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  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, I examine the sensitivity of promotion and demotion decisions for lower-level managers to financial and nonfinancial measures of their performance and investigate the extent to which the behavior of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal connections with decision makers and how they (2) adopt, deploy, and reconfigure tools-practices that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

reason that the issue of trust arises is that these individuals are expected to exercise judgment—based on specialized knowledge and methods of analysis that they alone are thought to possess—in areas in which their decisions affect the... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 08 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

their fundraising goals on Kickstarter. But during periods of higher anxiety, minorities experience an 8.2 percent lower success rate. Where and why it’s happening Meanwhile, Kerr and his co-authors considered—then knocked down— several different View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

identity, search, and intellectual property. We suggest that much of the received wisdom in these areas of organization theory requires revisiting. We then discuss the implications for an organization's management of innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

examples. The article claims that by focusing on agency, learning, intentionality, and demand-side factors, our approach complements and also challenges extant sometimes static, supply-side, agent-agnostic theories of the multinational... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

energy came in the factor markets (for land, labor capital, and knowledge), and it required the abandonment of feudalism. Unlike trade, capitalism spreads by political decisions and by political units such as states. As a consequence,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

for Understanding and Applying the Science of Decision Making By: Hamilton, Ryan, and Uma R. Karmarkar Abstract—Scientists have spent decades creating powerful and detailed descriptions of how people make decisions. Unfortunately, many of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

pandemic) that challenge traditional economic theory centered on the so-called Phillips curve. It’s a simple economic model named after the economist who explored the positive relationship between low unemployment and higher wage rates.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

components. Characteristics of the offered secondary attributes such as their perceived value, relative importance, and evaluability can therefore determine whether price partitioning stimulates or hinders demand. Beyond its descriptive and prescriptive implications,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

academics call transactional “friction.” As a result, decisions are made and implemented faster and at lower cost, something critical in an age where speed takes on greater and greater value. At a 2019 business conference, Brian Chesky,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into investment decisions and measure and manage their impact. 6 weeks 5 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns... View Details
  • 07 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 7

behavioral decision-making literature. In particular, we highlight three cognitive barriers that impede sound individual decision making that have particular relevance to behaviors impacting the environment. First, despite claiming that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Arthur Schleifer

    Keywords: automotive; computer; consumer products; financial services; grocery; insurance industry; manufacturing; marketing industry; restaurant; retailing; software; tire; tobacco; wine
    • 11 Apr 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, April 11

    associated biomarkers, placing an emphasis on the factors affecting their development, pricing, and access. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52453 Theory of Machine: When Do People Rely on Algorithms? By:... View Details
    • 11 Feb 2014
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    First Look: February 11

    on this question. The first section provides background on MNCs and their rise. Section two summarizes attempts to promulgate global standards for MNCs in relation to human rights, labour, bribery, and the natural environment. Section three surveys the literature on... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Feb 2021
    • Book

    How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

    own group. “The big story here is that people do favors for other people who are like themselves,” he says. So, Bazerman decided he would meet with prospective students only after they received their admission decisions to avoid... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 13 Nov 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

    envisioned “virtual market” machine could become a reality but would still require one missing ingredient: a soul. The “soul” is our human intuition, scientific expertise, awareness of customer preferences, and industry knowledge—all capabilities that machines lack and... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 05 Apr 2011
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    First Look: April 5

    and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in operational transparency by signaling that they are exerting... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 Aug 2011
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    First Look: August 9

    http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/2/3/257/pdf Organ Allocation Policy and the Decision to Donate Authors:Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Organ donations from deceased donors... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne