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- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
than people with less money, our research demonstrates that how people spend their money also matters for their happiness. In particular, both correlational and experimental studies show that people who spend money on others report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
A new study of pandemic-induced remote workers and their employers suggests that at least 16 percent will remain at-home workers long after the COVID-19 crisis has receded. The survey of 1,800 people in both small and larger businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
with busy film executives, however. Indeed, says Luo part of what makes the Black List interesting in the first place is the “light-touch” approach that surveys executives about scripts they are already coming across in the course of their everyday business. New to... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
personal responsibility. Evidence of this problem is provided by a study of a large European telecoms company, which revealed that very little learning occurred from a set of large and small failures over a period of twenty years. Instead... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
behavioral dynamics that may exist in supply chain management. What led you to study this in particular? Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson: Supply chains are incredibly complex with numerous moving parts. To appreciate this complexity, it is... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
within people affect performance in tasks that involve interactions between people through two mechanisms: role-immersion, operationalized as intrinsic motivation, and role-taking, operationalized as perspective-taking. In Study 1, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
community and who you are as a person” “Sponsoring this event was an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary treasure trove we have here, as well as the larger return to studying early capitalism in a global context,” says HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
specify goals up front and revisit them repeatedly during the decision-making process. These goals can be complex and multifaceted, quantitative and qualitative, but whatever form they take, they must remain at the fore. Studies of merger... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
elements differently, I observed that the organizations able to pursue both social and financial goals over time seem to share a commonality—they maintain a hybrid organizational culture that holds and balances tensions between creating... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
forthcoming Review of Accounting Studies The Effect of Enforcement Transparency: Evidence from SEC Comment-Letter Reviews By: Duro, Miguel, Jonas Heese, and Gaizka Ormazabal Abstract—This paper studies the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
and customer transparency, in which customers receive information about their own sustainability performance relative to other customers. Through three studies with 7,308 participants, we observe that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional dispute. Building on literature... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
savings. They play the lottery heavily. They are optimistic about their future. That characterized more than half of the folks in the survey. I have observed use of the products elsewhere, and wrote a case View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
Management Journal The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and Recombination of Knowledge Across Borders By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Do Yoon Kim Abstract—Ethnic migrant inventors may differ from locals in terms of the knowledge they bring to host firms. We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
to foreign competition and ideas which in turn will improve your capabilities and push you to make better use of the capabilities you already have. The observation that exports contribute to competitiveness even though they are not a... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
“Initially, the pictures weren’t graphic enough. I kept saying, ‘I need rotting teeth!’” The in-your-face images indeed affected study participants. Not only did they reduce soda consumption, but many also reached for a healthier option... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
PublicationsHappiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness Authors:Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Journal of Happiness Studies 13... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
These changes did not—as often assumed—result in the decline of family businesses but instead gave rise to a different kind of competitive and internationally oriented "Mittelstand." The study integrates approaches from new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne