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- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
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make bad decisions? Using both field and quantitative data from the MGM-Mirage Group, this paper discusses how management controls affect the learning rates of lower-level employees. Research, focusing on hotel casino hosts, was conducted... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
father was a Syrian immigrant who would have been precluded. These are legitimate concerns, as casting a narrower net means fewer chances of finding the one-in-a-million genius. One example: Born in Iran, Maryam Mirzakhani came to the United States to View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
career relationships help to build up organizations. The study of careers seems to act as a powerful lens for examining the birth of biotech. Higgins, who specializes in research, teaching, and course development surrounding the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
research. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15319 PublicationsSuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:New York: Crown, 2009 Abstract Supercorp is based... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
networks, product packaging, and financing instruments to meet the needs and requirements of very poor customers. As members of the School's Global Poverty Project (GPP), Kash Rangan, John Quelch, and other faculty members have studied... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
individuals might experience in organizations. Whereas craftsmen in the aeronautics plant I studied dealt with these tensions in a very peculiar manner—by creating artifacts—other populations react differently. Contingent workers by... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
American business leaders share similar characteristics? What is the legacy of Alfred Chandler? How Can Business History Influence Current Practice? The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook Compiling a handbook on the current thinking in any area of View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 16 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation
The CEO's key to a successful earnings call with investors? Crystal clear communication. Earnings calls are typically held after the release of quarterly earnings, allowing company executives a chance to brief investors, analysts, and oftentimes the media on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
maneuver strategy in the military. Much of the best contemporary thinking in this realm was advanced by the late Colonel John Boyd, a Pentagon maverick. His decision-making model has become influential in the United States and abroad, in View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
talent will be the decisive stroke for top leaders. In Hill's essay on "Leadership as Collective Genius" in Management 21C, she spells out what the creative process entails at the collective level, as well as ways that several company heads she has View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
known for his work in the field of leadership, died last week. He left behind a large body of stimulating writing and practice in his chosen field. To me he was a restless person with a large sense of humor. Although I didn't know him... View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
fact, the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist was known to be in touch with Indian Maoist groups. In addition, because my primary field of research is political economy, I'm studying interactions between... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7
on film revenues. As a result, this study contributes to the empirical literature on property rights by showing that both predicted linkages (from marginal returns to investment and from investment to revenue) exist in a single empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
PublicationsFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior Authors:L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton, and E. W. Dunn Publication:In The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
seem like an odd fit. But the fact is that the business world has been paying increasing attention to how the brain works. The field of neuroeconomics has gained ground in the past 10 years, with work exploring the brain processes that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26
heightened when rivalry and time pressure coincide. Study 2 is a field experiment that alters the text of e-mail alerts sent to bidders who have been outbid; the text makes competitive (vs. non-competitive)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008
Working PapersA Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
might meet face-to-face with NGO leaders or create an outlet to field NGO inquiries. Anecdotal and case study evidence suggests that stonewalling NGOs may only serve to fuel the fires of activism. Q: What... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell