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- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
unobservable firm level characteristics. This enables us to circumvent the issues related to the use of manager fixed effects in the prior empirical literature. Efforts to incentivize individual employees to file and license patents did... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
is related to higher UK CEO pay; however, the effect is similar when UK firms have a listing in any foreign country implying a foreign listing effect not unique to the U.S. Product market relationships... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
how TV advertising influences changes in online shopping within two-minute pre/post windows of time. We use non-advertising competitors' online shopping in a difference-in-differences approach to measure the same effects in two-hour... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
entry rates and increases in plant productivity are not present in districts 10–50 km away. The entry effects are stronger in rural areas of districts, but the differences between urban and rural areas are modest relative to the overall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
self-development. In the course of my work, I have had the privilege of developing teaching materials about many experienced leaders and their career development. This chapter builds on stories from some of the talented managers I've... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
changing accruals, for example—the adverse impact on company value is probably small. But rarely is the activity so benign. Usually, the shuffling of dollars results from decisions that change the operating characteristics of a company,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_16/b4174076731775.htm?chan=magazine+channel_business+views Cases & Course Materials Foxwoods: Turning Data into Insights in the Hospitality Industry Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
their advice because such dismissal threatens advisors’ sense of self-worth, leading them to judge seekers more harshly. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to punish seekers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
"The most effective learning strategy depends on the situation," writes David A. Garvin. "There is no stock answer, nor is there a single best approach." In Learning in Action, he illustrated the diversity of learning organization... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
roles, products, processes (assembly, equipment maintenance and repair, materials logistics, training, system redesign, administration, etc.), and hierarchical levels (from shop floor to plant manager and above) that in TPS managed... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
there as a security net to help them, guide them, and confront them, they look at me and say, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I believe those 30-year-olds want the same thing the 60-year-olds want. They want an effective manager... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
'walking together.' You never know when you have to exchange roles." As a result, while several respondents seemed to favor the inclusion of material concerning followership in a course on leadership, there did not seem to be a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
be able to coordinate their actions when messages' arrivals at their destinations are sufficiently correlated events. Correlation serves to fill in information gaps that arise when players are uncertain of the source of message failure, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
decreases the compassion that individuals express to others in need, that this effect is mediated by dampened feelings of empathy and heightened perceptions of unprofessionalism, and that it is circumscribed to bad news that has economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
the evaluations given (and consequent resource allocation). We empirically evaluate effects in data collected from a grant proposal process at a leading research university in which we randomized the assignment of evaluators and proposals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
effective solution for companies. She co-wrote the journal article with HBS doctoral student Grace Cormier, as well as three employees of Happify, Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, and Julia Stafford. Happify, which funded the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne