Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann write in the Harvard Business Review about a whole new class of smart connected products — “complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, data…
The Harvard Business Review notes that new developments in organizational research suggest that tough managers “often mistakenly think that putting pressure on employees will increase performance. What it does increase…
“If asked to identify the hotbed of social innovation right now, many people would likely point to the new philanthropy of Silicon Valley or the social entrepreneurship efforts supported by…
Getting a true accounting of the value of private equity investing has always been difficult. Whether measuring IRR or trying to compare funds across the same vintage, varying fund performance…
Wharton professor Cassie Mogilner spoke to Knowledge@Wharton about her research into happiness and what it means for managing employees and marketing products. Said Mogilner: “I have found that focusing on…
In a new research paper, Entrepreneurship and Loss-Aversion in a Winner-Take-All Society, John Morgan and Dana Sisak found that “loss aversion, or the fear of losing one’s salary at a…
Kimberly Wagner, a partner and a managing director at the Boston Consulting Group, spoke to Knowledge@Wharton about creating the best environment to foster creativity. Wagner notes you can’t demand innovation,…
Jeff Gothelf says companies must bring the “Agile Manifesto” for software development to their entire organization. “Software has eaten the world. And as it continues to consume new and diverse…
“People used to believe that you didn’t have to be happy at work to succeed. And you didn’t need to like the people you work with, or even share their…
“The biggest U.S. businesses increasingly depend on international revenue, but most boards remain All-American—and that could threaten firms’ prospects for expansion abroad,” the Wall Street Journal reports. A new study…
