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- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
dictate people should be treated preferentially. We first use a scenario study to establish that individuals expect leniency on their birthday. We then show that, compared to other days, transgressors are penalized more severely when it's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
however, a catch: they tended to move from firms with lower rates of misconduct to firms with higher rates. “It seems like there is some sorting going on, with some firms more tolerant of misconduct than others.” In other words, while View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
can cascade into large accidents. Moreover, practices that conflate competence with toughness lead workers to ignore precautionary measures and take unnecessary risks. Thus, the costs of men's masculine striving are high, and both View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not getting the return they expect on their investment in training and education. By investing in training... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
effects of their submissions on the other individuals in the workplace. We also find that offering employees project funding to implement their own proposals potentially backfires, undermining participation. And solicitations emphasizing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
default for those who don’t make an active choice: pharmacy pick-up without insurance subsidies. Under this program, 42% of eligible employees actively choose home delivery, 39% actively choose pharmacy pickup, and 19% make no active choice and are assigned the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
Science 22, no. 4 (July-August 2011) Abstract This study examines the relationship between social position, both within the field and within the organization, and the likelihood of individual actors initiating organizational changes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
By: Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
effects on citation rates. Our findings suggest that subfields can increase the impact they have on the broader intellectual discourse by situating their phenomena in rich contexts that illuminate the connections between their findings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
found (or potentially found) in practice and whose hypotheses connect independent variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide several suggestions for how scholars... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
greetings, business cards, gift giving, dress, punctuality, body language, table manners, and so forth. Deeper cultural characteristics and their implications for the negotiation process itself. Below the surface are characteristics such as whether a culture is focused... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Europe
increasing connectedness and the impact of our actions in one place on the situation in another. "We cannot deal without understanding the connections we're making," said Stevenson. "You may want to look at these four... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
field research methods, this paper connects these achievements to bureaucratic norms, unwritten rules within the state that guide the behavior of public officials and structure their relations with civic agencies outside the state.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
knowledge. We emphasize connections to the growing theoretical literature that gives personal plans a substantive role, but we conclude that more research is needed, especially on the latter two questions we cover. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way You Work Author:Leslie A. Perlow Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2012 Abstract Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way to Go to Market
financial goals while simultaneously evolving channels to be in tune with the changing market environment. That's why the role is best performed by that individual or team of individuals who have the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14
Flows in the Global Economy Digital Labor Markets and Global Talent Flows By: Horton, John, William R. Kerr, and Christopher Stanton Abstract—We review the rapid development of digital labor markets that connect companies and contractors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 9, 2007
initial test along the path is so fundamental that we often overlook it: becoming a boss for the first time. That's a shame, because the trials involved in this rite of passage have serious consequences for both the individual and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
Are the world's poor, who individually have less than $5 a day in disposable income, a viable market for new goods and services? Consider the fact that there are four billion people around the globe that fit this description and you have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne