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  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers’ behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren’t zero sum, argues the author. By giving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

increased by 0.75 percentage points, increasing sales dispersion. Calibrating conventional inventory-ordering models, we show that to respond optimally to the observed increase in dispersion, the retailer would need to increase its cycle and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

now at a level of reasonable safety to open up. Much media attention has been paid to easing restrictions—basically increasing the available supply of offices, restaurants, colleges, stores, and factories. “Will shoppers, diners,... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate
  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

greater benefit than verification effects to the performance of diverse groups. Implementing New Practices: An Empirical Study of Organizational Learning in Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:A. Tucker, I. Nembhard, and A. Edmondson... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Apr 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations: "People believe that their work... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 17 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

understood as a valuable learning experience. The second CEO, by contrast, described performing a great deal of emotional labor while attempting to keep the business in stasis—exhausting tasks with no clear milestones. No wonder he felt... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

consistently outperformed the industry. The company's culture was on display during the power grid failure of September 2003, when two of Continental's three hubs went dark and other airlines grounded their fleets. Continental's employees, displaying initiative and... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

Convergence, and Economic Performance By: Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract—This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

small-business owners trying to survive. Strict safety protocols haven’t been enough to get customers through the door for some small businesses, and many owners—crushed by inventory and overhead costs—are grappling with hard choices.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service
  • 31 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth . Both books marry a focus on performance with a look at leadership and organizational change—how to enable, support, and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing
  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

distribution: (1) assistance selecting funds that are harder to find or harder to evaluate, (2) access to funds with lower costs excluding distribution costs, (3) access to higher performing funds, (4) superior asset allocation, and (5)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

the performance of mechanisms intended for human use. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-064.pdf   PublicationsBusiness Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements. 4th ed. Authors:Paul M. Healy and Krishna G.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we provide among the first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?

"People need something that gives them safety and answers to their questions." On another note, Roseanne Landay attributes the current supply of writing on leadership to the fact that during a slow economy, "many companies... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

performance after they go public. These results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-104.pdf Elections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 5, 2006

which patents are assigned with the firm names in the Census Bureau's SSEL business registry. Through the Census Bureau's file structure, this R&D platform can be linked to the operating performances of each firm's establishments,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage in self-deception, inferring that their elevated performance is a sign of intelligence. This short-term psychological benefit of self-deception, however, can come with longer-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choices. Evaluating a natural experiment in which different results were shown to users... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 1999
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

series of class discussions, lectures, and case analyses. A selection of written and video cases provides participants an opportunity to confront real-life situations in the safety of a classroom environment. Evening sessions are devoted... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

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