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    AdaptationRemove Adaptation →

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    • 20 Aug 2020
    • Book

    From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

    by Dina Gerdeman

    Many technologies have upended long-held beliefs about love, sex, marriage, and reproduction, says Debora Spar in a new book, Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 06 Aug 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Field-Level Paradox and the Co-Evolution of an Entrepreneurial Vision

    by Ryan Raffaelli and Richard DeJordy

    Swiss watchmaking embodies the classic strategic paradox created by the introduction of new technology: the choice between resisting and defending, or embracing and prospecting. This paper offers a model for how fields and organizational leaders experiencing similar paradoxes can adapt to environmental change while still preserving valuable aspects of their past success.

    • 30 Jul 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    ‘Organizing’, ‘Innovating’, and ‘Managing’ in Complexity Space

    by Michael C. Moldoveanu

    This paper explores organizational complexity by proposing a two-dimensional framework to help us understand organizational coping mechanisms and failure modes. The framework makes it possible to ask new questions about organizational adaptations to complexity that investigate its underlying structure and dynamics.

    • 18 Feb 2019
    • Book

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

    by Danielle Kost

    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. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 16 Jan 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

    by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik

    Many executives are confident they can retain their skills over time. Experience shows they are wrong. Just look at the National Football League's "Black Monday" for proof, says Boris Groysberg. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 09 Sep 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

    by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg

    In the new case study “Honeywell and the Great Recession,” Sandra Sucher and Susan Winterberg explore employer tradeoffs when a downturn hits: conducting layoffs vs. orchestrating furloughs. Plus: Video interviews with Honeywell CEO Dave Cote. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 06 Aug 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

    by Michael Blanding

    In his new book, Strategic IQ, Professor of Management Practice John R. Wells explains why adapting to changing circumstances isn't only smart, it's also a matter of survival. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

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