One of the most dreaded aspects of being an entrepreneurship professor are the hundreds of times that students will come up with the same – bad – business concept when tasked with building businesses of… Read more »
Archives for January 2008
Tricks of the mind – and why proofreaders have such a difficult time
Sent to me by my brother, with observations from my mom that the power of the human mind to capture information is quite remarkable. It also helps us understand why good proofreading is so difficult. … Read more »
MarketBusters out in Russian!
We’re very pleased that MarketBusters has now been translated into many languages – including Japanese, Chinese (3 versions!), Thai, Portugese and others. The latest (at least I think) is a version in Russian, which arrived… Read more »
International Herald Tribune quotes Rita McGrath on Expat Housing
In a January 24, 2008 article entitled Expat housing, without the perks, Rita McGrath commented, “Normally you think of overseas jobs going to the top dogs but a lot of overseas jobs today are middle-dog… Read more »
When Yesterday’s Leaders Can’t Lead Tomorrow’s Business-some ideas from Doz & Kosonen
One of the enduring dilemmas of any successful business is that there will inevitably come a time when those who led the great success of the past will be faced with the erosion of what… Read more »
When Yesterday’s Leaders Can’t Lead Tomorrow’s Business-some ideas from Doz & Kosonen
One of the enduring dilemmas of any successful business is that there will inevitably come a time when those who led the great success of the past will be faced with the erosion of what… Read more »
Pfizer’s Office of the Future and the Great Irony of Information Work
It has long fascinated me that an entire class of information work that used to be done by trained professionals is now being muddled through by the rest of us. I’m referring of course to… Read more »
So-called rigorous but meaningless research – From Ian MacMillan
Co-author Ian MacMillan made the following observation, which I thought merited a post here: In his words: Our obsession with research that “rigorous”is driving out relevance. Here is a beauty: The author did an exquisitely… Read more »
More examples of the benefits of early warnings and leading indicators
As I often say in class, information that we use to make decisions falls into three categories: 1) Lagging indicators: Often highly accurate and precise, but give us data only about the past; 2) Current… Read more »
Second order effects of sub prime about to land on insurance
Apparently “the insurance industry is bracing for an increase in arson among homeowners who see setting the house afire and collecting the insurance payment as an alternative to foreclosure”. This according to the January 21… Read more »
Rita McGrath’s Letter to the Editor of Financial Times: “The Upside to Business Schools”
Professor Rita McGrath’s letter to the editor responding to comments by Michael Skapinker was published in the January 14, 2008 edition. An excerpt: “Good scholarly understanding of business can add tremendous value to executives by… Read more »
Private Equity players having to actually run businesses – Comment 2.0
Last summer, I thought it hilarious that the CEO’s of private equity firms were being marveled over – that they actually had to run their companies to create value rather than simply engaging in financial… Read more »