Confirmation - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

do not confuse the two. They periodically step back from their arguments and try to confirm their assumptions by examining them critically. If they find that some still lack hard evidence, they may elect to proceed, but they will at least... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

low, it will be more difficult to implement anything-policies, practices, and eventually strategies of which they are a part? This appeared to be confirmed by data that I collected for my most recent book. For example, only 30 percent to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

October 2007
Article

The Influence of Financial Statement Recognition and Analyst Coverage on the Market's Valuation of R&D Capital

By: Michael D. Kimbrough

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141 (SFAS No. 141)'s requirement that an acquirer in a business combination estimate the fair value of the target's separately identifiable assets and liabilities (including research and development capital) provides a rare... View Details

Keywords: Information; Value Creation; Fair Value Accounting; Research and Development; Financial Statements; Capital

Citation

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

to find out if your changes are working.” Believing in the process In the book, Beer describes how the carefully designed strategic fitness process has helped companies bring their problems into the light. It has been applied by numerous CEOs, and research has View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

it” "In the mind of someone who thinks of tipping as something that implies better future service, tipping and bribery are closer together," Torfason says. The researchers confirmed this intuition in a lab experiment. They... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

phenomenon.) In another experiment that should be of interest to brand managers, the researchers confirmed the potential power of a “sell busyness” strategy. Five hundred participants were asked to rate the status of consumers who used... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

appear to be related to excuse-driven motives. A new study confirms that individuals often avoid information to make themselves feel better about the decisions they make. But the results also suggest that a variety of other factors can... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

Industrial Revolution were center stage, scholars can then develop new concepts of growth and adjust existing theories of institutional change based on the commercialization of new science-based technologies. For example, the unparalleled success of Japan's consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

it. Q: You mention Scott Cook. He once told me that on his first day as cofounder of his new two-person company, Intuit, he started by writing an employee handbook. Your work would seem to confirm the rightness of that decision, that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

vermin and other cleanliness issues. “The information contained in online reviews helps consumers choose cleaner restaurants, which is a pretty robust finding. Restaurants should thus take that effect into account when deciding whether to clean up, and we find some... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

economic shocks that could have a life-threatening impact on a large corporation. There also are stronger institutions to verify and confirm the strength and legitimacy of corporations, from accounting auditors to effective government... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

so for me, that’s the main motivation for the paper, as well as trying to explore whether people are more or less productive given this new environment.” The results confirmed high levels of COVID-related remote work, which the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

other survey findings. Teodorovicz notes that the survey results tend to confirm prior studies that have found commutes in general tend to “crowd out” drivers’ personal time and that commuting times negatively impact people’s well-being... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

will get a bonus or greater respect from my peers or simply the confirmation that I am a good employee—so I will make choices to exhibit high levels of effort.” In some cases, tournament incentives are structured in such a way that when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

value. Should the desire to benchmark remain, a service unit should seek counterparts at other companies that are following roughly the same strategy. They can check each other's strategy maps and scorecards to confirm that they are, in... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

you find anything that surprised you? A: We find it interesting to note the large within-country variation in disclosure practices, even in countries where the average disclosure level is low. While we confirm that companies that list in... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training

participate in any kind of after-school program. While still processing a huge amount of data collected during and after the study, ranging from school progress to health and pregnancy outcomes, McGinn confirmed that their initial... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn

02 Feb 2002
What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

that "in the years ahead Enron, not September 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U.S. society." Although some might argue the point, a case can be made that events following September 11 have not confirmed... View Details