A great analogy is like...a translation of a new technology to the masses. Right? Yes, write Christopher B. Bingham and Steven J. Kahl in MIT Sloan Management Review's Winter 2013 print issue. But not ...

Sometimes a complex health concept is best explained through an analogy—an easily understood comparison of two different ideas. A medical analogy can be an effective communicative tool for any ...

How is a Model T like a dead cow? If you know the answer to that, you understand the power of analogies. And you have more in common with Steve Jobs than you may have realized. In fact, according to ...

Every business needs a vision statement that summarizes its purpose. Your vision statement should also neatly wrap up your strategy or what’s special about you — that is, your market differentiators.

How humans think. The human brain as an analogy machine. How do we think? How do our brains make sense of the world? Of the endless, swirling, changing flow of scenes and situations we confront? For ...

About 15 years ago, Glenn Carroll and Jesper Sørensen began teaching a mandatory course for first-year MBA students called ...

Recognizing relations between relations is what analogy is all about. What lies behind this ability? Is it uniquely human? A new study has shown that monkeys are capable of making analogies.

When Charlie Merrill (the Merrill in Merrill-Lynch) envisioned banks as becoming "financial supermarkets" in the 1930s, he was describing a new strategic opportunity that no one else had imagined.