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• More Evidence that Being a Jerk Doesn't Work

  - 2008-01-25

  Stanford professor, Bob Sutton, has built a small industry around telling business people not to be assholes. You can check him out explaining the basic idea of his book, "The No Asshole Rule," in this BNET Book Briefing: working with rude, self-obsessed people isn't just aggravating, it's a drain on...

  Tags: Researcher, Professor, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Blogging, Management, Human Resources, Internet, Jessica Stillman, University Of Florida

• Toward An Economic Theory Of Leadership: Leading Adaptive Change

  BNET - 2006-06-08

  This paper develops a model of adaptive leadership, which is leadership that helps organizations adapt to new or existing realities. A manager provides adaptive leadership by exposing the organization to a novel experience that demonstrates that the firm's beliefs do not match reality. Exposure to the novel experience creates distress,...

  Tags: Theory, University Of Florida, Distress, Leadership, Management

• Rivalry Through Alliances: Competitive Strategy in the Global Telecommunications Market - A Reply to Curwen

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  The authors' exceptions with Curwen's rejoinder result largely from his misreading of their paper and from the empirical evidence he selects. Curwen's dependence on the most recent market valuations and his statements that portions of the authors' work are "already out of date" illustrate his heavy reliance on what was...

  Tags: Alliance, University Of Florida, Author, Dot-com, Telecommunications, Competitive Strategy, Curwen, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Management

• Single Vs. Multiple Supplier Sourcing Strategies

  BNET - 2004-06-01

  Successful supply chain management necessitates an effective sourcing strategy to combat uncertainties in both supply and demand. In particular, supply disruption results in excessive downtime of production resources, upstream and downstream supply chain repercussions, and eventually a loss in the market value of the firm. This paper analyzes single period,...

  Tags: Supply Chain, Sourcing, University Of Florida, Supplier, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management

• Moving From Information Tunnels To Configurable, User-Model Driven Environments

  BNET - 2003-11-15

  Projects have long been seen as information rich environments with associated calls for information integration to support decision-making. Yet even with advanced applications based on shared data standards, project professionals still face considerable difficulty accessing needed information in a form useful for decision making. In the authors' viewpoint, a primary...

  Tags: University Of Florida, Environment, Difficulty, Decision-making, Tools & Techniques, Management

• Numerical Comparison of CVaR and CDaR Approaches: Application to Hedge Funds

  BNET - 2003-06-04

  This paper applies risk management methodologies to optimization of a portfolio of hedge funds fund of funds. The paper compares two risk management methodologies: Conditional Value-at-Risk and Conditional Drawdown-at-Risk. The common property of the risk management techniques is that they admit the formulation of a portfolio optimization model as a...

  Tags: University Of Florida, Hedge Fund, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management

• Protecting Valuable Commercial Information In The Digital Age: Law, Policy And Practice

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  The growing importance and value placed on information and ideas in the global information economy, coupled with the fact that these assets are now generally stored electronically, creates an increasing need to protect them through legal and other means from unauthorized use and interference. Given the history of ‘market regulation'...

  Tags: Protection, University Of Florida, Government, Globalization, Vertical Industries, Asset Management, Strategy, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• Managing Organizational And Cultural Change

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  This presentation discusses managing organizational and cultural change. Organizational change often starts with strategic change, a change in the firm's mission, strategy, and vision, which can lead to changes in the firm's culture, structure, and technology. There are various sources of resistance to change. Some of these are lack of...

  Tags: University Of Florida, Change, Strategy, Management

• Ethics, Etiquette, & Morality

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  Business ethics consists of a set of moral principles and values that govern the behavior of the organization with respect to what is right and what is wrong. Etiquette are certain established and socially accepted norms of correct behavior. Morality is the goodness or badness of human actions. The increased...

  Tags: University Of Florida, Ethics, Etiquette, Morality, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

• Industry Analysis

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  Strategic moves and counter moves of competitors mark the external environment of an organization. In order to survive and stay afloat, the organization needs to have a competitive edge over its competitors. It is imperative for the organization to conduct the industry analysis wherein the moves and counter moves of...

  Tags: Industry Analysis, Management, Strategy, University Of Florida