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- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
accountability at the project and policy levels since the early 1990s, particularly through the establishment and enforcement of social and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
Emerita Deborah Kolb. "Despite bodies of knowledge about social institutions and social issues at the institutional and organizational... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
that may be to do. In this article, the authors look at research from behavioral economics, social psychology, and other disciplines and offer practical tactics for leaders... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
acknowledged that the difficulties faced in RE are multifarious, recent research has primarily focused on limited factors. This ongoing research project addresses this limitation by integrating the fields of social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction Authors:Eyal Ert, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2 (2011)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
studying all aspects of the pandemic and are working with business, government, and social sector leaders—as well as with colleagues at Harvard View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
(Image credit: iStockphoto/SDI Productions) Despite reams of material written about remote work in recent months, we know very little about the impact of remote management on performance. Perhaps it’s too soon. Until we can assess... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
their research, public firms invest less than half as much as private firms of similar size and industry—and private firms are 3.5 times more responsive to changes in investment opportunities. The authors... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007
influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
anticorruption efforts for 480 corporations to examine factors underlying firms' efforts and their consequences. We find that firms with high anticorruption efforts are domiciled in countries with low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
focuses solely on corporate culture and identity of the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Dec 2019
- News
Breaking Up the All-Male Boardroom
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
adult decision maker. Finally, we list a set of open questions that could be profitably addressed by future research. Social Preferences and Strategic Uncertainty: An Experiment on Markets View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2020
- News
Moderna Announces Start of Coronavirus Vaccine Testing
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
& Private Equity: A Casebook, 5th edition provides an understanding of the ways in which private equity groups work. The casebook builds an understanding of the key distinctions in the industry and reviews View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
Professor of Finance and Professor of Law, who often testifies before congress on corporate tax issues. A brief recap of what’s under discussion. Last month Republicans and the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
With more data available than ever before, why would any executive gamble on a hunch—especially for decisions that involve their own employees? An emerging field that uses data to study human behavior at work, “people analytics” is beginning to transform the workplace... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 23 Aug 2017
- News
Developing Leaders Behind Bars
It’s heartbreaking. What do you hope people take away from seeing the photos? The smiles. The heart. The compassion. I hope that these people will not remain forgotten – they deserve our love, compassion and help. Did any of the inmates... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Avon CEO Jung on Leadership
the courage to reinvent yourself, not hold on to the past, and to act swiftly.” Proudly noting that corporate responsibility has always been integral to Avon’s identity, Jung... View Details