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- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
sacrificing organizational agility, the company would institute more formal systems and controls. IT was, of course, key to achieving this. An expression Williams and Barton had begun to use in conversation to describe where they were... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
leaders to “just start with the relationship—even if you don’t feel like you have an established one—because showing care and concern is what creates that relationship. What’s so powerful about empathizing first is that it affects both the receiver (me) and the giver... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
panel data. Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates By: Pons, Vincent, and Clémence Tricaud Abstract—In French parliamentary and local elections, candidates ranked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
statistical simulations to analyze drivers’ work patterns and pay. Their findings suggest that the ability to set one’s own work schedule has a significant impact on quality of life—not just for gig workers, but for everyone—and that that impact can be View Details
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
at least seven different store formats, from convenient Tesco Express outlets at one end of the spectrum to full assortment hypermarkets at the other. But, within all its stores, Tesco implements the same merchandising principles: Better,... View Details
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
Brochet, Francois, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract—We examine which independent directors are held accountable when investors sue firms for financial- and disclosure-related fraud. Investors can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
fields. A sponsor is someone who advocates for a protégé, and in doing so, takes a stake in her success. We use a laboratory experiment to explore two channels through which sponsorship has been posited to increase advancement in a competitive workplace. In our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
Summing Up Whether or not this month's respondents represent a self-selected sample of enthusiasts for the book, The Wisdom of Crowds, they agree that the findings it presents have strong implications for leaders, particularly those in large, compartmentalized... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
importance of “oral language” as an important managerial cognitive capability, we code the topics and sentiments expressed in the text of what the CEOs say (verbal language) and separately code the facial View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
People care about being cared about. They want respect for their backgrounds and cultures. They want to express their values and will do that even if not paid, or paid well, for it. So if we see that on the positive side—being motivated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
Academy for Women, Linda shows how academics can play a leading role in translating theory into practice. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53183 forthcoming Econometrica Expressive View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
hesitant to vote for such proposals. Add to this the ideological divisions about whether to emphasize taxes or spending when closing the budget gap, and we have a difficult and volatile fiscal outlook for this country. Given these... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
that UGC on platforms ranging from Yelp to Facebook has a large causal impact on economic and social outcomes ranging from restaurant decisions to voting behavior. These findings often leverage unique data sets and methods ranging from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting Authors: Rebecca B. Morton, Marco Piovesan, and Jean-Robert Tyran Abstract We experimentally investigate information aggregation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
feel part of something bigger and give you a sense of belonging." A Costa Rican best expressed the aspirations that consumers associate with global brands: "Local brands show what we are; global brands show what we want to... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
erroneous expressions. Calls that have greater use of non-plain English and more erroneous expressions show lower intraday price movement and trading volume. The capital market responses to non-plain English and erroneous View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
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
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
can name independent directors as defendants in lawsuits, and they can vote against their re-election to express displeasure over the directors' ineffectiveness at monitoring managers. In a sample of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
marketers to offer consumers much more choice including the ability to tailor solutions to individual needs at only slightly greater cost. American Express and Harrah's Entertainment, both heavy investors in IT, now tailor their marketing... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
and humans, workers will express more discomfort with botsourcing when they consider losing jobs that require emotion versus cognition; (2) people will express more comfort with botsourcing when jobs are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne