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  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

It is difficult for people to implement what they don't understand. Yet, research indicates that, on average, more than 50% of employees in organizations say they do not understand their organization's strategy. Further, the percentage of people View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

organizations that adopt it within a highly scrutinized regulatory environment but absent in a direct regulatory threat. The Quest for the 'Holy Grail' of Integrated Financial and CSR Reporting Authors:Robert Eccles and Michael Krzus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

The Camel and the Unicorn

unquenchable appetite for growth and capital. You might remember this scene from 2010’s The Social Network: Movie clip That was a fictionalized telling of Facebook’s rise, but those numbers are real. Silicon Valley produced 32 unicorns in 2018, and 30 in 2019.... View Details
  • 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

its main dimensions and classify European regions by their performance patterns. This provides critical insights into the compatibility of the different economic, social, and ecological objectives pursued. We then relate these outcomes to... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53251 August 22, 2017 Harvard Business Review Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Robert Marsh Abstract—This article reports the results of a survey of key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

risks—including spending hours reading or watching the news. "This is such an impermanent state of affairs that we just have to do as best we can." Rather than ruminating on the virus and replaying possible future outcomes in our minds,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

ordinary citizens' income was cut by a third, vulnerable groups suffered. But more important, fifteen years later, the economy continues to decay, inflation is rampant, and many people continue to suffer. Whatever the outcome of the Greek... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • Web

Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

July after graduation. The second payment will be sent six months later. Prior to the second payment, award recipients will be required to submit a mid-year report detailing project milestones and challenges, if any. Award recipients will... View Details
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

grounded in a definition of creativity as the production of ideas or outcomes that are both novel and appropriate to some goal. In this theory, four components are necessary for any creative response: three components within the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

staggering rate. In an ambitious study of 4,200 companies, conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute, 72% reported using them to facilitate employee communication. We have studied internal social tools in various work settings, including... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

countries that differ greatly in terms of wealth (Canada, Uganda, and India). Finally, in Study 3, participants in Canada and South Africa randomly assigned to buy items for charity reported higher levels of positive affect than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

the effects on subsequent reporting periods and competitor behavior are greater than previously documented. Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-073.pdf Implicit Voice Theories: Taken-for-granted Rules of Self-censorship at Work... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

variance. The second is the latent components approach suggesting the importance of sensitivity to losses and diminishing sensitivity to marginal increases in payoffs. The third approach, risk acceptance, relates to the willingness to accept probable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous worlds. In particular, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

to their dismissal. A link between tenure and effectiveness We developed a simple model to analyze the relationship between coach tenure and effectiveness using NFL data from 2000 to 2015. The model used winning percentage as the outcome... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between conflicting outcomes such as long-term strategy or short-term performance drivers, top-tier managers argue that their role is to embrace such paradoxes to make both things happen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

to precisely quantify the difference between how people enact warm versus tough communication styles. We find that the two styles differ primarily in length and their expressions of politeness (Study 1). Negotiators with a tough communication style achieved better... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Abstract We examine the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on firms' information environment. We find that after mandatory IFRS adoption, consensus forecast errors decrease for firms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

organization, and what opportunities do you expect to have to develop your managerial skills? Please describe reporting relationships in the organization and the type of supervisor(s) to whom you will report. What are their... View Details