Human Factors - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2011
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Faculty Books

human connection); the destructive behaviors they adopt to relieve their anxiety (busyness, comparing themselves to others, and blaming others for their frustrations); and the behaviors they must adopt to gain strength from vulnerability... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Roberts Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Laura’s research and consulting focus on the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

environment. He has written on a broad range of restructuring topics, including corporate bankruptcy and debt workouts, tracking stock, equity spin-offs, corporate downsizing, bank mergers, and employee buyouts. Currently, he is studying the View Details

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

"contractual impossibility theorem: there exists no perfect deal." Even initially good deals, in other words, have collapsed as perceptions changed. Early sessions of the course (taken by more than half the second-year MBA students since 1986) introduced the... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

Rotemberg Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human tendencies drawn from the psychology literature. The first is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

and army-influenced culture. Q: For social enterprises that choose the affiliate route, what are the likely factors that point them in that direction? A: Nonprofits may adopt an affiliate model because they have a bias towards local... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

be a useful factor for me when considering which businesses to support with my consumer and investment dollars." In short, Mohan's dad was clearly not the only consumer who cared about executive pay. But would knowledge of a company's pay... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

30 Nov 2020
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COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

more basic factor has been holding back investment: remote work. Lockdowns and rising COVID-19 cases prompted many venture capitalists to literally head for the hills, decamping to vacation homes in Wyoming and Idaho. Even with its close... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

22 Sep 2003
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When Protestors Knock at Your Door

As globalization trends increase, so does the ability of non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam International, and the World Wildlife Fund to shape public and corporate policy on everything from human rights to labor... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton: "The area of ethics and values is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Bibliography - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

épinal et l'imagerie populaire. Libraire Hachette, 1961. Nagler, Georg Kaspar. Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon. . . . Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, 1835–52. Riemersema, Jelle C. Religious Factors in Early Dutch Capitalism, 1550–1650. The... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

fossil fuel industry in the early 1990s. Today Perhaps as a result of U.S. industry disinformation campaigns, more Americans doubt the connection between human activity and climate change than do people in many other countries. Even... View Details

29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

end, human dynamics are the only real lever we can pull, and they are incredibly hard to learn. A business can get everything else right, but if the human dynamics aren’t what they need to be—both internally... View Details

16 Sep 2015
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Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

finding homes for dogs and vice versa. The Wagaroo website describes the company as “a team of fun humans with years of dog experience and a desire to create a healthier, happier marketplace for matching dogs and people.” “We can help... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

execution of integrated strategic options. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709434 Examining the Adoption of Drug-Eluting Stents Harvard Business School Case 509-028 Marketers are often tasked with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities

03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The Effect of Institutional View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

point system that takes into account a number of factors including the potential recipient's proximity to the available organ, blood type, life expectancy after a transplant, and various fairness criteria such as time waiting on the list.... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

01 Oct 2002
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Faculty Research Symposium

organizational properties of each team, measuring factors such as leadership behaviors of nurse managers; adequacy of training, information, and equipment; team characteristics (stability, composition, quality of relationships, and... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century

students to this, the initial meeting of his second-semester elective. McAfee emphasizes that students should feel free to call a “technology time-out” if someone uses a buzzword or acronym they don’t understand. Knowing the technical details will not be the only... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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