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- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
or poorly at the time of their appointment, but "especially when the company had had poor prior performance." But he worries about the "cognitive and emotional baggage" that insiders bring with them as a result of... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
categorical hierarchies and in the ability to reconcile incompatible organizational capabilities. Second, we theorize and attend to the role of emotional frames in innovation adoption. Thus, we advance a model that articulates how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
a cerebral rather than an emotional pursuit. Falling in love presupposes that there is some sensitivity, that there is some innocence that each of us possesses such that…we cannot help but fall [in love]. But in world where, when you... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
be intelligent. But they'll also need to have a high level of cultural and emotional intelligence." According to George, additional characteristics of a successful global leader include: An intellectual understanding of the global... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
business." Race is clearly "unfinished business" because of the plethora of conflicting emotions that are unleashed as we approach the taboo (Thomas, 1989). This tension speaks to the importance of this chapter as we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
illneses take a financial and emotional toll on businesses operating in Africa. "This is not just a disease we're talking about. This is a disease that has the power to destroy economies," said Harvard Business School Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
expose them to new ones. The result is often personal relationships that cut across racial lines. "These personal networks are not only important to the social and emotional experience of minorities," says Thomas, "but they... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
Working PapersAnger and Regulation Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Juan DubraNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15201, August 2009 Abstract We propose a model where voters experience an emotional cost when they observe a firm that has displayed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
expressing strong anger (36.3 percent of incidents in first class versus 27.8 percent in economy). Economy incidents were more likely to involve emotional outbursts (6.2 percent of incidents in economy versus 2.2 percent in first class).... View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
well as emotional and business factors) every organization has to find its own optimal solution neuroscience in the last 20 years has proven that current business theory which basically has been developed from past slave-like &... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
audience mix, as does the element of national pride that comes with victory and the emotional flag-raising ceremony that follows. The brand power of the Olympics is also fueled by business and marketer attention, especially sponsorship... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
perceptions, emotions, and motivations," Amabile says. "We call this 'inner work life,' and we found that it directly influences creativity and other aspects of performance." Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated the causal relationship between... View Details
- 08 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation
emotional activity, but this paper shows the benefits of factoring in a more left-brain mathematical approach as well," says Raman. "If you have 300 stores, and every day you're receiving data on how each of those stores is... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
creator of knowledge with a storyline (comprising ideas, values, and ways of generating emotional energy for the organization) and a teachable point of view, in addition to possessing good judgment. There is no mention of experience,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
research. "One family's story isn't an economics paper," he says. "People do get nervous if you have a personal story associated with your research. They worry you're bringing an emotional perspective to what should be a... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
need for genetic testing. Business techniques employed include developing an emotive brand to draw people in; using more social media; employing jargon-free language; and “making everything simple and straightforward, from our... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
scientists Michael Norton and Francesca Gino found that rituals alleviate and reduce grief after a devastating emotional loss—even among people who don’t inherently believe in the efficacy of rituals. In short, people who performed... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
should get paid?" or say, "I'm having a rough struggle with this and that." There is not the same kind of emotional bond across gender. It's obviously difficult to have tight emotional bonds... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace