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  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

between this potentially measurable statistic and the quantitative implications of preference heterogeneity for policy. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047272715000134 May 2015 Kumbh Mela, January... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

allocation within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply of financial information, is on the use of the income statement and balance sheet for performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

not only experience project-level success with the implementation of new work practices, but also organizational-level success as indicated by overall measures of performance. We tested our hypothesis in a longitudinal study of 23... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

experience of individuals in a team (i.e., years in a given role within a team) is associated with better team performance. We examine the impact of role experience separately for team managers and team members. We find that a manager's role experience is positively... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

rituals. We define a ritual as a predefined sequence of symbolic actions often characterized by formality and repetition that lack direct instrumental purpose. Using different instantiations of rituals and measures of anxiety (both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north dimension. A simple theory of human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

medical devices after they are approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Historically, such surveillance was based on voluntary reports by medical practitioners, but with the widespread adoption of electronic medical records and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

variance. The second is the latent components approach suggesting the importance of sensitivity to losses and diminishing sensitivity to marginal increases in payoffs. The third approach, risk acceptance, relates to the willingness to accept probable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

report from the Global Center on Adaptation suggests that more than $100 billion per year is needed to invest in infrastructure, weather forecasting, and protecting agriculture in Africa to address both poverty and climate stresses. Yet... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

meet the quarterly earnings targets of increasingly short-term–oriented investors. Reality: Companies that pursue major sustainability initiatives, and publicize them in integrated reports and other communications with investors, have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous worlds. In particular, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

affecting teams' use of members' knowledge: the more important the project, the less effective the team. This paper contributes to the emerging literature linking team-level expertise utilization (instead of just recognition) with performance View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

Faced with the need for massive change, most managers respond predictably. They revamp the organization's strategy, then round up the usual set of suspects—people, pay, and processes—shifting around staff, realigning incentives, and rooting out inefficiencies. They... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis, private equity firms have higher quality accruals and a lower propensity to manage income than public equity firms. We further find that public equity firms report more conservatively, in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

VTID. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512029-PDF-ENG The Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience (Abridged) Ananth Raman, Anita Tucker, and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 611-015 Healthcare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

tensions in performance measurement and illustrates the fundamental issues in accrual accounting. The case is best used as an introductory case in a course on financial reporting or performance measurement.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

assessing the outcomes of the company's strategies after 1945. It examines the challenges and costs faced by the company in recovering the ownership of its brands. While the management of distance became much easier over the course of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new comprehensive industry-level data set of 29... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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