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  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

Ventures By: Lee, Matthew, and Laura Huang Abstract—Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in practice. In this research, we document and explain both the extent and the depth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

Bodie Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 21, 2006

patterns. We present a model where beliefs determine the types of contracts that firms offer and whether workers exert effort. Some workers become criminals, depending on their luck in the labor market, the expected punishment, and an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

2004-2007. Results show that firms that are more environmentally damaging, particularly those in countries where they are more exposed to scrutiny and global norms, are less likely to engage in selective disclosure. We discuss contributions to the literature that spans... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2013-winter/54215/how-to-identify-the-best-customers-for-your-business/ Prolonged Thought: Proposing Type 3 Processing Authors:Dijksterhuis, Ap, Madelijn Strick, Maarten W. Bos, and Loran F. Nordgren Publication:Dual Process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

differences in motives and activities of not-for-profit organizations, and the need to develop additional theories to address those differences in explaining interorganizational arrangements between them. The Structural Determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

strategies and tactics can be a helpful vehicle for clarifying an organization's theory of change. Basking in Reflected Glory: Symbolic and Substantive Implications of Winemaker Mobility Authors:Peter Roberts, Mukti Khaire, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

paper conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

daily diary entries and weekly interviews from four project teams, and a separate sample of critical incident interviews, to induce process models of successful and unsuccessful helping episodes. We found that, in unsuccessful episodes, help-givers and -receivers... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 30 May 2005
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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

supervision. While Thyssen delegated tasks and expected managers to achieve certain objectives, Taylor's management principles had managers and workers run through a checklist of motions or functions to be fulfilled in order to achieve a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

perspective is at the same time grounded in theory and in the experiences of particular places. Reviewing state-of-the-art of economic geography, setting agendas, and with illustrations and empirical evidence from all over the world, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

financing institutions, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). We find that developing countries serving on the Board of Executive Directors can expect an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

pronounced in banks, and with higher pre-adoption information asymmetry, consistent with investors expecting net information quality benefits from IFRS adoption. We also find that the reaction is less positive for firms domiciled in code... View Details
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management consulting firms. Our qualitative analysis identified four... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jun 2004
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The Big Money for Big Projects

including numerous case studies, books (including the book I recently published), and related articles. I expect to see significantly more research in the coming years particularly given the fact project companies provide fertile and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

either back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward peaceful settlement are expected to be especially obdurate for civilians who have been exposed to violence. In a survey of 1,120 Syrian... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

identity, search, and intellectual property. We suggest that much of the received wisdom in these areas of organization theory requires revisiting. We then discuss the implications for an organization's management of innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

  PublicationsBeing the Boss: The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader Authors:Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract You never dreamed being the boss would be so hard. You're caught in a web of conflicting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

Policy Experiment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Emerging-market governments adopted capital control taxes to manage the massive surge in foreign capital inflows in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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