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29 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? We find that measures of subjective well-being are more than twice as sensitive to negative as compared to positive economic growth. We use Gallup World Poll data from over... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

other employees about the types of behavior that aren’t acceptable, Bazerman says. “You punish the harasser, and you point it out,” he says. “You make it public. You do it with courage.” A recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Dec 2018
News

Bridging the Gap

And it makes even less sense today than ever before. There was a recent Gallop poll that showed that 96 percent of college presidents say their graduates are ready for the workforce, and 11 percent of employers agree. We see this all the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Matter Even When They Shouldn't: Bandwagon Effects in Two-Round Elections By: Pons, Vincent, and Clémence Tricaud Abstract—To predict others’ behavior and make their own choices, voters and candidates can rely on information provided by View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

and negative economic growth are experienced, with losses having more than twice as much impact on individual happiness as compared to equivalent gains. We use Gallup World Poll data drawn from 151 countries, Behavioral Risk Factor... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2002
News

Back in Business

way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

below this that gets politicized, but issues like voting access, gerrymandering, and better disclosure of money in politics enjoy very high public support. There’s a lot of polling to suggest that Americans basically agree on those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

(January 2012) Abstract Back in the 1990s, business school professors at an Academy of Management conference debated the propriety of teaching distributive bargaining to their students. The particulars of that exchange are lost in the mists of time, but at the end of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

capabilities for trials. And the group is looking even further ahead. Planning is already underway, with options including six national vaccination centers in the United Kingdom in addition to making the vaccines available at neighborhood View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

Lincoln—already besieged by personal and political difficulties—weighed his options, knowing that a loss at the polls would almost certainly mean a permanently divided nation. By late August, Lincoln faced a crisis as great as any other... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

of their convictions, not on the basis of polls or popularity. People who admit mistakes, ask for help, and do what they say they are going to do. Leaders at every level of an organization who take responsibility for their actions,... View Details

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

driver how they feel about the new government, and you’re likely to hear a very different perspective. An October 2019 poll by the Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of the population are frustrated with the way democracy is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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of making a difference. Reflecting: In the final part of the course, materials and in-class discussions will be designed to answer the question: What does this mean for me? Grading will be based on class participation, short polls and... View Details

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