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- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
sophisticated that it can basically fly itself. If everything goes right in an Airbus A380 flight, the pilot will fly the plane for about eight minutes-- four minutes when it takes off, four minutes when it lands. The other 14 hours it...
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- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
right answer.” Dennis coolly came back with, “But you don't get Bingo, do you?” Nothing else was ever said. The Bingo game was terminated, but the memory is very fresh. 1977H played Section Bingo. 1980F played Turkey Bingo. We issued...
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- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
seedy Sportatorium during a winter morning in 1992. Kelleher's "athletic" look, topped off with a sweatband pushing back his hair, was deliberately undercut by a cigarette dangling defiantly from his lips. Surrounded by an...
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- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Market day also means it’s a busy day for Gregoria Alvarez Reyes, whose store sits on an adjacent corner, right in the path of foot traffic. For the past 11 years, Reyes has owned and operated Farmacia Fradoni in this northwest section of...
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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
crooks, all fueled by greed, stupidity, and a keen desire to look the other way. And even when they were looking in the right direction, all of these people and entities saw nothing. Gina was the Penn and Teller of misdirection, acting...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
faced. This lyrical summary of those answers offers practical advice for understanding where we came from, who we are, and where we are going. The CEO Pay Machine: How It Trashes America and How to Stop It by Steve Clifford (MBA 1968) (Blue Rider Press) Examining...
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- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
to increased representation of women in the top percentiles of achievement. Stereotypes and Belief Updating By: Coffman, Katherine B., Manuela Collis, and Leena Kulkarni Abstract— We explore how beliefs respond to noisy information about...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
explain eight lessons from optimal tax theory and compare them to the last few decades of OECD tax policy. As recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules have flattened, redistribution...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
state-of-the-art graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare...
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Susan Young
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
one generation. So right off the bat you need scale and permanence. Both private and public philanthropy, when they work well, play a key role in fostering the birth of new concepts and ideas. But neither philanthropy nor development...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
want to sell you. Cryptocurrencies have not yet reached that state. Digital financial transactions are commonplace now, but cryptocurrency, per se, is not something very large numbers of individuals or businesses are willing to trade for goods and services. In many...
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- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
yes.” Pasricha, who thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living, gave the 80 attendees a set of simple coping strategies to remain positive, find rest, and let go of the idea of rushing back to whatever life was before everything changed. “The corporate speak...
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Margie Kelley
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
biography. He did not read a page of it until it came out in the form in which you see it right here. He was not involved in it financially. I sold it to a publisher myself. However, he was very cooperative. He gave me access to his...
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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
that inflation had reached an annualized rate of 3.5%, Europe's highest level since 1992. On top of these broad economic problems, the European financial sector—indeed, the financial sector worldwide—was in turmoil. By April 2008, global...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
a habit of reading while I’m putting them to bed and waiting for all those requests for another cup of water. That consistency helps. Finding the right book can get you hooked back into reading, too. When I was a young mom, I found Anna...
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- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Abstract—We investigate whether top managers affect the performance of large public sector organizations. As our case study we examine CEOs of English public hospitals, which are large, complex organizations with multi-million turnover....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
the right appears to be more of a square than the one on the left, which looks longer and skinnier. Why bother taking out a ruler to measure the dimensions, since the difference is obvious? If this is what you think, you're wrong. Your...
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by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
leadership capital and the 5 Cs, which is designed to take you far along that quest, takes place here in the day-to-day of putting one building block on top of another. This investment in yourself will start to show some early returns as...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
for being the top field-hockey school in the country. Its premed program was also highly respected, and Fisher, who was majoring in biophysics, realized she had to make a choice. She chose science but ultimately deferred her medical...
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Robert S. Benchley