John Elstrott spoke to students, business leaders and entrepreneurs in Boulder, Colo., on Sept. 29 as part of An Evening at the Epicenter, a series of interactive talks dedicated to promoting local, socially responsible and green businesses.
Geoff Parker, professor of economic sciences, contributed “Putting It Together: How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development,” co-authored with Jason Amaral and Edward G. Anderson Jr., to the winter 2011 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review.
A psychological mechanism referred to as the “dread factor” helps explain the enhanced effectiveness of high-engagement training relative to low-engagement training when workers are being prepared to deal with particularly ominous hazards.
The Macondo Blowout, the world’s worst accidental marine oil spill, has been essentially under control since mid-July, when BP installed a mini BOP and transition spool on the well, but the disaster continues thanks to our federal government.
Geoff Parker has studied platforms for more than a decade, but this fall he and his colleagues plan to take that research to another level with an investigation of how firms can use one type of platform—an internal knowledge market—to drive and distribute innovation.
Adrienne Colella, professor of organizational behavior, has been appointed the James W. McFarland Distinguished Chair in Business. Prior to her appointment, Colella had served as the A. B. Freeman Chair in Doctoral Studies and Research since joining the Freeman School in July 2005.
