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- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
Leadership: Advancing the Field By Scott A. Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana It has been more than twenty-five years since a handful of intrepid associates in West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership published their pioneering work,... View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
characteristics for investors that could act as stewards of the commons. Social pressure fueled by small socially responsible investment funds and nonprofit organizations and customer pressure from individual investors are critical in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California’s retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to monitor and enforce Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) contracts, a system of price-fixing, then known as “fair trade.”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
Robert S., and Mary L. Witkowski Abstract—The paper describes the theory and preliminary results for an action research program that explores the implications from better measurements of health care outcomes and costs. After summarizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
http://www.amazon.com/Business-History-Elgar-Walter-Friedman/dp/1781955263/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389789862&sr=1-2&keywords=Business+History+Jones+and+Friedman August 2013 Management Science The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
Although some research has examined overt status rivalries, typically focusing on battles for the top positions, our study contributes novel findings on the effects of disagreement amongst all members' perceptions of their team's status hierarchy. This paper develops... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
managers will use the discretion given by such estimates to convey private information on future cash flows, while agency theory predicts managers will use the discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using game theory under three learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
identity, search, and intellectual property. We suggest that much of the received wisdom in these areas of organization theory requires revisiting. We then discuss the implications for an organization's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
theories of corporate ownership assume that because markets are efficient, insiders ultimately bear agency costs and therefore have a strong incentive to minimize conflicts of interest with outside investors. We show that if equity is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2303862 Institutional Strategies in Emerging Markets By: Marquis, Christopher, and Mia Raynard Abstract—We review and integrate a wide range of literature that has examined the strategies by which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
in external auditing, and 6) auditing management information systems. Working PapersEmployee Selection as a Control System Author:Dennis Campbell Abstract Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
by Karen Golden-Biddle and Jane E. Dutton. Series in Organization and Management. New York: Psychology Press, 2012 Abstract How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
the concept of threat rigidity to the class and explore some of the team behaviors that result from this condition. Book: http://www.amazon.com/Group-Communication-Analysis-Appreciation-Application/dp/0757582958/ref=cm_cmu_up_thanks_hdr View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
Publications The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Harvard Business Press Books, 2012 Abstract Innovation is a much-used buzzword these days, but when it comes to creating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
strategies and organized their businesses. The contributors to this new book bring out this rich diversity on a much broader canvass. Q: What have you learned about the success and impact of businesses around the world? A: This book shows... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
evaluation of submitted ideas. Methodology/Approach: The contest held in a hospital cardiac center invited all clinicians and support staff (n = 1,400) to participate. We used the 27-item Learning Organization Survey to measure staff... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
for clusters” Pisano and Buciuni looked to four industrial clusters in northeastern Italy for their answer. Italy "is a great laboratory because it's been historically organized around these very specific districts all over the country.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
description in which the company, organization, or enterprise runs as a kind of military operation in which everyone lines up and falls in line. Although in the early 20th century many businesses were structured along such lines, “command and control” View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese