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- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Peer influences appear to be substitutes for direct experience: the effects are strongest for those without exposure to entrepreneurship in their family of origin, and for those who have engaged in little...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
research agenda for the future." But the choice to study South Korea first was methodical. The researchers deliberately sought out a country in which the decision to hire a woman would be truly opportunistic-one where there was little to no View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory studies, we find that regulatory focus induced by situational...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent...
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Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
professional learning and development, which may be enhanced by informal routine interactions with colleagues. Some physicians, such as those in solo practice, may have less opportunity for peer interaction, negatively View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
precisely pin down the safest loans to back. If platforms limit the amount of information available, the playing field is more level and a wider variety of investors have a better shot at choosing cream-of-the-crop loans. Not your parents’ bank View Details
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life. Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested...
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- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
members who are young, plugged in, and likely influencers in their peer groups. But do advertisers buying space on these sites face danger from the backlash of negative publicity? A: It poses dangers to...
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- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
Asian beliefs, philosophies, and practices are influencing everything from the way we treat the ill to how we make cars. Now, a Harvard Business School professor is looking to the East as a model for developing strong business leaders....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22
to popular expectations, corporate headquarters in the U.S. are about twice the size of European counterparts. Headquarters there exert a higher level of functional influence and have larger staffs in certain key areas, such as IT and...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23
individual will perceive entrepreneurial opportunities as well as increase his or her motivation to pursue those opportunities. We find that an individual is more likely to become an entrepreneur if his or her co-workers have been entrepreneurs before. View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
feedback influence order quantities. We find that the portion of mismatch cost due to adjustment behavior exceeds the portion of mismatch cost due to level behavior in three out of four conditions. Observation bias is studied through...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
deals. The problem, according to these executives, is that foreigners are rarely invited. "It's really a perception that foreigners can't appreciate the culture," says Chua. In practice, it means that foreign businesspeople are at a disadvantage compared with...
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by Michael Blanding
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
pressures in that environment, can influence creativity by influencing people's passion for their work. Managers can influence the level of creativity in their organizations by...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours. Plus: book excerpt. Most Popular Working Papers 1. Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue This paper attempts to encourage a better...
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by Staff
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
payments in the remaining months. Concerns about later-life income, spending flexibility, and counterparty risk are the most important self-reported motives that influence the annuitization decision. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
stakeholders and peer agencies have a positive influence on product approval and that their effects vary under different dimensions of uncertainty. We also discuss the implications of these findings for...
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Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
that mentoring relationships are less likely to form across race than among people of the same race. But the positive approach would be to look at the research and say, 'Well, even though they may be rare, let's try to understand these positive cross-race relationships...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
private-sector innovations. Second, we take advantage of idiosyncratic rigidities in the rules governing NIH peer review to generate exogenous variation in funding across research areas. Our results show that NIH funding spurs the...
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Sean Silverthorne