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More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems

By: Andy Wu, Aticus Peterson and Amy Meeker

Professor Andy Wu and doctoral candidate Aticus Peterson of Harvard Business School tracked 314 entrepreneurs who launched multiple technology hardware products on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter from September 2010 to June 2019. The more projects the founders... View Details

Keywords: Deadlines; Entrepreneurship; Projects; Time Management

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30 Oct 2021
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How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently

03 Jan 2020
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FDA’s Deadline Problem?

23 Feb 2022
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More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems

July 1976
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Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation

By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper

Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games.... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Time Management; Social Psychology; Situation or Environment

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Using Final Deadlines Strategically in Negotiation

By: F. Gino and D. A. Moore

Keywords: Negotiation; Strategy

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04 Apr 2019
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Why We Don’t Ask for More Time on Deadlines (But Probably Should)

15 May 2014
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The Case For And Against Stressful Deadlines

29 Sep 2021
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For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

September 1988
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The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence

By: A. E. Roth, J. K. Murnighan and F. Schoumaker

Keywords: Negotiation; Information

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15 Nov 2019
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Getting Your Team to Do More Than Meet Deadlines

October 30, 2021
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How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently

By: A.V. Whillans and Grant Donnelly

Women are less likely to ask for extensions. That hurts women—and the companies they work for. View Details

Keywords: Gender Differences; Workplace Context; Extension Request; Gender; Time Management

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10 Mar 2010
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Buyout Firms Can't Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom

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Extension Request Avoidance Predicts Greater Time Stress Among Women

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Jaewon Yoon, Aurora Turek and Grant E. Donnelly

In nine studies using archival data, surveys, and experiments, we identify a factor that predicts gender differences in time stress and burnout. Across academic and professional settings, women are less likely to ask for more time when working under adjustable... View Details

Keywords: Burnout; Time Stress; Workplace Practices; Deadlines; Time Management; Gender; Well-being

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19 Jul 2015
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If World Leaders Can Skip Deadlines, Why Can’t I?

28 Jun 2015
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Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal

23 Mar 2017
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Incentives Don’t Help People Change, but Peer Pressure Does

August 2011 (Revised April 2013)
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Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)

By: Tsedal Neeley

Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces... View Details