Power and Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Aug 2011
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Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A)

By: Robert L. Simons

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Utilities Industry; Maine

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February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
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Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (B)

By: Robert L. Simons

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Programs; Utilities Industry; Maine

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Power Imbalance, Mutual Dependence and Constraint Absorption: A Closer Look at Resource Dependence Theory

By: Tiziana Casciaro and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Despite ubiquitous references to Pfeffer and Salancik's classic volume, The External Control of Organizations, resource dependence theory is more of an appealing metaphor than a foundation for testable empirical research. We argue that several ambiguities in the... View Details

Keywords: Power and Influence; Theory

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23 Sep 2015
News

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

Aug 2009 - 2009
Conference Presentation

The Influence of Multiculturalism and Self-verification on Creativity in Culturally Diverse Dyads

By: Carmit Tadmor, Patricia Hernandez, Sujin Jang and Jeff Polzer

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01 Jun 2009
News

The Power of Prayer

These days, getting money and housing together is a tricky issue. So there was good news from Florida, one of the hardest hit real-estate markets, when the Miami-area chapter of the Collective Banking Group (CBG) renewed its partnership... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

18 Aug 2016
News

The power of rituals

1998
Conference Presentation

Network Location and Learning: The Influence of Network Resources and Firm Capabilities on Alliance Formation

By: Ranjay Gulati

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01 Sep 2018
News

Turning Point: Power Outlet

provides information and support to moms and sons and promotes positive images of black males. MOBB United for Social Change aims to influence... View Details

1996
Chapter

The Power of Predictability

By: H. H. Stevenson and Mihnea Moldoveanu

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction

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December 2019
Technical Note

Technical Note on Bayesian Statistics and Frequentist Power Calculations

By: Amitabh Chandra and Ariel Dora Stern

This Technical Note provides an introduction to Bayes’ Rule and the statistical intuition that stems from it. In this note, we review the concepts that underlie Bayesian statistics, and we offer several simple mathematical examples to illustrate applications of Bayes’... View Details

Keywords: Bayesian Statistics; Mathematical Methods

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05 Aug 2024
News

Why ‘The Great Gatsby’ and Other Broadway Shows Are Turning to Influencers

19 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways

(1). The culprit, however, was not the mammoth coal fired power plant under our feet. In fact, Tata Power equipped Trombay with state-of-the-art air pollution mitigation technology to minimize both NOx View Details

1989
Book

Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran

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March 2019
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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details