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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
model is defaultable bank liabilities that provide liquidity services to households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
schedules, and even safety, something has to be done. When combined with a loss of “voice” at lower levels in the organization, it can be lethal. In the view of some observers, that’s what happened recently at Boeing. The Boeing example A whistleblower complaint blamed...
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- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
choose one. But if I have to choose one, I would say I enjoyed the case on Nissan Motor, the auto manufacturer that had been turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French auto company, which acquired management View Details
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
spaces. The drive and attention to detail that characterize Hansjörg Wyss can be misleading. While these are qualities that colleagues would probably use to describe him, it would not be accurate to assume Wyss is also a meticulous...
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- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
quota structure in some stores, while testing the existent monthly quota in others. “We had to make sure the stores in the control group did not talk to the stores in the treatment group,” Chung says. Two, the chain sold products ranging...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
globe which match (this) School of Management and produce high quality talent." Winfried Hermann Schoepf expressed concerns about whether we will be admiring Google's approach to management in the future. "I have some doubt...
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- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
demonstrates that when employees can see their customers, the beneficiaries of their efforts, the quality and efficiency of the service they deliver can actually improve. Studies in food service show how revealing customers to employees...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
Olmsted Teisberg. Key Learnings 1. The U.S. health care system is a paradox in that it has competition yet fails to deliver improving value. Competition has been shown to be an incredibly powerful force in driving increased quality and...
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- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
Abstract—Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center pilot randomized clinical trial and a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
takes away productivity." Fans of the television show, Alter Ego, in which avatars controlled by contestants competing to become the next pop star, would argue that Alter Ego is little more than an introduction to the Metaverse. They’re...
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by James Heskett
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
landlords on Airbnb with their rental prices and information about quality of the rentals, we show that non-black hosts charge approximately 12% more than black hosts for the equivalent rental. These effects are robust when View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/History/ The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
have delayered, flattened firms can exhibit more control and decision making at the top. Managers take note. Flattening can lead to exactly the opposite effects from what it promises to do. Read the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
relatively pro-business government and an energetic young population and growing middle class that make no secret of aspiring to a better quality of life, complete with all the consumer goods such an existence entails. The downside,...
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Julia Hanna
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
minimum wage increases in local communities, as well as subsequent restaurant closure rates. In addition to the results on restaurants closures, the research showed that minimum wage increases can stifle new businesses thinking about entering the market. These effects...
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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
evidence of a lower likelihood of SEC enforcement for labor-intensive firms that are headquartered in districts of senior congressmen that serve on committees that oversee the SEC. All of these results hold after controlling for firms'...
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Sean Silverthorne