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- 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26
selection and impact is important to both researchers and practitioners. This paper introduces Leader Filtration Theory (LFT)-a theory from political science-to managerial audiences, applies it to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
influential financial expert. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=11-068.pdf Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
internet startups, two Stanford Graduate School of Business professors, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, wrote an influential book about “successful habits of visionary companies.” In it, they advanced their theories based on an extensive... View Details
- 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
concise chapters, leading authorities and up-and-coming scholars explore fundamental issues and current controversies. The volume systematically reviews the empirical evidence base and presents influential theories of moral judgment and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
post-task free time (e.g., surfing the Internet) can mitigate the collateral work pace losses due to idle time. Through examination and discussion of the effects of idle time at work, we broaden theory on work pacing. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
frictions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51088 forthcoming The Accounting Review Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence By: Khan, Mozaffar N., Suraj Srinivasan, and Liang Tan Abstract—We provide new evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27
to the emerging literature on open and distributed innovation by demonstrating the value of openness, at least narrowly defined by disclosing problems, in removing barriers to entry to non-obvious individuals. We also contribute to the knowledge-based View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
empowered by the ability to analyze large amounts of data (that would be difficult with Excel) and develop recommendations as we would in an HBS classroom. HOW DID FLATIRON HELP YOU BUILD SKILLS? Paige Tsai : At a high level, I learned both the View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
and Marco Iansiti (both HBS) will focus on the theory and practice of responsible AI for facilitating data-driven decision-making in organizations. They will explore how people use AI tools and machine learning (ML) models in their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
to know that across the country, the population of ethnic consumers was growing. “I’ve always subscribed to the theory that trends are like horses,” adds Scharfman. “It’s easier to ride them in the direction they’re already going.”... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
activated under certain conditions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-083.pdf Breaking Them In or Revealing Their Best? Reframing Socialization Around Newcomer Self-Expression Authors:Dan Cable, Francesca Gino, and Brad Staats Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- June 2011
- Article
Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor
By: Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little about the persons who receive their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to organizations that serve heterogeneous populations. While we... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Policy; Information; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Prejudice and Bias; Poverty; Welfare
Fong, Christina, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor." Special Issue on Charitable Giving and Fundraising Journal of Public Economics 95, nos. 5-6 (June 2011): 436–444.
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
the data generated by your work? What if instead, you find yourself the owner of data generated by people you employ? How should you use it to remain competitive? What are the ethical and social implications of the choices you make? We will use View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
intended both to improve the oper-ation of business by linking economic theory with practice and to serve as a showpiece for HBS research. The magazine's first decades were marked by financial losses. But in the late 1940s the School took... View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
water that could be pumped to farms out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. The theory behind the ruling was that the smelt were sensitive to salinity levels, which rose as water levels lowered. The Endangered Species Act is... View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
were many theories about why this is the case as well as suggestions for how to fix the process. Some even argued that the idea of planned, orderly CEO succession has inherent flaws that can't be fixed. Both boards and their CEOs were... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
were the results of two foundation-sponsored studies of management education in the 1950's that argued for greater emphasis on the development of measures and exploration of theories by means of quantitative analyses of various phenomena... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
Learning to Code at Business School
class. So, there are actually right and wrong answers. ;) Sloan: It was different in a lot of ways: Instead of class participation and finals, the class was built mostly around the problem sets and final project (plus a midterm and final). It was very practical... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
approachable easily consumable and highly relatable—they can help listeners understand what makes HBS distinctive and how it’s making a difference in the world.” Brian Kenny Chief Marketing & Communications Officer “The Disruptive Voice” explores the View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52312 Equality and Equity in Compensation By: Bao, Jiayi, and Andy Wu Abstract—Equity compensation is widely used for incentivizing skilled employees, particularly in new technology businesses. Traditional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne