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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
themselves, are strongly influenced by biases. Perhaps the best example of this insider/outsider distinction, among even well educated consumers, can be found in their negotiations with contractors for new View Details
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
If you've spent any time on Twitter, then you're probably familiar with the "humblebrag"—a brag veiled in a complaint, so as to sound less blatantly like a brag. Here's an example from the Twitter account of Ari Fleischer, former White...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
Photo by Mary Ellen Mark At first glance, perhaps, the writer John Irving might not seem to have a lot to teach the corporate world. As the author of such celebrated bestsellers as The Cider House Rules and...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
expect Republicans in the House and Senate to resist any populist measures that threaten the ability of corporations to compete globally and hurt the US economy in the long run. Let’s talk about the number...
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by Jim Aisner
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, Edelman wrote that the deal could have an anticompetitive effect on Internet...
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- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
Mohan's students get a lot out of the courses because, after all, negotiation skills are crucial both in the business world as well as in people's personal lives when they look to buy houses or cars—or even...
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- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
Women who come prepared to challenge an auto repair quote can overcome gender discrimination and negotiate a fairer price, according to recently published research. That's one conclusion from the research study Repairing the Damage: The Effect View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
together to support community health There will be more recognition of the interconnected systems that account for the need for care, access to care, and care outcomes. The availability of jobs and their...
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by Danielle Kost
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
administrator, she received the same kind of pushback against establishing cluster development from White House national economic policy advisor Lawrence Summers, president emeritus and current university...
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by Michael Blanding
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
on stocks or other assets. This would evidently have a negative effect on the prices of those assets. The return on residential real estate might be affected by the aging of baby boomers though, if this...
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by Ann Cullen
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
managers can team with creative talent in six "culture industries": Fashion, publishing, art/architecture/design, film, music, and food. Her subjects include fashion pioneer Chanel, publishers Penguin and Atavist, film icons Variety and the Sundance...
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- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
Most ethical principles are pretty unambiguously good. Honesty, fairness, compassion—sure they have their downsides (being “honest to a fault”), but that’s more a by-product of something good than it is something evil in and View Details
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by Michael Blanding