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  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals appear to focus more on their work than on alternate outdoor activities. We investigate the proposed relationship between worse weather and higher productivity through four studies: (1) field data on employees'... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

governance system from U.S. companies; banks acted as monitors for Japanese companies, and the boards of Japanese companies had been dominated by insiders. In April this year, however, the commercial code was revised, and now Japanese... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

that action is taken to address the problems, and (3) communicating about actions taken. Sixty-nine randomly selected hospitals, 20 of which were randomly selected to engage in the three activities for 18 months, participated in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

issues, dynamic pricing; and automated vehicles. Improving mass transit systems that connect to other forms of transportation. Making the US easier for foreign visitors to enter. An infrastructure bank to make targeted strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto
  • 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5

now also has an equity stake in the Bahamas' gaming and resort industry. The case explores the growing role of project financing by way of China's Export-Import Bank and its implications for business dealmaking and the competitiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

was not clear that the business was profitable. Rapid scale had come at a cost. In June 2016, BlackBuck had $5 million in the bank and two months of runway. BlackBuck’s focus had been on raising capital and hiring operational staff to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

underlying framework that compels such partnerships as between a food bank in Mexico and a supermarket in the United States, providing insights into the DNA of a successful collaboration that are broadly applicable. Our excerpt from the... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We present a model of the yield curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

trying to see how this new form of organizing people is disrupting business” He shared some of the team's startling findings in his presentation, Crowdsourcing to Stimulate Innovation: Using Contests and Communities to Solve Innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 28 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

country's domestic institutional foundations for sound banking systems as a precondition for full liberalization. Every organized voice of authority within the international financial system has backed away from embracing complete,... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

We also identify the mediating role that communication and leadership play in generating these effects. We find other-regarding workers tend to depress efforts by 15% on average. However, selfish workers are nearly three times more likely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

driven by patents filed by distant collaborators rather than non-collaborative patents or patents by non-distant collaborators, suggesting low cost long-distance digital communication as a potential mechanism. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

budgets. These include affirmative budgeting (full influence), consultative budgeting (moderate influence), and authoritative budgeting (low influence). When organizations communicate that employees will be involved in budgeting,... View Details
  • 21 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

Measuring Social Impact Historically, economists and firms alike have banked on the theory that workers are motivated by earning financial incentives and boosting revenues. And in designing development projects for developing countries,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

Large banks—including Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase—were among the former creditors. In October 2005, Eddie Bauer stock was selling for $24 per share. Analysts were projecting target prices ranging from $22 to $35 per share.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

down from the semicircular banks of seats in Aldrich 9. Price tags (retailers wouldn't have to re-mark them for discounted sales). Billboards. Sheet music (self-turning scores). Eyeglasses with news headlines projected inside the lens... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

employee communication about operational failures. Doing so may result in higher levels of frontline system-improvement efforts and ultimately improved work processes.   Cases & Course MaterialsAllianz AG: Becoming a European Company... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

terms of art. Other labels, such as "creating" and "claiming" value, are more analytically precise while directly communicating to a non-specialist audience. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

misleading guides for the welfare effects of alternative fiscal policies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-113.pdf Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank Authors:Bradley R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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