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Relying On External Knowledge For Competitive Advantage: Why It Might Not Work
Hari Bapuji; David Loree; Mary M. CrossanArticle IVEY-9B11TC05-EStrategyMany managers believe that the acquisition and application of knowledge from external sources will have a clear impact on firm performance and innovation, yet little research exists that helps managers determine the impact of that knowledge. This article seeks to examine whether the use of external knowledge delivers the competitive advantage often claimed. It explains that the outcome of using external knowledge sources may not be positive, and ...Starting at €8.20
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Linking Candour to Leadership Character with Gen. Rick Hillier
Mary M. Crossan; Alyson ByrneArticle IVEY-9B13TF01-ELeadership and People ManagementLack of candour stems from avoidance of difficult or uncomfortable situations. However, what begins as an attempt to avoid difficulty often turns into a series of bad decisions and bad consequences. Candour allows organizations to have better idea generation, faster problem solving through avoiding “beating around the bush,” and more efficient processes. The authors argue that candour requires character and that with character comes the judgment ...Starting at €8.20
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Engaging the Moment Makes Better Leaders
Mary M. Crossan; Corey CrossanArticle IVEY-9B15TA04-ELeadership and People ManagementAs Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Victor Frankl noted, the space between stimulus and response creates an opportunity to engage the moment in a way that can be transformative. However, engaging the moment is difficult because attention on the task at hand can be drawn away by past experiences, as well as expectations for the future. The ability to engage the moment is developed over time and anchored in competence, character and commitment...Starting at €8.20
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A Not So Rosy Situation: Bill Aziz's Challenge at White Rose Crafts and Nursery Sales Limited - Teaching Note
Mary M. Crossan; Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B07M53-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B07M053.Starting at €0.00
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Una disputa con el SIDA (B) (Spanish Version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-304S13Complementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Kathryn McNeil (A) (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-304S16Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityCharles Foley, vice president of the computer retailing firm Sayer MicroWorld, must decide whether or not to fire his employee, Kathryn McNeil, a 37-year-old product manager who has been unable to work as many hours as her colleagues due to her status as a single parent of a six-year-old boy. The company's recent risk-laden acquisition of another ailing firm has intensified the office's already high-pressure environment by necessitating that all ...Starting at €8.20
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Kathryn McNeil (B) (Spanish Version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-304S17Complementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Analyst's Dilemma (A) (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S37Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityA young investment banker returns home one night to find that her roommate and best friend has been laid off from Universal Bank because Universal is shutting down its capital finance group. Her roommate makes her promise to keep this information confidential because the news is not to be disclosed to the market for several days. The protaganist knows, however, that Universal's capital finance group is collaborating with her own investment bank o...Starting at €8.20
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El Dilema de la Analista (B)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S38Complementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Este caso apesta: Beavis, Butt-head y el contenido de la TV (B)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S41Complementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74