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- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
hours of hard work flow into a piece that none of them has ever heard before and will never hear again. Like jazz, communication is improvisational. Each time you communicate with another person, you're playing it by ear. You may have... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers to Buy Time By: Whillans, A.V., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Spending money on time-saving purchases improves happiness. Yet, people often fail to spend their money in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
employee perceptions of employment security. In particular, we exploit exogenous state-level changes in unemployment insurance benefits and test for partial unwinding of prior upward earnings management when benefits increase. An increase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
as long as you yourself are fully confronting reality. In fact, there may be times when it is prudent, even necessary, to put on a brave face. On the other hand, convincing yourself that things are better than, or different from, what... View Details
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
the workplace. Professor Bernstein took time below to talk about the genesis of this intriguing research and its implications for the office architecture of the future. Christian Camerota: How did your interest in this research first come... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
(Please see sidebar.) At the same time, a consultant-facilitator (who eventually can come from within the organization itself) is interviewing the company's top managers about their own perceptions and effectiveness. After an effort that... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
Abstract—As trust in government reaches historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs. We propose that peoples’ perceptions of government and their levels of engagement with it can be reshaped and enhanced... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
with in the past. It is not as important that managers have succeeded with the problem as it is for them to have wrestled with it and developed the skills and intuition for how to meet the challenge successfully the next time around. One... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
insight into perceptions of the company's conduct among a large cross section of employees around the world, and to benchmark themselves against other leading companies. When the global financial crisis hit, the project team decided to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
investors' expectations is a ticking time bomb. Marketing is the way in which firms can close this gap because it encompasses all the activities of an organization that listen to the customers' voice and ultimately generates profitable... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences of American investors, differential changes in investment opportunities, differential time trends in investment or changed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
receive the new share for several months, at which point he can sell it. This system is the result of ownership being tracked on paper rather than electronically—it takes time to print out new share certificates. Because investors do not... View Details
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Volunteer for work: New projects are opportunities to show your competence and your commitment. But be careful not to over-commit. Volunteer only if you have the time to follow through. 5. Claim an unoccupied lane to shine Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we define as their span of activity. Span of activity provides a direct measure of the CEO's management style, including the attention devoted to specific subordinates and functions, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
negative emotions, lower intrinsic motivation, and less favorable perceptions of the organization-with negative consequences for performance. These actions include signaling low expectations for innovation; switching strategic direction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
differentiation is difficult in retail as well because development of such advantages takes time and is difficult to execute. All the while, low-price players are constantly looming to pounce. Can low-margin retailers afford customer... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
firms. In sum, data drawn from an earlier time period suggest that auditors' reputational incentives, possible synergies, and knowledge transfers imply that NAS offered by audit firms can be associated with improved audit and reporting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
of physician-MBAs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51465 August 2016 PLoS ONE The Effect of Background Music in Shark Documentaries on Viewers' Perceptions of Sharks By: Nosal, Andy, Elizabeth A. Keenan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
size of its welfare state and perception of new immigrant behavior. First, the welfare state today in Europe is larger, and native-born individuals may perceive immigrants as being net consumers of public goods. While it is true that,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini