Body Image - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

she befriended the descendants of coffee entrepreneurs, interviewed local historians, and pored over old documents in the backrooms of rural municipal buildings. Click on image to view slideshowProduction Zones and Collection Points for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

guess one could have accused me of being opportunistic in writing this book, but the fact is the book was finished last year and is only now getting published. I actually wrote my dissertation in 1998 on this topic. The common thread that got me started on studying... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

their gaze from the faces and upper bodies of individuals displaying dominance compared to those displaying submissiveness. Not only did participants look less often at the faces and upper bodies of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

In a more general context, these concepts became "people, opportunity, context, and deal." That turns out to be a powerful way of thinking about things. With this body of knowledge, we're able to say to first-year students,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

Many of us learned at an early age the expression caveat emptor, or let the buyer beware. The phrase conjured up an image of a roiling, rollicking market that consumers best entered equipped for battle and prepared for disappointment—or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

"Africanize" their corporate image through these campaigns. Multi-agent Learning and the Descriptive Value of Simple Models Authors:Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth Periodical:Special Issue on Foundations of Multi-Agent Learning.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs. I focused on understanding the processes by which CEOs were selected—in particular the phenomenon of outsider CEO succession. In the conclusion I wrote a bit about the role of business schools in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

of dimensions, from leadership style to negotiation skills to work values, but neglects the organizational features that underlie such differences. This body of research runs the risk of reifying differences, of making them seem natural.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

the body of empirical research on entrepreneurial resource mobilization has grown, the literature has become increasingly fragmented. We review the literature on entrepreneurs’ mobilization of resources, spanning human, social, financial,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

a commercial to concentrate consumers' visual attention reduced avoidance significantly. Second, the likelihood that viewers will zap can be decreased with a "pulsing strategy" in which brand images are shown more frequently for... View Details