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- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
about the outcome of wrongdoing influence both ethical judgments and decisions to punish wrongdoers. Our studies show that people judge behavior as more unethical when (1) identifiable versus statistical victims are involved and (2) the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
individual pieces. My critical decisions at the earliest stage were thus to focus on themes such as Wall Street, leadership, consumption, the workplace, communications, and transportation that added up to a credible (and relevant) set of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
anything. Tell it to them straight. That's what they want. They want to dig into the details. And then they will feel empowered to make decisions on their own. Tell me what meth-induced psychosis is. Show me how the neuron thing works in... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
can also have dysfunctional effects if it is not placed wisely. Though much research has examined conditions that increase individuals’ tendencies to trust others, we know very little about the circumstances under which individuals are likely to make more accurate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Streamline approvals. A complicated decision process can burden the fund with too many goals and lead to ineffective investing patterns. Provide powerful incentives. Companies that don't offer adequate compensation to their venture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
and rejigger their lives.” How the pandemic has changed lift outs Team moves usually take place in four stages: a pre-hire “courtship” stage and three post-hire phases of integration—leadership, operational, and “full cultural... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
examine attitudes towards two critical phases of conflict termination—a ceasefire and a peace agreement. We examine the rigidity/flexibility of refugees’ attitudes to see if subtle changes in how wartime losses are framed or in who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
incomplete contracts model of vertical integration choices into a standard perfectly competitive international trade framework. Integration decisions are driven by a trade-off between the pecuniary benefits of coordinating production... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different floors of the same building. Diane... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Southwest Airlines One Report, combing financial and nonfinancial performance information. This case examines Southwest's environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports produced in the two years preceding 2009 and follows the company's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
worked well only at the early phase of modern economic growth and would not necessarily become an obstacle for dynamic development as the economies mature. Our research shows that while political institutions and capital markets have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Jack Welch emphasized that GE should support only the most profitable businesses in the company's portfolio, a logic that led Welch and GE to phase out GE's consumer electronics division while bolstering the financial position of GE... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
importance of coordinating each business unit's goals in a large organization to the firm's overall strategy. "In my unit, debt capital markets, we're at a lot of decision points right now," Busch explains. "So I've taken back Cynthia's... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
candidate and now president-elect, who is not only willing but eager to raise the public temperature so significantly, so often, and on such a widespread basis. When I reflect on strong leaders, I usually see an important connection between a given individual’s View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Studies Smart Money? The Effect of Education on Financial Outcomes By: Cole, Shawn A., Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract—Household financial decisions are important for household welfare, economic growth, and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before going any further, the two leaders plan to discuss what they have learned so far from their U.S. experience and how that should inform their strategic growth decisions moving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
repeatedly stressed two other topics as well: interconnectivity and networks as keys to the current phase of the information revolution and the necessity of "bridging the gap" between a mere comprehension of the new technology and its... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
this phase ended at the election, what I'd ask people to do on a weekly basis was to say on a scale of 1 to 10, where are you? If 1 is I'm going to vote for Clinton, the other end of the spectrum is I'm going to vote for Trump, you're... View Details
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Avoiding Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management Lindsay Hyde Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits B2B Sales and Distribution Marketing Lou Shipley Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Behavioral Economics for Managerial View Details