by Michael Watkins - Publications - Faculty & Research

In 2019, 57% of U.S. children lived with two parents, down from 80% in 1980. Is the rise of single-parent households an emblem of empowerment or a sign of dwindling support for children? This article reviews a new book on the topic, discussing the decline and impact of... View Details

Keywords: Household; Family and Family Relationships

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28 Jul 2020
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Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

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Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms

By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman

Why do incumbent firms frequently reject nonincremental innovations? Beyond technical, structural, or economic factors, we propose an additional factor: the degree of the top management team's (TMT) frame flexibility, i.e., their capability to cognitively expand an... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Adoption; Cognition; Framing; Emotional Resonance; Incumbent Inertia; Innovation and Invention; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management

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12 Oct 2022
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When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

Airbnb hosts of Asian descent had significantly fewer stays early in the COVID-19 pandemic—and the design of the travel site may have inadvertently enabled discrimination that shut Asians out, says new research by Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

11 Nov 2013
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Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time

Keywords: by Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker & Michael H. Lee; Health

07 Mar 2019
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Calculators for Women: When Identity Appeals Provoke Backlash

Keywords: by Tami Kim, Kate Barasz, Leslie John, and Michael Norton

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

29 Nov 2013
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Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government Services

Keywords: by Ryan W. Buell, Ethan Porter, and Michael I. Norton

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When $3+$1 > $4: The Effect of Gift Salience on Employee Effort in an Online Labor Market

Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox

Judgment Aggregation in Creative Production: Evidence from the Movie Industry

Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods

Humblebragging: A Distinct-and Ineffective-Self-Presentation Strategy

Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers Prefer Firms with Lower CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

Complex Disclosure

Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity at Scale

Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

Flexing the Frame: TMT Framing and the Adoption of Non-Incremental Innovations in Incumbent Firms

A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

Where Have All the Good Men Gone?: Book Review of 'The Two-Parent Privilege' by Melissa S. Kearney