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- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
Effects of Over-Prescribing Goals Setting," was authored by Lisa D. Ordóñez, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona; Maurice E. Schweitzer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Adam D. Galinsky, Kellogg School of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 2015
- Report
Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region." Report, Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, Chicago, IL, August 2015.
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
specifically because of their shared gender, many female voters balked. Testing for gender backlash To probe when and why identity labels backfire, the research team visited a college campus four months before the 2016 US presidential... View Details
- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
study gives you the reality of the phenomenon. A lab study answers the question, why is this happening?" The team recruited 136 college students through the study pool at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory in Cambridge,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
reasons behind the findings, the researchers conducted a similar experiment in the controlled environment of a university lab. They recruited 175 college students for a three-hour study, conducted over two consecutive days. The students... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
MIT), Jean-Charles Rochet (IDEI, Toulouse), and David Evans (NERA, now LECG and University College London). It is indeed a very new area: The first two or three papers on this topic were written in 2002-2003, and I was lucky enough to be... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
partner level because they hadn't been turned off by networking. To further suss out the psychological effect of power, the team conducted a carefully constructed role-playing task, in which 149 college students were assigned to the role... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
business administration. STRATEGY Tip: Confront unknown unknowns in your strategic planning The term VUCA originated in the US War College to describe situations that are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. In this world,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
now for whom music has always been a free commodity. The more that we talk to college students and teenagers about why they buy vinyl, the common thread is that having vinyl in your dorm room or your house says something about you and who... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
pensions, college savings, IRAs, and 401(k)s? We have yet to see the answers to these questions. The likelihood is that if the investments are laundered, so to speak, through a big bank that pretends to impose some prudence in management... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
Working to Learn: Despite a growing set of innovators, America struggles to connect education and career explores several important trends from our analysis: Few programs strive for college and employment. Though organizations in the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
infrastructure. . . ." Yali Wei is more succinct: "The world is becoming flat only to Americans. How it will play out for America is completely up to Americans." In this regard, Nari Kannan offers a suggestion: "College costs need to be subsidized... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
context. I believe that once we can articulate how racism harms everyone, we are closer to dismantling the system that harms us all. Broderick Turner is an assistant professor of marketing at Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
resulting working paper, Conversational Receptiveness: Improving Engagement with Opposing Views, was written in collaboration with Michael Yeomans, assistant professor at Imperial College Business School in London; Julia Minson, associate... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
hall from John, has studied the ways in which organizations hide information from consumers-sometimes duplicitously. In a previous paper about U.S. News & World Report college rankings of MBA programs, for example, he found a strong... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
Americans launch careers in the next 10 years by “cultivating a comprehensive system that focuses on skills first and enables greater opportunities for earned success.” The hope is that this approach will lift up high-potential Black Americans who lack View Details
- 25 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
be rejected." The results are enough to spook anyone who has ever sent off a résumé or college application: not only were the studies' subjects unable to counteract this correspondence bias, they remained susceptible to it even when... View Details
- 01 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love
If you’re a fan of American football, you probably know that Seattle Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll is one of only three coaches in National Football League history to win both a Super Bowl and a college national championship.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
intentions but more about actions.” Patti Gillenwater suggested that companies should change their hiring policies. In her words, “hiring individuals that have ‘grown up’ in diverse, inclusive environments is spot on. This would mean recruiting candidates from View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett