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  • 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

Bazerman Abstract The optimal moment to address the question of how to improve human decision making has arrived. In recent research, judgment and decision-making scholars have moved beyond the concept of bounded View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

rational decision making. Nonprofits often have a cultural opposition to structure. A lack of theory of management practice exists for nonprofits. These characteristics lead to a number of disputes between headquarters and affiliates,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2006
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Looking Behind Bad Decisions

dysfunctional competition, while also providing tools that foster rational decision making. Consider this hypothetical question posed in the paper: A. If you die in an auto accident, your heart will be used to save another person's life.... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

"Dividend Variability and Variance Bounds Tests for the Rationality of Stock Market Prices." American Economic Review 76 (June 1986). Merton, Robert C. , and T. A. Marsh. "Earnings Variability and Variance... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

  Working PapersAn Optimal Lower Bound for Anonymous Scheduling Mechanisms Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Shahar Dobzinski, and Ron Lavi Abstract We consider the problem of designing truthful mechanisms to minimize the makespan on m unrelated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

representation in policy formulation; and c) accountability in implementation. Examples are drawn from the experiences of South Africa and Brazil. Several preliminary factors are identified that may enhance policy learning, while acknowledging the constraints of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

the book was to show that we can start changing environments to make it easier for our minds, which aren't perfectly rational and don't absorb information perfectly, to succeed in life," Bohnet explains. While the book's authors... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

potential customer population when pricing at a level that, under the condition, can be shown to be an upper bound for a rational price choice for the firm irrespective of the prices chosen by its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract We develop a perspective on how managers search for a strategy. In the spirit of Cyert and March (1963), we aim for a perspective that reflects the reality of managerial behavior; that respects both the reasoning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both consumer and firm welfare. According to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

settlement body. This shift, it is argued, raises foundational questions of expertise, the relationship of models to real-world outcomes, and methods for bounding disputes over scientific and economic facts. Based on a case study of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

phrase that has been defined as a "state of rational apprehension that does not result in appropriate action." In her brilliant study of the disastrous decision to launch the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, sociologist Diane Vaughan... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

http://hbr.org/product/go-mobile-aligning-district-managers-and-store-teams/an/114034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-076 Leader Bank, N.A. No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/leader-bank-n-a/an/214076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

be avoided by using a more deliberative, analytical decision-making process. In this paper, we describe joint evaluation as an effective tool to help decision makers manage their emotional assessments of morality. Bounded Ethicality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

volume. The distinguishing operational characteristic of by-product synergy is that quantities of the primary product and by-product are linked, with production of the primary product defining the upper bound of the quantity of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

customers. The model illustrates that these findings can be rationalized if (i) misbehavior on the part of the exporter is of little concern to importers, and (ii) local banks in importing countries are more effective than the exporter in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

panel of advisers-resulting in a wealth of teaching moments bound to keep you captivated. Experts agree that many twentieth-century leadership practices won't work in the turbulent twenty-first century. This engaging book gives you the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

built through institutional deepening by means of dispute resolution processes. This shift, I argue, raises epistemic questions of expertise, the relationship of models to real-world outcomes, and methods for bounding disputes over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

  PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a theory for why it might be View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel