oct....
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Private Label Introduction: Does It Benefit The Supply Chain?
Nov 2009
Private labels, also called store brands or distributor brands, have changed the retail industry during the last three decades. Consumer data shows strong growth of private label market share, and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Measuring The Impact Of The Business Cycle On Your Industry
Jan 2008
The ability to make plans based on forecasts of a business cycle, using publicly available information, is essential now more than ever. Information on the exposure and intensity of exposure of a...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Strategies To Fight Ad-Sponsored Rivals
Jun 2009
The authors analyze the optimal strategy of a high-quality incumbent that faces a low-quality adsponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Cleveland Clinic: A Laboratory For Operations Management
Aug 2009
The Cleveland Clinic is one of the nation's leading medical institutions. But like many large and complex organizations, it can be plagued by operational challenges. A couple years ago, surgeons...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Markets With A Mission
Oct 2009
The mission of a business might seem simple: Produce a product or a service, make a profit, and use that profit to expand the business. But social and environmental issues are impacting the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Structural Characteristics Of Sport Organisations
May 2008
The principal task of a professional football (soccer) club is to form a competitive team, that participates in official competitions and achieves the sporting successes expected by its members...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Selling Vs. Selling Out
Feb 2009
The real question is not whether social investing will become real, or whether it will become a more important asset class. Social investment is growing, and its growth is in line with societal...
Provided by Stanford University
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Rhetoric And Persuasion In Management
Jan 2008
This paper first looks at the economics-based models that have come to dominate much of management literature and shows how they are incompatible with the idea of persuasion. Next, it examines...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Review Of Selected Generally Accepted Corporate Governance Codes
Apr 2008
This paper reviews the most important aspects of corporate governance and compares them with the latest governance codes published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Innovate Now: Lean Times Can Be The Best Times
Oct 2009
To compensate for the sour economy and pullback on consumer spending, many companies are cutting costs like never before. But are they trimming fat or bone? It may sound counter-intuitive, but a...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Mobility, Employees, Policies
Nov 2010
According to a 2009 survey by New York-based research firm Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are becoming increasingly mobile organizations. This...
Provided by Symantec
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Improve Your Small Biz: 6 Tips From Jim Collins
Oct 2010
Run a pocket of greatness. Too many business owners try to expand and do too many things well. If you know that you are the best at something, then focus on that and make it into what Collins...
Provided by American Express
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10 Ways To Grow Your Business, Despite The Economy
Nov 2010
How can other small businesses thrive in this economy? Differentiate yourself: "Web developers can be a dime a dozen," said Leila Johnson, founder and COO of Rio Rancho, N.M.-based Data-Scribe, a...
Provided by American Express
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How To Succeed At Failure
Sep 2010
Recognizing failure and recovering from mistakes are essential skills for any entrepreneur. The impending failure of a business is something that you will instinctively recognize deep down, but...
Provided by American Express
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Taking The Next Big Step For Your Business
Oct 2010
While many businesses do grow in spurts, some women-owned businesses seem to get stuck in the periods between growth spurts. According to the Center for Women's Business Research, women-owned...
Provided by American Express
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Taking A Job To Support Your Business
Oct 2010
In these tough times, many small business owners have to work somewhere else to support their venture. In most cases, they use similar skills to generate additional income. For instance, Cori...
Provided by American Express
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Fantastic Writing Is Essential For Business
Nov 2010
People tend to underestimate the power of good writing. For business owners, it's easy to think, "I can't afford to hire a writer," or "I have so-and-so who has a marketing degree. They should be...
Provided by American Express
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Signal Advantage
Feb 2010
Adaptation to incessant change is also essential in today's business world, where key variables are volatile and difficult to forecast. Escalating levels of digitalization, connectivity, and...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Strategic Optimism: How To Shape The Future In Times Of Crisis
Apr 2010
Over the past three years, expectations about the world's future have radically changed. In 2007, the projected four-year growth rate for global GDP was comfortably above 4 percent. Today, after...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Collateral Damage, In The Eye Of The Storm: Ignore Short-Term Indicators, Focus On The Long Haul
May 2010
Why have so many companies been so willing to take a knife to costs and then demonstrated reluctance to go on the offensive in pursuit of growth? In previous papers, the authors have looked at...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Accelerating Out Of The Great Recession: Seize The Opportunities In M&A
Jun 2010
With the global economy returning to growth after the worst financial crisis in the lives of most business executives, the outlook for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is improving. Yet, while M&A...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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When Your Competitors~ Cash Seems Free
Sep 2008
The financial experts' responses - such as "Capital is never free," "You just have to be more cost effective," and "Life's unfair" - are not helpful. Nor are impenetrable analyses of the weighted...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Envisioning An Uncertain Future
Mar 2010
New markets, new product segments, and new players are rewriting the rules of the passenger car industry and threatening to upend the traditional order. However, there is considerable uncertainty...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Competitive Strategy And The Future Of Medical Management
Feb 2008
The future of health care in the United States will be determined largely by whether and how insurers - hereafter referred to as health plans - successfully deploy medical-management Strategies....
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Creating Competitive Advantage: The European Insurance Landscape
Jan 2008
Since the financial crisis of 2001 and 2002, the European insurance industry has recovered significantly. While the recovery was supported by favorable stock markets, it was also strongly driven...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Constructing Strategic Spaces
May 2010
Strategic spaces are the fruits of free imagination and disciplined construction. What are they made from and how are they to be used? At the most basic level, there is physical space, in which...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Why Quality Programs Fail-And What To Do About It
Nov 2007
Quality typically lies not at the technical level but far deeper; at the level of strategy and organization. In the author's experience, most companies need to tackle three major challenges:...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Whitepapers
DWBI - The Analytics Revolution: Optimizing Reporting and Analytics to Make Actional Intelligence Pervasive
Nov 2010
15 petabytes of new information are generated every day. And 80% of it is unstructured data. Don't let it get in the way of your decision-making. This analyst paper describes how optimizing...
Provided by IBM
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Competitiveness Of Manufacturing SMEs And eCommerce Strategies
Jun 2008
Faced with the rapid development of electronic commerce in Mexico and in many parts of the world, it becomes increasingly necessary to rely on theoretical-empirical studies that include both...
Provided by University of Guadalajara
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Enterprise Data Center Modernization - IBM Unveils the Future and a Path To Get There with IBM zEnterprise System
Nov 2010
The problem facing every business today is the rising cost and complexity of IT. This issue has intensified with the unprecedented growth in the numbers and types of smart devices connecting the...
Provided by IBM
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Competitor Analysis. . Keeping Ahead Of The Game
Jan 2010
Competitor analysis ('CA') is the in-depth study of one or more rivals (or potential rivals) to gather information on their structure, strategies, strengths, weaknesses and future directions. This...
Provided by Business Advantage Group
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Webcasts
Why Google Won Desktop Search
Oct 2010
Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, formerly the COO of Yahoo!, discusses how Google supplanted Yahoo! as the leading desktop search engine during the mid-2000s. Rosensweig points out Yahoo! served many...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Economic Lessons From Silicon Valley
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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Building Hi-Tech Skyscrapers
Oct 2009
Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, equates building a sustainable online empire with building the skyscrapers that shaped the look of modern cities at the turn of the last century. Pincus reflects upon...
Provided by Stanford University
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Building Resistance To Acquisition
Jan 2009
To build an enterprise that can surely go the distance, Pacific Biosciences' Chairman and CEO Hugh Martin suggest a short list of strategies. Among them, the board must have confidence in a strong...
Provided by Stanford University
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Constraints Are Your Friends
Jan 2010
David Heinemeier Hansson reminds the audience of a simple fact: you'll never outdo Microsoft or Google; they will always have more resources than start-ups. But an entrepreneur must realize that...
Provided by Stanford University
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Veer Away From Heavy Management Theory
Oct 2010
Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, formerly the COO of Yahoo!, discusses how Google supplanted Yahoo! as the leading desktop search engine during the mid-2000s. Rosensweig points out Yahoo! served many...
Provided by Stanford University
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How To Survive In A Downturn Economy
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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Measuring Success: You Measure What Matters
Oct 2009
Mark Pincus, CEO of Zynga, equates building a sustainable online empire with building the skyscrapers that shaped the look of modern cities at the turn of the last century. Pincus reflects upon...
Provided by Stanford University
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Startups That Fail: Netek
Jan 2009
To build an enterprise that can surely go the distance, Pacific Biosciences' Chairman and CEO Hugh Martin suggests a short list of strategies. Among them, the board must have confidence in a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Business Models For Competitive Success In The United States Textile Industry
Nov 2007
Intensifying global competition is threatening the survival of the U.S. textile industry. The authors provide insight into the competitive challenges faced by this declining industry and propose...
Provided by Texas Tech University
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The Search For Identity
Sep 2010
A new study from the Kellogg School finds that local communities contribute to an organization's ability to differentiate itself from other existing organizations. "Identity Realization and...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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A Feast Of Inspiration
Feb 2010
Introduction of New Products and Services focuses on the process of bringing new products from concept to successful launch. Likewise, "Creativity is the new competitive advantage," Razeghi said....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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A 'Sandwich' Of Options
May 2010
To thrive in a competitive marketplace, companies need to move in the direction of their strengths and offer consumers a "Sandwich" of options, says Dipak Jain, former Kellogg dean and the Sandy...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Surviving Competition
Apr 2008
Figure out what you're good at and where you can make money, and focus. This is a critical strategy in a competitive marketplace, says Shutterfly CEO Jeff Housenbold, who claims that business...
Provided by Stanford University
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Waiting For Economic Trickle To Turn Into A Flood, India Is Finding Its Place
May 2008
Multiple languages, religions and political views are some of the hurdles facing those doing business in India, according to experts at the May 10 Kellogg School India Business Conference. Other...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Medici Effect Author Johansson Brings Insights To Kellogg Diversity Initiative
May 2008
If innovation was a car, diversity would be in the driver's seat, suggested author Frans Johansson. "Diversity drives innovation," Johansson stated emphatically during a May 15 visit to...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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The Real Meaning Of Competition
Feb 2009
While not having any direct competition at the moment, 3D rich media browser Cooliris' CTO Austin Shoemaker defines the meaning of the word. Though no one (yet) exists in the marketplace with a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Out-Teach Your Competition
Jan 2010
A startup, David Heinemeier Hansson argues, will never have the resources to outspend a Google or a Microsoft in promoting itself. Instead, his own company 37signals tries to out-teach. "We're...
Provided by Stanford University
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'Megacommunities' Expert Shares Strategy For Confronting Global Challenges
Feb 2008
Tough problems demand tough-minded answers built on new ways of framing issues. And those issues, increasingly, are ones whose complexity demands harnessing the power of business, government and...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Businesses Can Win The Competition With Open-Source Technology
Sep 2008
How can a business compete with a free product? It's not easy, and it's more than just a theoretical question. U.S. newspapers are finding it difficult to compete with free news and the commentary...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
The Slippery Slope Of A Damaged Reputation
Jan 2010
If you want to sell a laptop or get rid of a coin collection, chances are you'll find a buyer on eBay. But if you are a regular eBay seller with an impeccable reputation, beware of your first...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
New Game Strategies To Create And Capture Value
Jun 2009
In his book Strategic Innovation (Routledge, 2009), professor Allan Afuah demonstrates the value of "New game" strategies in the face of rapid technological change and increasing globalization....
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
The Services Shift: Seizing The Ultimate Offshore Opportunity
Feb 2009
In their new book, The Services Shift: Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity (FT Press), authors Robert Kennedy and Ajay Sharma explore ways that outsourcing and offshoring are now impacting...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
The Determinants Of Changes In The Organization Of Production
Mar 2009
In this paper the authors empirically examine the determinants of changes in the organization of production using detailed information on a data set from a new plant-level survey from 1003 plants...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
Nov 2007
Judgment is the essence of leadership. Whether it's CEOs, politicians, coaches or generals, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the fate of an entire organization. A new book, "Judgment:...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Knowledge And Competitive Advantage: What CEOs Say And What Firms Do
Jan 2008
Knowledge can be a source of competitive advantage: what firms know is sometimes more valuable than what they have. In their paper, "Firm-Specific Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: Evidence and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Offshoring: Facts And Figures At The Country Level
Aug 2009
Offshoring has lately received wide attention. Its potential effects, mainly to be materialized in employment and productivity dislocations, are yet to be fully assessed. However, some consensus...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
NGO Partnership Boosts Management Development
Jan 2008
Over a 10-year period between 1994 and 2004, the British subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) sent 60 middle and senior managers, along with two external consultants, on capacity-building...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Privatization Laboratory
Oct 2009
Physicists often wish they could go back and observe the Big Bang, since it would help resolve some of the most confounding mysteries about the universe. Economists studying transition economies...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
World's Top Management Guru Calls For Radical Innovation At First India Business Conference
Oct 2009
Prahalad is the Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy at Ross. He presented his vision for "India at 75" during the school's premier India Business Conference Oct....
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Private Label Introduction: Does It Benefit The Supply Chain?
Nov 2009
Private labels, also called store brands or distributor brands, have changed the retail industry during the last three decades. Consumer data shows strong growth of private label market share, and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Measuring The Impact Of The Business Cycle On Your Industry
Jan 2008
The ability to make plans based on forecasts of a business cycle, using publicly available information, is essential now more than ever. Information on the exposure and intensity of exposure of a...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Strategies To Fight Ad-Sponsored Rivals
Jun 2009
The authors analyze the optimal strategy of a high-quality incumbent that faces a low-quality adsponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Cleveland Clinic: A Laboratory For Operations Management
Aug 2009
The Cleveland Clinic is one of the nation's leading medical institutions. But like many large and complex organizations, it can be plagued by operational challenges. A couple years ago, surgeons...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Markets With A Mission
Oct 2009
The mission of a business might seem simple: Produce a product or a service, make a profit, and use that profit to expand the business. But social and environmental issues are impacting the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
The Structural Characteristics Of Sport Organisations
May 2008
The principal task of a professional football (soccer) club is to form a competitive team, that participates in official competitions and achieves the sporting successes expected by its members...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Selling Vs. Selling Out
Feb 2009
The real question is not whether social investing will become real, or whether it will become a more important asset class. Social investment is growing, and its growth is in line with societal...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Rhetoric And Persuasion In Management
Jan 2008
This paper first looks at the economics-based models that have come to dominate much of management literature and shows how they are incompatible with the idea of persuasion. Next, it examines...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Review Of Selected Generally Accepted Corporate Governance Codes
Apr 2008
This paper reviews the most important aspects of corporate governance and compares them with the latest governance codes published in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Innovate Now: Lean Times Can Be The Best Times
Oct 2009
To compensate for the sour economy and pullback on consumer spending, many companies are cutting costs like never before. But are they trimming fat or bone? It may sound counter-intuitive, but a...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Automakers Put The Pedal To The Metal
Dec 2008
U.S. automakers worked hard to get a recent $17.4 billion loan from the Bush Administration, but now the real work begins, says the author, the Ford Motor Co. Clinical Professor of Business...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Nearly Modular Structure Offers The Best Of Both Worlds
Feb 2008
While modularity has gained popularity as an organizational and technical architecture in complex systems, its proponents have overlooked the down side, says a Ross School professor. Granted,...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Leading Innovation In The Real World
Jan 2010
With corporate budgets tight and customers ever more demanding, C-level executives are looking for self-starting leaders with imagination - the kind of imagination that transcends expectations. In...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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The Fraying Of Free Trade
Apr 2009
With the world facing an economic downturn, populist appeals to limit foreign goods or investment are inevitable. While there have been some scattered protectionist moves and chatter, the G20...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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How LG Electronics Reinvented Itself In The US
Jun 2010
It took three attempts in four years for Korean electronics giant LG Electronics (LGE) to launch its brand in the US market in 2002. Five years later, it became the top seller of refrigerators and...
Provided by INSEAD
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Doing It The Chinese Way: Disney's Strategy For A Lucrative Ride In China
Jun 2010
As trite as the phrase 'think global, act local' may be, it nevertheless encapsulates The Walt Disney Company's approach to making a success of its business in China. To that end, producing...
Provided by INSEAD
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Learning: You Must Remember This
Dec 2008
Superior learning is a necessary component of competitive success. It is a rare person or team which can achieve deep learning - that is, replacement of obsolescent beliefs, and the gaining of new...
Provided by IMD
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Leadership Today: Less Charisma, More Consensus
Dec 2009
When people think of words to describe good leadership, 'charisma' usually comes somewhere near the top of the list. After all, all the good ideas in the world won't get anywhere if speaker aren't...
Provided by INSEAD
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Can Leadership Withstand The Ravages Of The Crisis?
Dec 2008
The sudden collapse of Lehman Brothers and the fall of AIG have not just shaken the financial community to its core, which has sent reverberations worldwide, its leaders have also come under fire....
Provided by INSEAD
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Middle Managers Linchpin To Dynamic Team Leadership
Aug 2008
Although research suggests there's no 'one size fits all' approach to leadership, a fixed or generic notion of leadership still gets taught at all levels, to be used at all times, for all...
Provided by INSEAD
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Leadership: A Chinese Puzzle
Nov 2007
China's economy is booming, but one of the major challenges facing the country will be leadership - or the lack of it - in political or business spheres. INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Asian...
Provided by INSEAD
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Porsche Also Makes Great Cars, Remember?
Jan 2010
The global automobile industry is in a shambles, with a share in Ford Motor Company selling for less than a Starbucks latte, and GM and Chrysler fighting for their survival. Somewhere in all this...
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Complementarity, Capabilities, And The Boundaries Of The Firm: The Impact Of Within-Firm And Interfirm Expertise On Concurrent Sourcing Of Complementary Components
Feb 2009
Theories of the firm raise conflicting arguments about how complementarities between two or more components affect firms' knowledge and production boundaries. Traditional arguments in the...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Retail Competition And The Dynamics Of Consumer Demand For Tied Goods
Dec 2007
This paper empirically investigates the demand for tied goods sold through competing retail channels. This paper makes three contributions. First, it identifies the horizontal externality aspect...
Provided by Stanford University
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Forbes Gives 5 Keys For "Golden Era"
Jul 2008
"In terms of our global economy today, the headlines are rather grim," the author says to 252 business graduates from 35 nations who gathered at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa near campus....
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Multidisciplinary Process Integration And Design Optimization Of A Classroom Building
Oct 2008
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) professionals typically achieve very few design and analysis iterations during the conceptual stage of a project. One primary cause is limitations...
Provided by Stanford University
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Don't Waste The Crisis Opportunity Knocks!
Jun 2009
As we adjust to the mixed economic signals of 2009, a mood of relief is settling in. However, we perceive an insidious sense of resignation among far too many executives battered and bruised by...
Provided by IMD
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It Pays To Be Civil
Sep 2008
At the extreme end of the continuum, employee misbehavior can culminate in workplace violence and even homicide. But such extreme behavior is rare. Incivility, on the other hand, is common. The...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
