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      • October 2012
      • Article

      The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo

      By: Gabrielle S. Adams, Francis J. Flynn and Michael I. Norton
      Five studies investigate whether the practice of "regifting"-a social taboo-is as offensive to givers as regifters assume. Participants who imagined regifting thought that the original givers would be more offended than givers reported feeling, to such an extent that... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Attitudes; Behavior; Research
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      Adams, Gabrielle S., Francis J. Flynn, and Michael I. Norton. "The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo." Psychological Science 23, no. 10 (October 2012): 1145–1150.
      • 2012
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      A Field Study on the Acceptance and Use of a New Accounting System

      By: V.G. Narayanan, Ranjani Krishnan and Jamshed J. Mistry
      This study examines the attitudes, use, and acceptance of a new accounting system in a pharmaceutical corporation that switched from an Activity Based Costing System to the Theory of Constraints System (TOC). Using structuration theory as a framework, we posit that... View Details
      Keywords: Theory Of Constraints; Structuration; Field Study; Accounting; Innovation and Invention
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      Narayanan, V.G., Ranjani Krishnan, and Jamshed J. Mistry. "A Field Study on the Acceptance and Use of a New Accounting System." Journal of Management Accounting Research 24 (2012): 103–133.
      • December 2012
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      Reflected Knowledge and Trust in Global Collaboration

      By: Mark Mortensen and Tsedal Neeley
      Scholars argue that direct knowledge about distant colleagues is crucial for fostering trust in global collaboration. However, their arguments focus mainly on how trust accrues from knowledge about distant collaborators' personal characteristics, relationships, and... View Details
      Keywords: Global Work; Organizational Studies; Knowledge; Trust; Cooperation; Global Range; Relationships; Behavior; Personal Characteristics
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      Mortensen, Mark, and Tsedal Neeley. "Reflected Knowledge and Trust in Global Collaboration." Management Science 58, no. 12 (December 2012): 2207–2224. (equal authorship.)
      • 2012
      • Book

      Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests

      By: Gunnar Trumbull
      This book investigates the sources of interest group influence on public policy. Trumbull argues that diffuse groups like consumers are more influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. View Details
      Keywords: Government and Politics; Interests; Power and Influence; Demand and Consumers; Policy
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      Trumbull, Gunnar. Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012.
      • December 2012
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      Bolstering and Restoring Feelings of Competence via the IKEA Effect

      By: Daniel Mochon, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
      We examine the underlying process behind the IKEA effect, which is defined as consumers' willingness to pay more for self-created products than for identical products made by others, and explore the factors that influence both consumers' willingness to engage in... View Details
      Keywords: Value; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes
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      Mochon, Daniel, Michael I. Norton, and Dan Ariely. "Bolstering and Restoring Feelings of Competence via the IKEA Effect." International Journal of Research in Marketing 29, no. 4 (December 2012): 363–369.
      • October 2012
      • Teaching Note

      Carolina for Kibera (TN)

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn
      Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Power and Influence; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Kenya; United States
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      McGinn, Kathleen L. "Carolina for Kibera (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-001, October 2012.
      • October 2012 (Revised August 2018)
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      Carolina for Kibera

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Beth-Ann Kutchma and Cailin B. Hammer
      Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote youth leadership and gender and ethnic cooperation in Kibera, the largest unstructured settlement situated in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. CFK's programs constructively... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Power and Influence; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Kenya; United States
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      McGinn, Kathleen L., Beth-Ann Kutchma, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Carolina for Kibera." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 913-701, October 2012. (Revised August 2018.)
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      Can Wages Buy Honesty?: The Relationship Between Relative Wages and Employee Theft

      By: C. X. Chen and Tatiana Sandino
      In this study we examine whether, for a sample of retail chains, high levels of employee compensation can deter employee theft, an increasingly common type of fraudulent behavior. Specifically, we examine the extent to which relative wages (i.e., employee wages... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Behavior; Compensation and Benefits; Societal Protocols
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      Chen, C. X., and Tatiana Sandino. "Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship Between Relative Wages and Employee Theft." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 967–1000.
      • 2012
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      What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises

      By: Robert Gibbons and Rebecca Henderson
      Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects.... View Details
      Keywords: Social Norms; Social Networks; Triadic Closure; Social Groups; Group Identity; Groups and Teams; Identity; Performance Consistency; Social and Collaborative Networks; Societal Protocols; Social Media
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      Gibbons, Robert, and Rebecca Henderson. "What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-020, August 2012.
      • July 2012
      • Case

      Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

      By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella
      Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
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      Hill, Linda A., and Mark Rennella. "Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-509, July 2012.
      • July 2012
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      iPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks

      By: Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton
      We show that priming consumers with products associated with specific social networks increases the salience of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles... View Details
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Product; Customers; Familiarity; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton. "iPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks." Social Influence 7, no. 3 (July 2012): 154–171.
      • 2012
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      The Determinants of National Competitiveness

      By: Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
      We define foundational competitiveness as the expected level of output per working-age individual that is supported by the overall quality of a country as a place to do business. The focus on output per potential worker, a broader measure of national productivity than... View Details
      Keywords: Country; Competition; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics
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      Delgado, Mercedes, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "The Determinants of National Competitiveness." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18249, July 2012.
      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      The Cost of Friendship

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Yuhai Xuan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
      This paper explores two broad questions on collaboration between individuals. First, we investigate what personal characteristics affect people's desire to work together. Second, given the influence of these personal characteristics, we analyze whether this attraction... View Details
      Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Performance; Personal Characteristics
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      Gompers, Paul A., Yuhai Xuan, and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. "The Cost of Friendship." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18141, June 2012.
      • June 2012
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      The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control

      By: Ethan S. Bernstein
      Using data from embedded participant-observers and a field experiment at the second largest mobile phone factory in the world, located in China, I theorize and test the implications of transparent organizational design on workers' productivity and organizational... View Details
      Keywords: Transparency; Privacy; Organizational Learning; Operational Control; Organizational Performance; Chinese Manufacturing; Field Experiment; Rights; Interpersonal Communication; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Performance Productivity; Boundaries; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Manufacturing Industry; China
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      Bernstein, Ethan S. "The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 2 (June 2012): 181–216.
      • 2012
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      The Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Pavel Zhelyazkov
      This paper unpacks two underspecified facets of collaboration: cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have... View Details
      Keywords: Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation
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      Gulati, Ranjay, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Pavel Zhelyazkov. "The Two Facets of Collaboration: Cooperation and Coordination in Strategic Alliances." Academy of Management Annals 6 (2012): 531–583.
      • May 2012
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      Measuring the Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices with Incentives for Truth-telling

      By: Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein and Drazen Prelec
      Cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media attention recently, but less flagrant transgressions of research norms may be more prevalent and in the long run more damaging to the academic enterprise. We surveyed over 2,000 psychologists about... View Details
      Keywords: Research; Practice; Motivation and Incentives; Surveys; Values and Beliefs; Measurement and Metrics
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      John, Leslie K., George Loewenstein, and Drazen Prelec. "Measuring the Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices with Incentives for Truth-telling." Psychological Science 23, no. 5 (May 2012): 524–532.
      • 2012
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      Does Power Corrupt or Enable?: When and Why Power Facilitates Self-interested Behavior

      By: K. A. DeCelles, D.S. DeRue, J.D. Margolis and T.L. Ceranic
      Does power corrupt a moral identity, or does it enable a moral identity to emerge? Drawing from the power literature, we propose that the psychological experience of power, although often associated with promoting self-interest, is associated with greater self-interest... View Details
      Keywords: Power; Moral Identity; Self-interested Behavior; Moral Awareness; Commons Dilemma; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Power and Influence
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      DeCelles, K. A., D.S. DeRue, J.D. Margolis, and T.L. Ceranic. "Does Power Corrupt or Enable? When and Why Power Facilitates Self-interested Behavior." Journal of Applied Psychology 97, no. 3 (May 2012): 681–689.
      • May 2012
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      Herbert A. Simon on What Ails Business Schools: More than A Problem in Organizational Design

      By: Rakesh Khurana and J.C. Spender
      We critically examine Herbert Simon's 1967 essay, "The Business School: A Problem in Organizational Design." We consider this essay within the context of Simon's key ideas about organizations, particularly those closely associated with the 'Carnegie perspective' on... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Perspective; Innovation and Invention; Business Education; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Teaching
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      Khurana, Rakesh, and J.C. Spender. "Herbert A. Simon on What Ails Business Schools: More than A Problem in Organizational Design." Journal of Management Studies 49, no. 3 (May 2012): 619–639.
      • April–May 2012
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      Resources or Power? Implications of Social Networks on Compensation and Firm Performance

      By: Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo and George Serafeim
      Using a sample of 4,278 listed UK firms, we construct a social network of directorship-interlocks that comprises 31,495 directors. We use social capital theory and techniques developed in social network analysis to measure a director's connectedness and investigate... View Details
      Keywords: Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Compensation and Benefits; Performance; Relationships; Resource Allocation; United Kingdom
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      Horton, Joanne, Yuval Millo, and George Serafeim. "Resources or Power? Implications of Social Networks on Compensation and Firm Performance." Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 39, nos. 3-4 (April–May 2012): 399–426.
      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      Componential Theory of Creativity

      By: Teresa M. Amabile
      The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary for an individual to produce creative work. The theory is grounded in a definition of creativity as the production of ideas or outcomes that are both... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Theory; Social Psychology; Organizational Culture
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      Amabile, Teresa M. "Componential Theory of Creativity." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-096, April 2012.
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