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From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival

Keywords: by Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing

    Talk, Inc.

    How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the “magic”—the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement—that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more executives... View Details
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    Regulatory negotiations and risk communication

    In the pharmaceutical industry a drugs benefits and risks are constantly being weighed by companies, regulators, physicians and drug consumers. While companies and regulators must make decisions based on population statistics about drug outcomes, physicians and drug... View Details
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    By: Dennis A. Yao

     

    Anton, James J. and Dennis A. Yao (2011).  "Delay as Agenda Setting." 

    • Abstract: In this paper we examine a class of... View Details
    • July 24, 2024
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    Research: How Passion Can Backfire at Work

    By: Erica R. Bailey, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky and Jon M. Jachimowicz
    Passion has long been championed as a key to workplace success. However, scientific studies have found mixed results: On the one hand, some studies find evidence that passionate employees tend to perform better, while other research has documented null or even negative... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Personal Characteristics; Behavior; Outcome or Result
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    • September 2024
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    A Potential Pitfall of Passion: Passion Is Associated with Performance Overconfidence

    By: Erica R. Bailey, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, Adam D. Galinsky and Jon M. Jachimowicz
    Having passion is almost universally lauded. People strive to follow their passion at work, and organizations increasingly seek out passionate employees. Supporting the benefits of passion, prior research finds a robust relationship between passion and higher levels of... View Details
    Keywords: Interests; Personal Characteristics; Performance Evaluation
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    • January 2023
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    Rentokil: The Terminix Acquisition

    By: Ted Berk, Emily R. McComb and Julia Kelley
    When announcing their agreement to merge in December 2021, creating a clear leader in global pest control, UK-based Rentokil and Tennessee-based Terminix described extensive benefits of the cross-border combination. The companies touted the advantages of their combined... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Emotional Acknowledgment: How Verbalizing Others' Emotions Fosters Interpersonal Trust

    By: Alisa Yu, Justin M. Berg and Julian Zlatev
    People often respond to others’ emotions using verbal acknowledgment (e.g., “You seem upset”). Yet, little is known about the relational benefits and risks of acknowledging others’ emotions in the workplace. We draw upon Costly Signaling Theory to posit how emotional... View Details
    Keywords: Emotion; Costly Signaling; Interpersonal Trust; Emotional Valence; Interpersonal Relationships; Empathic Accuracy; Emotions; Relationships; Trust; Interpersonal Communication
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    Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Dan Wang, Natalie A. Carlson and Tarun Khanna
    We demonstrate how a novel synthesis of three methods—(1) unsupervised topic modeling of text data to generate new measures of textual variance, (2) sentiment analysis of text data, and (3) supervised ML coding of facial images with a cutting-edge convolutional neural... View Details
    Keywords: CEOs; Communication Style; Machine Learning; Spoken Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Personal Characteristics; Analysis; Performance
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    • March 2021
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    Opting-in to Prosocial Incentives

    By: Daniel Schwartz, Elizabeth A. Keenan, Alex Imas and Ayelet Gneezy
    The design of effective incentive schemes that are both successful in motivating employees and keeping down costs is of critical importance. Research has demonstrated that prosocial incentives, where individuals’ effort benefits a charitable organization, can sometimes... View Details
    Keywords: Incentives; Prosocial Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Field Experiments; Recycling; Prosocial Motivation; Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior
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      Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration

      Winner of the annual MIT Sloan Management Review Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, for the most outstanding MIT SMR article on planned change and organizational development. Chosen by MIT Sloan faculty judges Deborah Ancona, John Van Maanen, and Cyrus... View Details

      • December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
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      Migros

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
      In October 2005, Urs Riedener, head of marketing at Swiss retailer Migros, is contemplating the company's competitive position. Primarily a retailer for foods and near-foods products, the cooperative Migros, with close to 600 retail outlets in Switzerland (but only... View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Corporate Governance; Corporate Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Supply Chain Management; Product Marketing; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Switzerland
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      Fellowships - Business History

      transnational connections. ” Chinmay Tumbe Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), India, 2018 Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. International Visiting Scholar “ My view of teaching was changed forever. My semester provided me with a much better understanding of the... View Details
      • March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
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      Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (A)

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
      In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
      Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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      • 06 Mar 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: March 6

      benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such interactions. We analyze two years of data from 496 retail bank branches to investigate... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 Mar 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: March 13, 2007

      England Journal of Medicine 356, no. 8 (February 22, 2007): 765-768 No abstract available. Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges Are the Benefits Authors:A. C. Edmondson and I. Nembhard Periodical:Journal of... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 07 Apr 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

      donations, which typically follow profits and gross domestic product, took a hit in the United States in 2020 as COVID-19 roiled the world economy. With corporate profits bouncing back, the research shows how future campaigns could appeal to consumers better, while... View Details
      Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
      • November 2021
      • Article

      The Comprehensive Effects of Sales Force Management: A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Selection, Compensation, and Training

      By: Doug J. Chung, Byungyeon Kim and Byoung G. Park
      This study provides a comprehensive model of an agent’s behavior in response to multiple sales management instruments, including compensation, recruiting/termination, and training. The model on agents’ behavior takes into account many of the key elements that... View Details
      Keywords: Salesforce Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Training; Behavior; Analysis
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      • 01 Apr 2024
      • In Practice

      Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

      balance of consumer adaptation to higher costs, business strategy adjustments, and market dynamics. Additionally, the end of expanded SNAP [the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program previously known as food stamps] benefits and a rise... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products