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- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
an action plan to implement back home what they've learned on campus. We then visit each district a few months later to check on the progress of their action plans, and to identify topics to study in the next cycle. Then the knowledge development process starts again.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
shoplifters an alternative to the criminal justice system and reduce the cost associated with prosecuting a relatively minor crime. Here’s how it works: When a shoplifter is apprehended, no one calls the police. Instead, the offender is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
released in January that detailed those gains was prefaced by the authors' blunt assessment: "The research shows that to date, high-performing charter schools are in the minority." So what will it take to make that minority a majority?... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Psychological Association journals such as American Psychologist, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology , and Journal of Diversity in Higher Education . She has also contributed to The Harvard Business Review and popular media... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium and sports teams in Canada. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to others-can produce measurable benefits for employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
billion at the end of 2007. Lan is at an interesting point in history as the low-cost model was recently implemented. While early results have been strong, observers wonder if the airline can successfully manage three disparate business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
(Frank) Li, and Dylan B. Minor Abstract—We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-claire Pache, and Jacob Model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and Gujarati-speaking Indians are similarly 108 times more concentrated in managing motels. We develop a model of social interactions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new product lines and exploitation R&D to improve their existing product lines. We View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
leaving their survival uncertain. Minorities are falling prey to an Islamist ideology that conveys values and customs diametrically opposed to European ones. Terrorist acts have become the “new normal,” part of daily life. The North-South... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
theme of the book. In addition to the company-centered chapters, there are two overview chapters: one on women and minorities in business, the other on the financial system, including an analysis of the events that led to the meltdown of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
In Review
and moving some activities online when the virus becomes more widespread (as happened in early November). We also transitioned many of our Executive Education programs into a virtual delivery model leveraging the Live Studio technology... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
video, all to improve the at-the-game experience and to keep pace with the coverage enjoyed by fans at home. Engineering Excitement If the NFL has seemed preternaturally blessed by good fortune and smart management, some of its success can be traced to a business View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
magnitude of 3% to 7% lower than corresponding buy-and-hold fund returns. Using factor models of risk and the estimated dollar-weighted performance gap, we find that the real alpha of hedge fund investors is close to zero. In absolute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
stadium crowds cheering live sports? Angela: Well, I think you're one going to see sports played without fans first, then we'll see the six-feet-apart model where we'll go down to 20 percent capacity and maybe the private booths are... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
the situation where waste becomes a source of profit, our research shows that it is almost never optimal to maintain the same operating regime as under the old paradigm where waste was a cost burden and merely convert the existing waste into by-product. Our View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
FALL 1967–WINTER 1968: Building the Model AASU cofounder George Price passed away in 2012. AASU cofounder George Price passed away in 2012. WILLIS: I went directly to the dean of admissions and asked, “What is going on here? This is... View Details