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- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
difficult) as this, Amabile concludes: Support employees' progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
An Application to Shopping Mall Sales By: Chung, Doug J., Kyoungwon Seo, and Reo Song Abstract—We propose a Bayesian model of post-entry outcomes. Endogenous firm entries are modeled as a discrete game of complete information. The model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
very experienced account manager might take a much less experienced account manager along just to listen in on meetings, not to contribute, but just to listen. What tends to happen now is that we try to teach people by giving them View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity. September 2014 Perspectives on Psychological Science How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Abstract This paper provides a simple model of platforms with direct network effects, in which users value not just the quantity (i.e., number) of other users who join, but also their average quality in some dimension. A monopoly platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
is related to higher UK CEO pay; however, the effect is similar when UK firms have a listing in any foreign country implying a foreign listing effect not unique to the U.S. Product market relationships measured by the extent of sales in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
financial institution, but our clients were the heads of equity, the heads of sell-side research, sales and trading in investment banks. So, you have this career, which I really enjoyed. There were a couple of transitional points with the... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
origins of the social psychology of creativity, trace its arc, and suggest directions for its future. Demand and Capacity Management in Air Transportation Authors:Cynthia Barnhart, Douglas S. Fearing, Amedeo Odoni, and Vikrant Vaze... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
sense that we didn't even have an income tax until 1913. It was viewed as unconstitutional and we needed an amendment to allow us to have a direct income tax. Around the same time, the corporate income tax was introduced. So, some of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
Cornell works for Blue Origin, where she is head of astronaut strategy and sales and supports engine sales for the space exploration company. Along with a few dozen fellow employees, all dressed in royal... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Language Authors:Jerry Green and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Abstract A century ago, everyone thought time and distance were well-defined physical concepts. But neither proved absolute. Instead, measures/reports of time and distance were found to depend on one's reference... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
Advertising (DTCA), detailing, and Meetings and Events (M&E). We then propose an alternative choice model specification that relaxes the IPS property-the so-called "flexible substitution" logit (FSL) model. The (random coefficient) FSL model predicts that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
Control and Prevention—using big data, such as cellular data, credit card usage information, and surveillance camera footage—traced the infected person’s steps to locate everyone that he or she had come into direct contact with. All of... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
are much weaker. In individual-level regressions of engagement in category-spanning communication patterns, we find that women, mid- to high-level executives, and members of the executive management, sales and marketing functions are most... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
increases in victimization for both income groups. Third, we document direct evidence on pecuniary and non-pecuniary protection activities by both the rich and poor, ranging from the avoidance of dark places to the hiring of private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
program relative to their peers. Most specifications find weak crowding-in effects or no effect at all for native patenting. Total invention increases with higher admission levels primarily through the direct contributions of ethnic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
addition to its traditional investment management business. The private equity industry is rapidly institutionalizing, with firms raising funds over $10 billion and some considering public offerings. A sale of WL Ross & Co. could help... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
to enter the fine art sales space, these two auction houses explore modifications to their business model. Some efforts by the two organizations have already begun but are in the infantile stage, and thus the success of these initiatives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne