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  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

control over the use of remittances. In partnership with a Salvadoran bank, we offered U.S.-based migrants from El Salvador bank accounts in their home country into which they could send remittances. We randomly varied migrant control over El Salvador-based savings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Creating Leaders: An Ontological Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Kari L. Granger
The sole objective of our ontological approach to creating leaders is to leave students actually being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression. By "natural self-expression" we mean a way of being and acting in any leadership... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Science; Attitudes; Perspective
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  • 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

Lehman Brothers reduced their lending to a greater extent. Nobel Laureate Panel Discussion: What Retirement Means to Me Authors:Robert C. Merton, Paul A. Samuelson, and Robert M. Solow Publication:Chap. 1 in The Future of Life-Cycle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

activities increase the monitoring costs and the credit risk faced by banks and, in turn, raise the cost of debt for the borrower. Working Papers A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor of Production (PDF file of Keynote and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2021 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Equity Bank: Challenging a Giant

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Michael Chitavi and Spencer C. N. Hagist
Equity Bank and CEO Dr. James Mwangi must find a way to advance from their hard-fought ascension to second largest bank in Kenya by toppling financial giant Safaricom. Doing so means developing a new strategy and tackling technological frontiers no institution in the... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Finance; Strategy; Information Technology; Banks and Banking; Kenya
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  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

and Entrepreneurship in Historical Perspective Authors:Elisabeth Koll Publication:In The People's Republic of China at 60—An International Assessment, edited by William C. Kirby. Cambridge: Harvard... View Details
  • September 2012 (Revised September 2014)
  • Case

Doing Business in Malaysia

By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
This case focuses on the current business environment in Malaysia as of 2012 by introducing the main economic, political and cultural aspects of the country for those interested in doing business there. The advantages and challenges of investing and doing business in... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Fieldwork; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Malaysia
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  • 09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9

larger organization. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-upside-to-large-competitors/ December 2014 Small Group Research Team Reflexivity as an Antidote to Team Information-Processing Failures By: Schippers, Michaéla C., Amy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

input more valuable. Distributed supermodular complementarity (DSMC) exists when two or more independent actors can create complementary value by pursuing their own interests and will not find it advantageous to combine in order to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

Thinking-Not Feeling-Jobs By: Waytz, Adam, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Technological innovations have produced robots capable of jobs that, until recently, only humans could perform. The present research explores the psychology of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009
  • Case

Xi'an International University: The Growth of Private Universities in China

By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Keith Chi-ho Wong and Tracy Manty
Huang Teng founded Xi'an International University (XAIU) as a private institute of higher education in 1992. Throughout its ensuing years, the school filled a niche and met the demand of students who did not test into one of China's public institutions. In 2008, it was... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Private Ownership; Expansion; Education Industry; China
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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within the SSRN community

By: Jevin D. West, Michael C. Jensen, Ralph J. Dandrea, Gregg Gordon and Carl T. Bergstrom
In this paper, we show how the Eigenfactor® score, originally designed for ranking scholarly journals, can be adapted to rank the scholarly output of authors, institutions, and countries based on author-level citation data. Using the methods described herein, we... View Details
Keywords: Body of Literature; Measurement and Metrics; Networks; Rank and Position; Research; Motivation and Incentives
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  • July 2021
  • Article

Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time

By: Sam Ransbotham, Eric Overby and Michael C. Jernigan
Information systems generate copious trace data about what individuals do and when they do it. Trace data may affect the resolution of lawsuits by, for example, changing the time needed for legal discovery. Trace data might speed resolution by clarifying what events... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Lawsuits and Litigation; Digital Transformation; Welfare; Health Industry
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  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

Michael C. Jensen, and Steve Zaffron Abstract We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

colleges by limiting the number of possible applications. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20774 Does Front-Loading Taxation Increase Savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) Introductions By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

Corstjens and Rajiv Lal Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012) Abstract Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

Cases & Course MaterialsLeading by Values: Sam Palmisano and IBM William W. GeorgeHarvard Business School Case 411-097 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411097-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

June 2016 Medical Care Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

and Online Shopping By: Liaukonyte, Jura, Thales Teixeira, and Kenneth C. Wilbur Abstract—Media multitasking competes with television advertising for consumers' attention, but it also may facilitate immediate and measurable response to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3

  Publications February 2015 Journal of Finance The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman Abstract—Using a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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