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  • March 1981
  • Article

Characteristics and External Orientation of Boundary Spanning Individuals

By: Michael Tushman and Thomas Scanlan
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  • 1981
  • Chapter

The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Gerald Zaltman
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  • 1981
  • Chapter

The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Gerald Zaltman
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  • 1 Sep 1979
  • Conference Presentation

Rape and Physical Attractiveness: Judgements Concerning the Likelihood of Victimization

By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. L. Stubbs
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Safety; Personal Characteristics
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  • December 1978
  • Article

Technical Communication in R&D Laboratories: Impacts of Project Work Characteristics

By: Michael Tushman
Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Research and Development; Projects
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  • June 1978
  • Article

Large Group Bargaining in a Characteristic Function Game

By: J. K. Murnighan and A. E. Roth
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Negotiation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling
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  • February 1978
  • Case

Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter
Describes the history and evolution of the log home manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing embryonic industry capitalizing on the back-to-basics lifestyle changes in the United States. Focuses on one of the leading firms in the industry, but allows a discussion of... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Change Management; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • January 1971
  • Journal Article

On the Nucleolus of a Characteristic Function Game

By: Elon Kohlberg
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An AI Method to Score Celebrity Visual Potential from Human Faces

By: Flora Feng, Shunyuan Zhang, Xiao Liu, Kannan Srinivasan and Cait Lamberton
It has long been a mantra of marketing practice that, particularly in low-involvement situations, spokespeople should be physically attractive. This paper suggests there is a higher probability of gaining fame and influence (i.e., celebrity potential) than is captured... View Details
Keywords: Personal Characteristics; AI and Machine Learning; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders

By: Robert Simons

This project studies the life choices made by a variety of people who have left a lasting legacy. Using biographical data, we are examining the choices that high-impact individuals faced in their lives and the paths they chose to follow. The leaders we study come... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Work-life Balance; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Success
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Corporate Governance

By: Charles C.Y. Wang

The characteristics and structure of boards of directors have important implications for firm performance. Professor Wang has found that firms with well-connected boards whose members have strong network connections provide economic benefits that are not immediately... View Details

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Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices

By: Stuart C. Gilson
Stuart C. Gilson is studying how severe financial distress impacts corporate policies and economic resource allocation. He is also studying how managers can best respond to financial distress in order to preserve and grow value. He is undertaking this research... View Details
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

Extraverts Reap Greater Social Rewards from Passion Because They Express Passion More Frequently and More Diversely

By: Kai Krautter, Anabel Büchner and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Passion is stereotypically expressed through animated facial expressions, energetic body movements, varied tone, and pitch—and met with interpersonal benefits. However, these capture only a subset of passion expressions that are more common for extraverts. Indeed, in... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Personality; Extraversion; Scale Development; Perception; Personal Characteristics
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Financing New Business Formation

By: Paul A. Gompers
New business creation has become a potent force for economicdevelopment in the United States. Prior to 1980, large firms created the majority of new jobs in the American economy. While considerable debate rages over whether small firms are the source of recent job... View Details
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Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? (joint with Andrew Charlton)

By: Laura Alfaro
In this paper we distinguish different qualities of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. Establishing the quality of FDI, however, is a difficult concept. Quality, that is the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth, is a combination and... View Details
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India Transformed? Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005 (with Anusha Chari)

By: Laura Alfaro
Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India’s economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
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Leadership in Context

By: Nitin Nohria
What can we learn from the great business leaders of the 20th century? To answer this question, we have assembled a unique database of 1000 American business leaders, each of whom has left an important legacy. Some of the initial insights we are gleaning from this... View Details
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Managing sustainability in supply chains

By: Michael W. Toffel
I am examining codes of conduct, management process standards, and government voluntary programs that address environmental and labor issues, seeking to understand what enables some of these programs to actually deliver on their promise of distinguishing organizations... View Details
Keywords: Environment; Environmental Performance; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Strategy; Regulation; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Construction Industry; United States; California
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Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

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Masters of Strategy

By: David B. Yoffie

Over the last two decades, Professor Yoffie has written numerous cases on Intel, Microsoft, and Apple. In a new research project with Professor Michael Cusumano of MIT, the authors are examining what made Andy Grove of Intel, Bill Gates of Microsoft, and Steve Jobs... View Details

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