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May 01, 2001
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Why Most Analysts Don’t Rock the Boat
Research suggests they fear a “sell” warning would reduce their status with top sources.
November 01, 2000
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Game Theory: A New Tool for Economists
In the last 25 years, many if not most significant innovations in economics have been driven by this methodological innovation.
November 01, 2000
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Managing Supply Chain Key Link to Growth
Successful businesses will be the ones who can adapt to changes from globalization, greater product variation, and shorter production cycles.
November 01, 2000
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Peter Löscher: Siemens Needed a New Corporate Ethic
The Siemens AG CEO explains how he helped the company recover from one of the worst scandals in corporate history.
August 01, 2000
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Is Hospital Competition Socially Wasteful?
A study finds that competition was good for a group of acutely ill patients, in part because of managed care efficiencies.
February 01, 2000
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Principles of Internet Marketing
In a new book, an economist explains how the internet's immediacy can cause a company to rethink its entire marketing organization.
November 01, 1999
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Diversity and Work Group Performance
Research shows that informational diversity stirs constructive debate around the task at hand.
November 01, 1999
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Managed Care: What Went Wrong? Can It Be Fixed?
In a Mayo Clinic lecture, a scholar explains the challenges to stemming out-out-of-control healthcare costs.
November 01, 1999
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The Knowing-Doing Gap
Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton explore how companies can turn talk into action, and why promoting internal competition may not help.
June 01, 1999
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Stock Options, It's all in the Timing
Researchers examine how compensation incentives affect executives' decisions to disclose information.
March 01, 1999
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Sharing Information to Boost the Bottom Line
Research looks at how much supply chain data should be kept secret.
August 01, 1998
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John Jost: Women Undervalue Themselves in Setting Pay Rates
In one startling study, women paid themselves 18% less than the men paid themselves for identical work.
September 01, 1997
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A Statistical Solution to Testing the Blood Supply for HIV
A Stanford GSB scholar devises an advanced model that allows inexpensive, accurate testing by pooling blood samples.
September 01, 1997
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Why Some Managers Won't Let Go
A study reveals the tendency of leaders to inflate the worth of work produced with their direct oversight.
September 01, 1996
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What's in it for Fund Managers?
Two scholars say it's time to ask if the people investing your money are properly motivated.
June 01, 1996
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What Do You Do When Industry Dynamics Fundamentally Change?
The way firms recognize and negotiate "strategic inflection points" determines their fate.
December 01, 1995
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How to Cultivate a "Hot Group" to Ignite An Organization
Small, close-knit sets of motivated people can do great things fast — but need they room to develop organically.
March 01, 1995
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Whang and Lee: Eliminating the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains
How shared sales data, computer-based ordering, consolidating deliveries, and other innovations can benefit all stakeholders.