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- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
production, foreign investment, and trade of both final and intermediate goods by multinational corporations. Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects host economies. This paper reviews the main View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
firm profits. Publisher's link: http://www.benedelman.org/publications/groupon-2014-03-01.pdf August 2013 Organizations in Time: History, Theory, Methods Schumpeter's Plea: Historical Reasoning in Entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
Accounting & Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
does this theory imply about the employment contract? ... I believe that many people join organizations to be part of something, to make a contribution, and to be a valued member of society. The very notion... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015
International Management Entrepreneurial Imagination and a Demand and Supply-side Perspective on the MNE and Cross-border Organization By: Jones, Geoffrey, and Christos Pitelis Abstract—This article explores the role of entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
equity-bondholder conflicts are economically important, determine capital structure choices, and affect welfare. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-070.pdf The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability Author:Alnoor Ebrahim Abstract What does it mean... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
CEO for a company seems to run on a scale based on size. The ultimate problem with that is the large failure effect. . . ." Responding to the point that hiring from outside an organization is often a more expensive solution, Balaji... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
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real interest rate, compared to the standard 0.3 percent, and was announced as "the best option in the market" for saving. Groups were randomly assigned to one of the three savings options and managed by the Chilean microfinance View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
is why. Why is this country so driven by the attainment of wealth? If you go to other countries, there are people who work very hard, who have a nice standard of living, but they're not so focused on one thing. Q: What you're talking about raises complicated issues. Do... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
http://hbr.org/2010/11/a-new-era-for-raiders/ar/1 Working PapersThe Profits of Power: Commercial Realpolitik in Europe and Eurasia Author:Rawi Abdelal Abstract Old-style realpolitik—bilateral, sentiment-free, and organized by great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008
two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
embrace Western models of professional organization as they now exist, or to set off on an independent path, adapting elements of Western practices to their own historical and cultural situation. In doing so, the authors in this volume... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
ingredients for a romantic dinner, but ends up spending an hour comparison shopping for organic dog food and craft beer. A college student resolves to spend every Wednesday evening studying in the library, only to spend most of that time... View Details
- 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
substantial variation exists across organizations with regard to management, suggesting frictions in the broader diffusion of management knowledge. We argue that peer networks may allow for the diffusion of productive management across... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
PublicationsWhen Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We present a theory for why it... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10
Tami Kim, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—We investigate whether organizations can create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although existing theory posits that increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
A host of organizations — among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines — have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting workforce. Books... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26
traditional theories of leader selection describe organizations as picking leaders with particular characteristics, LFT sees organizations as having a filtration process that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne