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01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

opportunities. Startup life is exciting, but full of uncertainty. You need the best information possible to make smart choices. The Startup Lottery is for anyone who wants to maximize their likelihood of success. Smart Startups: What... View Details

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12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

does this occur? Across four studies, people justified their dishonest deeds through moral disengagement and exhibited motivated forgetting of information that might otherwise limit their dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Studies... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2012
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A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting

By: Karthik Ramanna

This paper provides an accounting-based conceptual framing of the phenomenon of corporate accountability reporting. Such reporting is seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective,... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; For-Profit Firms; Framework; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Research; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Futility: Targeting High-Risk Customers Might Be Ineffective” ( Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) , 2018). 2022 Ayelet Israeli : Selected as an INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) Early Career... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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History Matters

Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy, Robert Bruner (MBA 1974/DBA 1982) and Sean Carr make the case that looking into financial crises of the past can help clarify current conditions—and inform one’s outlook on the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Information; Information

01 Dec 2006
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How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

that foreign companies employ 5.4 million in the United States. Clark is not optimistic about today's societies that have not had a long history of cultural foundations and functioning institutions that support the kind of formal and... View Details

Keywords: by by Jim Heskett

05 Jun 2023
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Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

society This would go a long way to self-regulation " Other comments expressed a need for protections afforded by regulation, but were skeptical that they could be implemented. William Cottinger, based on his past experience with the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty and Research - Alumni

scholarship that ensures the School’s continued educational excellence and its impact on business and society. Watch more videos about faculty members' research activities The Insights we need to Educate Leaders Six faculty members discuss how they identify and explore... View Details

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Shad Hall | About

Shad Hall John S.R. Shad (MBA 1949), 1985 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Shad Hall is named for the Honorable John S.R. Shad (MBA 1949) in honor of his support of ethics and leadership. A striking building that won the prestigious Harleston Parker Medal from the... View Details

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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Alexandre Naghirniac, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Daniella Suarez

In 2011, Gilberto Dimenstein, a well-known Brazilian journalist, created a new model that connected disparate resources to revitalize Sao Paulo. He wanted his model to expand across Brazil and the world. Dimenstein covered many of the social issues facing Brazil as a... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Urban Scope; Social Issues; Education; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Leading Change; Brazil

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Companies: social responsibility

most sustainable corporations. The following websites give background information on social responsibility issues and companies: Benefit Corp Information Center: Benefit corporations have a... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

that law and governments struggle to keep up with. As business becomes more involved in the way society operates, it creates responsibilities that weren’t present before.” HOME REGION Ankara, Turkey UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Koc University... View Details

2020
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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: The Impact of Access and Value

By: Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis

The goal of this paper is to leverage household-level data to improve food-related policies aimed at increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FVs) among low-income households. Currently, several interventions target areas where residents have limited... View Details

Keywords: Food Deserts; Food Access; Food Policy; Causal Inference; Food; Nutrition; Poverty; Government Administration

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Professor Debora Spar, Professor Peter Tufano 1:45 p.m. Closing and Conclusions Professor Debora Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Administration, Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society For event View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

However, we also heard that restaurateurs remained steadfastly committed to their goal of nurturing and nourishing people, providing a place of succor and community in a strange new world. Our conversations with the panel and our field research View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

November 2018 (Revised January 2022)
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JUUL and the Vaping Revolution

By: Michael W. Toffel, John Masko and Sarah Mehta

In late 2019, San Francisco-based electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) maker JUUL Labs (pronounced “jewel”) faced intense pressure. Sales of JUUL products exceeded $1 billion in 2018, dominating the e-cigarette category. While JUUL Labs’ stated goal was to help current... View Details

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05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(PublicAffairs, 2020). Maria P. Roche : Winner of the 2021 Best Dissertation Award from the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management. Maria P. Roche : Winner of the 2021 Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award from the... View Details

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Political Elite Cues and Attitude Formation in Post-Conflict Contexts

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Miguel Garcia-Sanchez and Aila M. Matanock

Civil conflicts typically end with negotiated settlements, but many settlements fail, often during the implementation stage when average citizens have increasing influence. Citizens sometimes evaluate peace agreements by voting on referendums or the negotiating... View Details