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- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
rich and poor. We find evidence that for wealthy Germans, and for the rich half of European nations, higher levels of per capita income don't buy greater happiness. The reason appears to be adaptation. However even for the rich half of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
motivated by the fact that many scholars in business schools had offered no real policy prescriptions for how the United States could get out of the Depression. Moreover, so many businesspeople had been seen as not necessarily following... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
humblebragging was negatively correlated with liking: The more raters viewed a tweet as a humblebrag, the less they liked the tweeter. Humblebrags also received high insincerity ratings, suggesting that disingenuousness is a key reason... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
relative to costs. Interestingly, a company that exposes costs still sees a decent level of purchase intent even with a fairly high price markup. "We wanted to understand when cost transparency would be harmful," Buell says. "With a T-shirt that cost $6.50 to produce,... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
power. Publisher's link: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amy-cuddy/presence/9780316256575/ February 2015 Prentice Hall Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Evaluating Performance By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav V. Rajan Abstract—Managerial Accounting:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
as a celebrity CEO with a guru book of success lessons. Almost before the ink dries, the same CEO is mired in notoriety, a celebrity failure as it were. The reasons trace back to fundamental imbalances in the mix of beneficial or... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
for both brick-and-mortar and online retailers. We focus on product categories where consumers may purchase multiple products during a season and investigate a new reason why frequent assortment rotations can be valuable to a retailer.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
Reorganizations—Triangular Mergers Harvard Business School Note 207-009 Discusses the reasons and uses of triangular or three-party mergers to complete a business acquisition or tax-free corporate reorganization. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
relational contracts (i.e., informal agreements sustained by the shadow of the future). We argue that one of the reasons these practices may be difficult to copy is that effective relational contracts must solve the twin problems of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
trade press. Reasons for the discrepancy are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-044.pdf Taste Heterogeneity, IIA, and the Similarity Critique Authors:Thomas J. Steenburgh and Andrew Ainslie Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
been more desirable, as a policy matter, but is now a missed opportunity. Using this experience on staggered boards as a motivating case study, the article then examines a policy choice regarding Section 203 of the Delaware corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
change in global opportunities and risks. With increasing regulation and fierce competition between banks, the Western hemisphere was going to be a tougher place to do business. Emerging markets, however, offered many opportunities. Geoghegan View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
impact people's feelings about their decisions. We compare post-choice satisfaction from choices made by mind wandering to reason based choices and randomly assigned outcomes. Participants chose a poster by mind wandering or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
Petriglieri, associate professor at INSEAD: Making special accommodations for employees who are at high-risk of COVID infection is legally, morally, and reputationally the right course of action for employers. In many countries, employers have a legal duty of care that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
negatively associated with FLSI. These findings suggest that rather than relying on hiring motivated individuals, managers need to support employees' efforts to improve their work systems by (1) creating a work environment where it is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
levels—whether in a strategic planning meeting, or in Salzwedel's recent visit to a regional office to explain in person the content of and motivation for the company's new strategic plan. Anderson and Salzwedel were pleased that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
behaviors with a motivation to change the status quo. Letting Misconduct Slide: The Acceptability of Gradual Erosion in Others' Unethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino and Max Bazerman Publication:Journal of Experimental Social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
when cities can tolerate risk and when there is enough labor with low opportunity costs. We also report on an inexpensive Boston-based restaurant tournament, which yielded algorithms that proved reasonably accurate when tested... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
motivated to "search" in the new design space. They will look for ways to improve on the original innovation. However, from the users' perspective, designs are what economists call "nonrival" goods. As Thomas Jefferson... View Details