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  • 2013
  • Case

Ningbo FOTILE Kitchen Ware Co., Ltd.

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Yuren Fang and Hong Zhang
Since 2008, FOTILE has actively introduced philosophies of the traditional Chinese culture—such as benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and faith—into its management, which it believes to compensate for deficiencies in Western management concepts and creates a new... View Details
Keywords: Human Resource Management; China; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Strategy; China
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  • March 2014
  • Article

Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Banks and Banking; Bonds; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry
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  • 1994
  • Article

Three-dimensional Finite Element Modeling of a Cervical Vertebra: An Investigation of Burst Fracture Mechanism

By: Kevin J. Bozic, J H Keyak, H B Skinner, H U Bueff and David Bradford
Finite element modeling was used to study the mechanical behavior of a cervical vertebra under axial compressive loading. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) model of a mid-cervical vertebra using inhomogeneous material properties was generated from... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Strength and Weakness; Health; Mathematical Methods; Health Industry
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  • 2010
  • Book

One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making

By: Steven Sinofsky and Marco Iansiti
Learn from the concepts, capabilities, processes, and behaviors that aligned around one strategy with the hard-won, first-person wisdom found in One Strategy. Challenging traditional views of strategy and operational execution, this book - written by Microsoft... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Organizations; Planning; Decision Making
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    (Un)principled Agents: Monitoring Loyalty after the End of the Royal African Company Monopoly

    The revocation of the Royal African Company's monopoly in 1698 inaugurated a  transformation of the transatlantic slave trade. While the RAC’s exit from the slave trade has received scholarly attention, little is known about the company’s response to the loss of its... View Details
    • 2010
    • Article

    An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms

    By: Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
    This case study of two offshore oil platforms illustrates how an organizational initiative designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Gender; Emotions
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    • 18 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 18

      Working PapersFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior Authors:Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract While lay intuitions and pop psychology... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Our Team - Impact Investments

    courtesy appointments in organizational behavior and sociology. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty in 2009, she was a faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Diane started her academic career at the Harvard Business School... View Details
    • 12 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

    Organizational Behavior The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation By: Green, Paul, Eli Finkel, Grainne Fitzsimons, and Francesca Gino Abstract—We present theory suggesting that experiences... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

    with engineering on custom applications, and up-selling or cross-selling additional services. Allocation of sales talent should change. Focus on behaviors in selection. In many firms, this means upgrading assessment skills. Managers are... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 15 Sep 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

    experiment was not related to excuse-driven motives. Rather, individuals frequently avoided information for other reasons, such as inattention and laziness. Passive versus active choice Studies in behavioral economics and choice... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 17 Dec 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Integrity: Without It Nothing Works

    Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
    • 30 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

    The line gets blurry for shoppers when retailers won't honor their online prices in-store. (Kwangmoozaa) While shopping for my 10-year-old daughter’s Halloween costume last October, I pulled out my smartphone and hopped online to see if the store offered the same... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
    • 31 Oct 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

    getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body of neurological research has found that at times fear can lead... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 2016
    • Book

    Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon and David S. Duncan
    The foremost authority on innovation and growth presents a path-breaking book every company needs to transform innovation from a game of chance to one in which they develop products and services that customers want to buy and are willing to purchase at a premium price.... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Consumer Behavior
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    Race, Gender & Equity Social Enterprise Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability Case Method Project Creating Emerging Markets Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Foundry Impact-Weighted Accounts Institute for Strategy and... View Details
    • 28 May 2013
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    First Look: May 28

    learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP) was designed to enable leaders to overcome... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Jan 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

    Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy, the theory posits that addictions are not necessarily irrational. Rather, people often willingly engage in a particular behavior, despite knowing that it will increase their desire to engage in that behavior... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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    Student Research - Doctoral

    behavior in undesired ways. Reducing group’s emotions with emotion regulation interventions can be helpful, but may also be a challenge, because treating every person in the group is often infeasible. One... February 2025 Article JAMA... View Details
    • 05 May 2015
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    First Look: May 5

    Concealment: The Roots of Dishonest Behavior How Moral Flexibility Constrains Our Moral Compass By: Gino, F. Abstract—Cheating, fraud, deception, uncooperative actions, and many other forms of unethical View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel