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Human Behavior & Decision-Making Human Behavior & Decision-Making 2014 Book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See By: Max Bazerman This book will examine the common failure to notice critical... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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I. Norton Abstract—This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
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that can be performed. We argue that Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be used to improve the effectiveness of inspections by allowing cities to target restaurants that are most likely to have a hygiene violation. In this work, we report the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
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Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers Author:Michel Anteby Publication:Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2010) Abstract This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
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W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
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started. But it faced many questions as the ventures grew and started to win their first customers. How should NBI handle the transition of the venture back to a mainstream division within Intel? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2013
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suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the marketplace-mode) or by the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 04 Oct 2011
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identify three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems generally: priorities and incentives, bureaucratic alignment, and transparency and monitoring. Using these dimensions, we first unpack the mechanisms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest. China seemed without peer. Decline came fast. By 1900, China had been invaded, defeated, and degraded, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2010
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globalization and liberalization have increased the competitiveness of product markets, one explanation for the trend towards decentralization could be increased competition. Of course there are a range of other factors that may also be at play, including View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first organized (but unsanctioned) futures market. For many years, the Japanese government had prohibited the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2014
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assess them optimistically. Furthermore, we find that more experienced analysts and higher-status brokerage houses are the first to shift the relation between CSR ratings and investment recommendation optimism. We find no significant link... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
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Publications Market Reaction to and Valuation of IFRS Reconciliation Adjustments: First Evidence from the UK Authors: Joanne Horton and George Serafeim Publication: Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Sep 2009
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literature on the notion of institutional entrepreneurship introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, we propose a model of the process of institutional entrepreneurship. We first present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
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suggest that women are simply not cut out to be leaders. Furthermore, the human tendency to gravitate to people who are like oneself leads powerful men to sponsor and advocate for other men when leadership opportunities arise. The authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
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firms less pessimistically, and eventually they assess them optimistically. Furthermore, we find that more experienced analysts and analysts at higher-status brokerage houses are the first to shift the relation between CSR ratings and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
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teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- January 1975 (Revised September 1982)
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First Federal Savings (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Raises questions about basing a reward system on profit and changing MBO indicators through time. View Details
Lorsch, Jay W. "First Federal Savings (A)." Harvard Business School Case 475-072, January 1975. (Revised September 1982.)
- 07 Aug 2012
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and Michael Goold Publication:Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September 2012) Abstract Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne