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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
social enterprise work as a recruiting tool to attract the best young talent, our approach is much more sustainable in the long run because it avoids the reintegration issues that often arise when executives spend months away. What are...
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- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
work pace patterns provide evidence for a time discounting mechanism: workers discount idle time when it is relatively distant but act to avoid it increasingly as it becomes more proximate. Finally, Study 4...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
from analytics when they haven’t declared it themselves. If marketers avoid those tactics, use data judiciously, focus on increasing trust and transparency, and offer people control over their personal data, their ads are much more likely...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
"denial is avoidable and leads to failure," such as Henry Ford's presumption that consumers would continue to want black autos in the face of evidence that they were becoming more interested in color; IBM's dogged pursuit of PC...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
aggressively managing their own tax liabilities and those of their portfolio firms. We investigate the latter assertion based on a sample of private firms for which there is financial statement data available. We first document that firms significantly alter their tax...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
isn't easy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/strategic-decisions-for-multisided-platforms/ January 2014 Harvard Business Review The New Patterns of Innovation By: Parmar, Rashik, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn, and David...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
terms shape the impact of economic shocks on trade. Analysis of transaction-level data from a U.S.-based exporter of frozen and refrigerated food products, primarily poultry, reveals broad patterns about the use of alternative financing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
findings and advice. Anxiety leads to poor outcomes. You will be less nervous about negotiating, however, if you repeatedly practice and rehearse. You can also avoid anxiety by asking an outside expert to represent you at the bargaining...
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Carmen Nobel
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
"buys," the compensation paid to the outside agency includes markups on its creative, production, and media costs. When an advertiser "makes," it avoids payment of the outside agency's markups, but the in-house unit...
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- 22 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights
the ability of cities and states to attract corporate investment. Tourism — including conventions and major sporting events — is a specific concern. In a 2016 poll, nearly 50% of American meeting planners said they would avoid planning...
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- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
this category has lower performance along traditional metrics but offers new benefits around convenience, customization, and simplicity that fit squarely with a customer's behavior patterns and priorities. The business model supports...
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- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
pattern common to important narratives around the world. A supporting website facilitates sharing of teaching materials and experiences by faculty using the case series. We report results from using this curriculum with undergraduate and...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next, responses to climate change are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the cultures of yes,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
magnitude than the actual increase in inequality, but it is nonetheless positive and substantial in size. Weighing against this, growth in inequality is met with greater support for government-led redistribution to the poor. These View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
technology for assistance, using natural language processing to analyze word patterns and common themes. This approach helped complement the impressions I carried of these conversations with data—and ensured I wasn't bringing my own...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
productivity and the ripple effect that toxic workers have on their peers. Finally, we find that avoiding a toxic worker (or converting him to an average worker) enhances performance to a much greater extent than replacing an average...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
U.S. Congress, and scholars of international organizations are only beginning to look closely at these transnational institutions. We need to first assess the damage and study the patterns before crying out for any fundamental changes....
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by Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after children. It’s important that we not only...
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