Sloan Working Papers: Recent submissions

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    • M.EOS: How General Management Matters 

      Santos, Jose (INSEAD Working Paper Series, 2013-07-09)
      This paper explores how general management matters and presents the foundation of a theory of general management as a theory of collective performance in the presence of the general manager. It proposes that general ...

    • Reactive Point Processes: A New Approach to Predicting Power Failures in Underground Electrical Systems 

      Ertekin, Seyda; Rudin, Cynthia; McCormick, Tyler H. (2013-09-26)
      Reactive point processes (RPP’s) are a new statistical model designed for predicting discrete events, incorporating self-exciting, self-regulating, and saturating components. The self-excitement occurs as a result of a ...

    • Engaging Non-IT Executives in IT Infrastructure Decisions 

      Fonstad, Nils O.; Subramani, Mani (Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA, 2008-07-01)
      This case study describes how information technology (IT) managers from Insurance Co. successfully engaged non-IT executives in IT infrastructure investment decisions. This enabled IT and non-IT stakeholder groups to take ...