October 2008

Broad Business News - Research Issue

Has your favorite MBA program been ranked by BusinessWeek? If not, don't hold your breath...
Business school deans have been saying business school media rankings are "fundamentally flawed" in one way or another for years. The Broad School's Frederick P. Morgeson, professor of Management and Valade Research Scholar, and doctoral candidate Jennifer Nahrgang are the first to empirically study the BusinessWeek rankings in order to understand the level of ranking stability across time. More...
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Ivkovic, Weisbenner find word-of-mouth drives stock purchase decisions
According to two researchers from the Broad School, Americans are talking about more than their crabgrass problems over the back fence: They are comparing stock portfolios, and they are heeding one another's advice on what to invest in. More...

Smart supply chains satisfy market, know their processes - and keep learning
In today's global marketplace, where competitors are no longer solitary firms, but groups of firms collaborating in complex, highly integrated supply chains, strategists are struggling to uncover the drivers of performance and the characteristics that set successful supply chains apart. According to Tomas Hult, professor of international business in the Broad School, supply chains that foster both a culture of competitiveness and knowledge development have the best chance to triumph over their rivals. More...

Finding the right formula for incentive compensation difficult decision for managers
While most managers use a variety of different performance measures to motivate and reward their employees, according to Broad School faculty researchers Mike Shields, Ranjani Krishnan and Joan Luft, managers may be victims of their own psychology when designing incentive compensation plans. More...

Research finds manufacturing plants benefit from managing processes beyond their walls
Viewing strategic integration as a process instead of an outcome, Morgan Swink, a professor of Supply Chain Management at the Broad School, found that factories that engage in acquiring, sharing and consolidating strategic knowledge and information with parties outside the immediate organization will outperform their less-integrated peers in certain key areas. More...

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New, free photo downloads of campus! You can share your photos of campus, too – or photos of a college event or your family – at the Broad School’s on-line alumni photo album. More...

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