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- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Research Authors:Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner, and Mark Mortensen Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior 33, no. 3 (April 2012) Abstract The nature of collaboration has been changing at an accelerating pace, particularly in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
leaders on issues of climate change, human rights, and environmental solutions, among many others. Aiyer sees these efforts as a partnership between a company and its investors. “These kinds of changes are positive for the company's... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
amounts of inventory that ensure an in-stock position when an order is received. An argument can be made that any forecast and inventory is based on predictive analytics. But in the past, these analytics were applied to data that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
Flynn, and Daniella Kupor Publication:Social Psychological & Personality Science (forthcoming) Abstract We investigated the link between tipping, an altruistic act, and bribery, an immoral act. We found a positive relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in nonpartisan political reform (photo by Stephen Voss) In 2017 Ballou-Aares cofounded the Leadership Now Project and left her position as a partner at Dalberg... View Details
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
knowledge of consumer behavior to create killer applications in the m-commerce arena. Imagine a brand well positioned to satisfy the life intentions of the youth market: Let's call it "Soda X."... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company was “just a kernel of an... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
on all levels, personally and professionally. Our theme, Emerge Stronger, really spoke to people. The speakers we attracted were just mind-blowing! I think we hit on something unique here by looking back on the year with positivity and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
down a gratitude helps your visual cortex “replay” the positive experience. For example, today I wrote: I will let go of...comparing my podcast to Tim Ferriss’s podcast. I am grateful for...pulling a Kleenex out of the dryer and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
have graduated high school and are now in a position to mentor the next generation. Over the last 15 years, Girls Group has worked with 500 young women, many of whom now serve as mentors themselves. Photo courtesy of Susan Schooner While... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors. Lawrence’s professional work was rooted in an aspiration to do... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
has a positive effect on current hours. As we show, the model also has reasonable implications for stock prices. We estimate our model for data post-1984 and show that the innovations shock accounts for nearly a third of the variation in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
verified that managers indeed had a positive impact. It also pinpointed exactly how, identifying the eight key behaviors of great Google managers. In this article, I describe how Google has incorporated the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
process questions that will help you identify the normal behaviors for particular jobs and what employees should and shouldn't be doing on their systems (such as sharing passwords). Because even the best security policy will be... View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
with local politicians [who] had an interest in getting reelected," Vallée says. "However, this happened at a large cost to the taxpayer, as the positive effects of the loans were short-lived, and interest on toxic loans ballooned when... View Details
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
company, the less likely it is that the company will succeed. "Much of the homophily literature in business research talks about the positive benefits of working with people who are similar to you—ease of communication, comfort level, and... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges internally. This behavior has already started to be observed. We show that the cost of making it individually... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
features described by Donham. Typically, they average 10 to 20 pages of text, with 5 to 10 additional pages of numerical exhibits. The best cases describe real, not fictitious, organizations and real business issues. "A good case," Donham professor of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
all female leaders must deal with ambivalent reactions rooted in gender stereotypes. Generally, the assertive, dominant behavior typical among leaders tends to be viewed as atypical and unattractive in women. Studies of attitudes toward... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace