常见的理论,提出相反意见。很多公司研究有一个局限性>>光环效应。一直以来都认为表现好的公司成长的路径都差不多。也就是说公司的成功有一个公式。但是实际上不是这样,公司的行为和竞争对手、行业有关,不是所有做了相同事情的公司都会成功。
P1 definition - have certain inference based on general impression
P2
- A popular view: company success is like a formula (flawed)
- Why flawed: data was affected by halo effect
- False causal relationship: Factors leads to company success
P3 argument: formula cannot ensure high performance
- Reason: performance: relative, not absolute
Depend on rivals---who is faster
most studies are undermined by halo effect. 主题句
fist in 1920
one claim: hewing to a certain formula is sure to become a great performer.
factors led to success, 因果关系是×
直接反驳观点: can't ensure high performance, coz: performance relative, not absolute, depend not only on actions but also on those of its rivals.
生词:
seductive claims 有诱惑力的断言 hewing to a certain formular 遵循某种公式
retrospective interview 回顾性访谈:一种采访方法,通过让受访者回顾过去的经历和事件来收集信息
throughput time 吞吐时间:指完成一个生产过程所需的时间,包括从原材料到成品的加工、检验、运输等环节。
39. Halo effect
Halo effect undermine the Company performance
- Successful companies be described in the same way, but the causality is wrong.
- Formular can not help to be a high performance.
Performance is not absolute 绝对的
Company’s action & rivals 竞争对手 both