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  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and organization of the market when a match was operating and when it was not. After the GI match ended,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital. Third, we use a new dataset... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006

between and among experimenters and theorists, and psychologists and economists, about how to evaluate a theory that can be rejected by sufficient data, but may nevertheless be a useful approximation. A standard experimental design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

whether perceived inequity from wealth that is randomly or subjectively assigned leads individuals to cross ethical boundaries through helping or hurting others. The results show that dishonest behavior is influenced by positive and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

reflect the use of higher inventory levels by retailers to drive increased profits but with overall reduced gross profitability returns on the inventory investment. These results support the notion that the increased deployment of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

economic actors. Capitalist competition takes place in markets that exist in legal and regulatory frameworks and are governed by a political authority with the power and legitimacy to empower as well as regulate behavior and punish... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

trust. Building trust is crucial for successful negotiations between cultures, yet intercultural negotiations are often characterized by a lack of trust. We discuss what trust is, why it matters, and why it is so difficult to establish in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706036 Frederick Douglass Charter School: The Renewal Decision Harvard Business School Case 806-063 Five years after the launch of the Frederick Douglass Charter School, its performance is under review... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

It's a startling idea: Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy against telemarketers, data miners, and consumer companies, we should capitalize on the value of our personal information and get something of value in return. That is the idea put forward... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 12 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

Starbucks claims the world's largest Wi-Fi network, with some 2,200 stores offering wireless connectivity to latte sippers for a charge. That number will climb to 3,000 by year's end, according to the company. Darren Hostin, of Starbucks... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

spirituality in business. Can Spirituality Drive Success? Should It? In a session exploring how spirituality can lead to business success, panelist Tony Schwartz confessed to one distinction: he was perhaps the only person in the world who was "driven to the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term sustainability by contributing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

  PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization. At Kodak, for example, CEO George Fisher attempted to move the company into the digital era in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism

Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016

a direct test proves otherwise. Women appear to positively select into negotiations and to know when to ask. By contrast, we find no significant evidence of such a positive selection for men. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 09 Jul 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 07 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

During a 2017 Amgen earnings call, CEO Robert Bradway began answering an analyst’s question, then turned to colleague Sean Harper and said, “Sean, I'll let you talk about the specifics.” Bradway’s simple act of calling on Harper to add... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

leader’s role should involve reducing fear among associates to a minimum. Beatriz commented that, “quite often, team members paralyze due to fear and start delegating upward New KPIs, action plans, and strategies that don’t decipher the bad organizational habits and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

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