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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
analysis and deep probing, individuals tend to leap prematurely to unfounded conclusions and misunderstand complicated problems. Some understanding of system dynamics, the ability to see patterns, statistical process controls, and group... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
government are at their lowest ever," says Buell. "There is a danger that that disgust can lead to disengagement. Showing the ways in which government materially affects people's lives through its actions has the potential to improve View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
the numbers are accurate Widely criticized for his by-the-numbers approach to the Vietnam War as US Secretary of Defense, Bob McNamara’s pioneering use of statistics during World War II and leadership skills at Ford Motor left a mixed... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
of dollars every year. I estimate that liquidation is frequently chosen when a reorganization would have maximized total creditor recovery. I estimate that courts could dramatically improve creditor recovery by assigning liquidations using a View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be fairly good View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
a summary measure of revenue generation and cost control. They should be controllable in that employees in the organization can actually influence improvement in the factor measured. Some of the metrics shown here are evaluations of... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
private creditors is positively correlated with growth; and (4) public savings are strongly positively correlated with growth, whereas the correlation between private savings and growth is flat and statistically insignificant. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common misunderstandings by providing a statistical portrait of several aspects of U.S. affiliate activity in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for the magnitude of the earnings surprise, operating and stock return performance, and are significant in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
that online prices have longer durations, with fewer price changes close to zero, and hazard functions that initially increase over time. I show that time-averaging and imputed prices in scanner and CPI data can fully explain the differences with the literature. I then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
affiliated might have "won the race" by just a nose, with their observed level of optimism being only slightly higher than that of the other competitors. Indeed, many previously documented significant differences between affiliated and unaffiliated analysts'... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
negative emotions, lower intrinsic motivation, and less favorable perceptions of the organization-with negative consequences for performance. These actions include signaling low expectations for innovation; switching strategic direction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
"five contexts framework"—issues to consider, in essence—to understand institutional variations between countries. We excerpt a summary of the five contexts. As we helped companies think through their globalization strategies,... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
reports involving high-risk cardiovascular devices by linking regulatory review times for all 106 new, high-risk cardiovascular devices approved from 2000 to 2009 to subsequent adverse event reports. Reports were classified as involving patient injury/death or not.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
probably at Level 2, Medium, March 29, 2020. Your feedback to last month’s column Last month’s column asked whether chief/customer experience officers (CXOs) were critical to the task of knowing customers. A summary of responses would... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
the Cluster Mapping Project, uses statistical techniques to profile the performance over time of regional economies in the U.S., with a special focus on clusters. Clusters are geographically concentrated groups of interconnected... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
pessimistic recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings. Moreover, we theorize that over time, the emergence of a stakeholder focus, and the gradual weakening of the agency logic, shifts the analysts' perceptions of CSR ratings and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
James J. Gross, and Jennifer S. Lerner Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (in press) Abstract As leaders ascend to more powerful positions in their groups, they face ever-increasing demands. This has given rise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
a number of unintended consequences can overshadow these positive effects for the retailer. First, loyalty programs can negatively influence the consumer's price perception of retailers. This conclusion directly follows from the arguments... View Details
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
deals. The problem, according to these executives, is that foreigners are rarely invited. "It's really a perception that foreigners can't appreciate the culture," says Chua. In practice, it means that foreign businesspeople are... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding