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  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

[that] have started voluntarily augmenting their annual financial reports with reports on 'corporate sustainability', 'corporate social responsibility', and 'corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

Monday morning. Eight managers, handpicked by their superiors, face one another in the middle of a room. Seated in a semicircle behind them is the company's top management team. As the members of the inner circle report what they have... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

that "68% of the Global 250 firms generated separate annual sustainability reports in 2004." Whether that represents a "management revolution" remains to be seen, but it's something that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Jun 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

or are reluctant to risk carrying bad news up the chain of command, making a bad situation worse. What if the NSM concept was extended downward, to entreat managers not to surprise those reporting to them? The potential benefits were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

up, through acquisition, and through education. Sheds light on the complexities of the issue, highlighting the promise and the problems China faces in its quest to become the world's innovation leader. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

its current status as a low-income country to a middle-income one by 2030. “The timeline could be two or three years, or a decade later” While the International Monetary Fund predicted the country could achieve 6-7 percent annual... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

purchasing power parities (PPPs) with a closely matched set of goods and identical methodologies in a variety of developed and developing countries. Our results are close to those reported by the International Comparisons Program (ICP) in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

in HAI and present-on-admission (POA) infection reporting rates that are strongly suggestive of upcoding. We conservatively estimate that 10,000 out of 60,000 annual reimbursed claims for POA infections... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

  Publications June 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science Three Principles to REVISE People's Unethical Behavior By: Ayal, S., F. Gino, R. Barkan, and D. Ariely Abstract— Dishonesty and unethical behavior are widespread in the public and private sectors and cause... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

chronic work stress, while only 36 percent reported their employers provided adequate support to manage it. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, some 6.7 percent of American adults experience "major depressive disorder;... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

schedule to be productive. I wanted to discuss skills that have been critical in my own career. Communication is one—reading, writing, and speaking. Another is how you operate within your organization and deal with both those above you and those who View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 06 Mar 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

On Friday, we will celebrate International Women's Day 2019, an annual event to promote the advancement of gender equality and gauge our progress across many domains. In business, researchers tell us, progress is happening but is still... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

have documented the modest (though reliable) link between household income and well-being, we examined the accuracy of laypeople's intuitions about this relationship by asking people from across the income spectrum to report their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

to evaluate the link between dismissal costs and productivity. Drawing on establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufacturers and the Longitudinal Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

the page count of its annual corporate reporting documents, helped stakeholders gain a more thorough understanding of its strategy, and begun the transition from being a product manufacturer to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

responsibility.   Working PapersInducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas Abstract We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

the workforce. Companies also pay a price, both directly and indirectly, often in ways they don’t fully understand, the report found. The Gazette spoke with its author Joseph B. Fuller, professor of management practice and co-chair of the... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

asymmetry. Should they take the lead from Norway, for example, which in 2003 mandated a 40 percent quota for female board participation? Should they use shame tactics like in Finland, which requires companies without women on their boards to disclose the reasons in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 09 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

inspectors alike. On average, inspectors cited fewer violations at each successive establishment inspected throughout the day, the researchers found. In other words, inspectors tended to find and report the most violations at the first... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service
  • 22 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 22

culture, how culture persists despite turnover, and why the suggested link between culture and performance may be a case of inverse causality. It finally shows that, from an outsider's perspective, organizations may tend to over-invest in corporate culture. Going Green... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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