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Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space? 

Private rocket companies are competing to be the first to send paying tourists into space, perhaps even this year. Matthew Weinzierl lays out the strategic roadmap to the stars. 
20 Feb 2019  |  Research & Ideas

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What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

by Danielle Kost
  • 18 Feb 2019
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  • Book
Technology doesn't drive disruption—customers do. In a new book, marketing professor Thales Teixeira argues that successful disruptors are faster to spot and serve emerging customer needs than larger competitors.

The Delicious History of Hershey Chocolate

Re: Nancy F. Koehn
  • 14 Feb 2019
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  • Cold Call Podcast
Milton Hershey, the candy king, pioneered chocolate treats for the masses. But he also built a controversial company town and what today is one of the richest schools in America. Nancy Koehn discusses Hershey's innovative life and vision.

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

by Scott Wallask
  • 20 Feb 2019
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  • Research & Ideas
Private rocket companies are competing to be the first to send paying tourists into space, perhaps even this year. Matthew Weinzierl lays out the strategic roadmap to the stars.

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

by Bill George
  • 14 Jan 2019
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  • Op-Ed
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever, says Bill George.

New Working Papers 

Scholarly papers that describe original research in a narrow field of study.

Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices

by Ryan W. Buell, Shwetha Mariadassou, and Yanchong Zheng
  • 19 FEB 2019

Diagnostic Bubbles

by Pedro Bordalo, Nicola Gennaioli, Spencer Yongwook Kwon, and Andrei Shleifer
  • 18 FEB 2019

Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

by Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov
  • 11 FEB 2019

The IBM PC

by Carliss Y. Baldwin
  • 11 FEB 2019

The Research Exchange 

The Research Exchange is a way for faculty and corporate partners to collaborate on the following field studies.

Transparency & Productivity

Ethan Bernstein

Best Practices for Considering Contract Workers

Christopher Stanton

Causes and Consequences of Withholding Critical Feedback in Organizations

Ashley Whillans and Chuck Howard

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