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- Gen Y-Ers, Baby Boomers & Technology: Worlds Apart?
- It's a common perception: Older workers just don't get new communications technologies like email, instant messaging and company intranets. Why should they, after all? Baby Boomers in Western nations grew up alongside TV and the telephone, and conventional wisdom says they're simply too rooted in these traditional technologies to adopt...
- White papers 2008-09-22
- What Were They Thinking? by Jeffrey Pfeffer |Book Brief
- The book "What Were They Thinking?" argues that most managers fail because they diligently follow common management practices that are sometimes flawed to the core. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges managers to throw out conventional wisdom and to think harder and more strategically about what's right for their companies.
- Videos 2007-12-06
- Buy-and-Hold Investing Is Not Dead
- If you've read anything about investing lately, chances are you've read an article that questions the wisdom of buy-and-hold investing. And while it might make intuitive sense to believe that investors can increase their returns by jumping into and out of volatile markets, don't fall for this conventional wisdom. History...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- A Falling Dollar Doesn't Mean Rising Inflation
- The conventional wisdom says that a falling dollar leads to high inflation. As this post shows, the conventional wisdom does not hold up against the data. by Larry Swedroe
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- Inflation Myths That Need to Be Exposed
- Conventional wisdom says our big budget deficits and growth in money supply will cause significant inflation. Here's why this conventional wisdom should be ignored. by Larry Swedroe
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
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- Conventional Wisdom is Wrong
- Jo Owen missed out one dangerous phrase from his list -- conventional wisdom. Business phrases like best practice, standard procedure, and accepted wisdom reflect a static position based in the past. Professor Jeff Pfeffer here in an interview with Guy Kawasaki says that "when companies follow prevailing conventional wisdom, they...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Siemens bucks conventional wisdom by planning--and executing--large-scale IT project.(Case-In-Point)
- In recent years, it's been conventional wisdom that embarking on a large-scale IT project is the sure road to disaster: But Siemens Energy & Automation has proven that conventional wisdom isn't always correct. The Alpharetta, Ga.-based di In...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Siemens bucks conventional wisdom by planning--and executing--large-scale IT project (MSI)
- In recent years, it's been conventional wisdom that embarking on a large-scale IT project is the sure road to disaster. But Siemens Energy & Automation has proven that conventional wisdom isn't always correct. In recent years, it's been conventional wisdom...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Arbitron Research debunks conventional wisdom on interactive. (interactive TV)(Telemedia Week)(Brief Article)
- Arbitron has released details from its "New Media Pathfinder Study" focusing on the shape of future interactive media markets. Although the conventional wisdom is that people who make more money will be the ones who spend the most on intera Arbitron has released details from its...
- Research articles 1995-07-24
- Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Debunking the Myths and Exposing the Risks of Arms Export Reform
- Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Debunking the Myths and Exposing the Risks of Arms Export Reform edited by Tamar Gabelnick and Rachel Stohl. Federation of American Scientists (http:// www.fas.org), 1717 K Street, NW, Suite 209, Washington, DC 20036, and Center for Defense Information (http://www.cdi.org), 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2109, 2003,...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
- Study Says Markets Historically Perform Better When Congress, President Are Same Party, Contrary to Conventional Wisdom
- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Conventional wisdom often assumes that U.S. equity markets benefit from political gridlock - when the party in control of the Presidency differs from the party in control of Congress. But the evidence does not support the belief that the market performs better under political gridlock than under...
- Research articles 2004-11-05
- A failure of imagination: Conventional wisdom traps forecasters into limiting their view of the possible
- Not long after the first cars appeared in 1886, Gottlieb Daimler and his associates (the forerunner of Daimler Benz, manufacturers of the Mercedes) looked to the future to forecast the ultimate size of the automobile market. They predicted an eventual total of 1 million automobiles worldwide. Today there are over...
- Research articles 1996-05-01
- The conventional wisdom was that President Bush wouldn't be able to get someone of stature to take the post of Treasury secretary whenever John Snow's much-rumored departure finally happened
- * The conventional wisdom was that President Bush wouldn't be able to get someone of stature to take the post of Treasury secretary whenever John Snow's much-rumored departure finally happened. But Bush defied the skeptics and landed Henry Paulson, the widely respected chairman of Goldman Sachs. Paulson is a conservative...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
- America Enchained...And The Truth of Conventional Wisdom
- Gus Tyler Forward 07-29-1994 America Enchained...And The Truth of Conventional Wisdom. The merger of Federated with Macy's is far more than a humdrum acquisition. It is another signpost in the en-chainment of America. Once there were many chains, such as Macy's with...
- Research articles 1994-07-29
- Conventional Wisdom from the Kerry Campaign: Adding Facts to the Bush Spin (1/3)
- "One thing you won't hear from the Bush-Cheney campaign this week is anything positive. They can't talk about the issues, because they have no plan for the future. They can't talk about their record, because it's riddled with failure. So they keep firing off intentionally misleading attacks...
- Research articles 2004-07-27
- Debunking Conventional Wisdom: Brokered Convention Could Help Party Say Ex White House, Hill Aides Robert Weiner and John Larmett
- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Bob Weiner, or Rebecca VanderLinde, both of Robert Weiner Associates, +1-301-283-0821, or 202-329-1700 WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Denver may witness a historic Democratic National Convention. This time, we may see more than pre-ordained roll calls with a predetermined outcome. In Denver, the convention...
- Research articles 2008-03-16
- China: Conventional Wisdom About Its Role in Global Imbalance Is Wrong
- Ryan Avent submits: If you think you understand the dynamics underlying global imbalances and the role China plays in generating them, have a good look at this piece, from this week's print edition. It challenges many of the ideas that pass for conventional wisdom on the subject. For instance,...
- External links 2009-07-31
- 90% OF WHAT? STUDY CHALLENGES IMPACT OF ASSET MIX ON PERFORMANCE; CONVENTIONAL WISDOM TURNS OUT TO BE MISINTERPRETATION OF DATA.
- A new analysis challenges the conventional wisdom that asset allocation explains 90% or more of investment performance. In their new study, Roger G. Ibbotson and Paul D. Kaplan, both of Ibbotson Associates Inc., Chicago, contend the explanatory power of asset allocation on a fund's...
- Research articles 1999-03-08
- Tech Sector: Is Conventional Wisdom Wrong?
- Michael Panzner submits: As evidenced by the above (courtesy of StockCharts.com), the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite index has been on a tear since March and has outperformed the S&P 500 since last November. According to the conventional wisdom, that would indicate that stock investors see a...
- External links 2009-11-03
- Unconventional wisdom about local competition: Not all CLECs are dead, and it may be possible to get ILECs to wheel and deal on prices. Local competition seems like it's sleeping, not dead.
- If you never believed the competitive local exchange carriers CLECs were going to topple the incumbent LECs ILECs, you probably don't believe the new conventional wisdom that the CLECs are dead. But while plenty of CLECs have bitten the du ...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
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