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24 Apr 2014
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Balancing business goals and social benefits

Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, talks about the social and business benefits of teaching more than 3 million children to use computers. (Published April 2014) View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

over time. Her findings indicate that expert evaluators were indeed biased in favor of projects in their own area, which increased the application’s funding chances by 3.2 percent. But there was an unexpected benefit to their bias.... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

Benefits & Compensation Research Associates enjoy a salary that is extremely competitive for the field, a substantial benefits package, and access to a variety of opportunities to enrich their personal and... View Details

12 Aug 2009
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Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

Keywords: by Eric J. Van den Steen

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

opting for the short-term benefits in spite of the risks?” "There is no doubt the transactions were very risky, as interest rates on these loans frequently exceeded 20 percent," says Boris Vallée, an assistant professor in the Finance... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

productivity from using the software by as much as 100 percent, when compared with free-riding competitors. "Companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment" The reason for that View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

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Does Banks' Corporate Control Benefit Firms?

In this paper we examine the importance of banks' corporate control by investigating the loan policy pricing effect of banks' voting stakes on their borrowers. A sample of loans taken out over the 2000-2003 time period shows that banks charge lower rates on... View Details

2015
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The Business Model: Nature and Benefits

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron

This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models... View Details

Keywords: Business Models; Value Capture; Value-Based Business Strategy; Ambivalent Value; Business Model; Value; Negotiation Deal

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07 Oct 2014
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Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency

Keywords: by Bhavya Mohan, Ryan W. Buell & Leslie K. John; Retail

2015
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The Business Model: Nature and Benefits

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron

This paper considers the nature of the business model and its strategic relevance to negotiations. We elaborate a substantive definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models... View Details

Keywords: Business Models; Value Capture; Value-Based Business Strategy; Ambivalent Value; Business Model; Negotiation Deal

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01 Mar 2010
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Study: Companies, Employees Benefit Directly From ISO 9001

November 2, 2021
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The Cultural Benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise

By: Sam Ransbotham, François Candelon, David Kiron, Burt LaFountain and Shervin Khodabandeh

The 2021 MIT SMR-BCG report identifies a wide range of AI-related cultural benefits at both the team and organizational levels. Whether it’s reconsidering business assumptions or empowering teams, managing the dynamics across culture, AI use, and organizational... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness

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13 Aug 2020
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How Guild democratizes employer-sponsored education benefits

For many workers, company-sponsored education benefits are a perk that’s hard to translate from employee handbook to reality. Guild Education bridges this gap by aligning incentives— matching students with appropriate programs, having employers profitably front costs,... View Details

08 Dec 2014
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Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing

11 Feb 2014
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The Unexpected Benefits of Rapid Prototyping

Keywords: design process; communication; prototyping; iterative process

October 2010
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Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric Van den Steen

This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture-in the sense of shared beliefs and values in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Organizational Culture; Economics; Information Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Framework; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Communication

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2009
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Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric J. Van den Steen

This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Theory

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