Publications

1978
Chapter

The Development of Trust, Influence and Expectations

By: John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Trust; Power and Influence; Performance Expectations

March 8, 2016
Article

Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on Standardized Tests

By: Hans Henrik Sievertsen, F. Gino and Marco Piovesan

Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and computer availability at the school. We find... View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Education; Performance Evaluation; Education Industry; Denmark

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

Almost fifty years ago, nineteen-year-old Andy Grove stepped off a boat in New York City, a poor immigrant from Hungary who barely escaped Nazi occupation. A decade later he co-founded Intel, the chipmaker that would help invent the PC industry. But Grove was more than... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

April–May 2021
Article

The Influence of Loan Officers on Loan Contract Design and Performance

By: Robert Bushman, Janet Gao, Xiumin Martin and Joseph Pacelli

We investigate the extent to which loan officers generate independent, individual effects on the design and performance of syndicated loans. We construct a large database containing the identities of loan officers involved in structuring syndicated loan deals, allowing... View Details

Keywords: Loan Officers; Covenants; Interest Spreads; Syndicated Loans; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Design; Performance

Teaching Interest

Understanding and Influencing Operations as an Investor

This course is designed to impart to students who plan to become investors an understanding of firms' operations, and to students, including entrepreneurs, planning to operate companies an understanding of how to interface with investors. The course also... View Details

October 30, 2006
Article

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Sean Silverthorne

August 2010 (Revised October 2012)
Exercise

To Catch a Vandal: A Power & Influence Exercise

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Ruwan Tharindu Gunatilake and Meredith Hodges

This exercise is based on the "Mafia" game created by psychologist Dimma Davidoff, and is designed to give students a broad introduction to multiple theories of influence and to challenge their instincts about which techniques are the most powerful and how they may be... View Details

Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Skills; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Trust

Purchase

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

environmentalists, consumer activists, women's organizations, health-care advocates, and farmers—wield great influence in areas of regulation including trade, product safety, and labor. Read an excerpt from the book. "It's important to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

May–June 2024
Article

What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?

By: Ayelet Israeli, Jill Avery, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Matt Higgins

Celebrities have shifted from endorsing established brands to being influencers for established brands to drawing on their influence to create brands themselves. The authors examine what it takes to make celebrity brands work. View Details

Keywords: Celebrities; Celebrity Endorsement; Celebrity Management; Celebrity; Direct To Consumer Marketing; DTC; Influencer Marketing; Influencers; Influencer Advertising; Influencer; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Power and Influence; Advertising; Social Media; Consumer Products Industry; United States

31 Mar 2011 - 1 Apr 2011
Conference Presentation

Organizational Toolmaking: Transformations in the Influence of Experts

By: Anette Mikes

Keywords: Organizations; Power and Influence; Transformation

January 2005
Article

Perceived, Relative Power and Its Influence on Negotiations

By: Rebecca Wolfe and Kathleen L. McGinn

Keywords: Negotiation; Perception; Power and Influence

April 2015
Article

Anxious and Egocentric: How Specific Emotions Influence Perspective Taking

By: Andrew R. Todd, Matthias Forstmann, Pascal Burgmer, Alison Wood Brooks and Adam D. Galinsky

People frequently feel anxious. Although prior research has extensively studied how feeling anxious shapes intrapsychic aspects of cognition, much less is known about how anxiety affects interpersonal aspects of cognition. Here, we examine the influence of incidental... View Details

Keywords: Anxiety; Egocentrism; Emotion; Perspective Taking; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Emotions

March 2020
Case

Thingtesting: Launching a Brand Discovery and Testing Digital Community

By: Ayelet Israeli and Jill Avery

Thingtesting, a brand discovery and testing digital community devoted to uncovering and exploring direct-to-consumer brands, had just received seed funding and was contemplating a second year of growth. The new year brought many challenges, as founder Jenny Gyllander... View Details

Educators

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1989
Chapter

The Influence of Race on Career Dynamics

By: D. A. Thomas and Clayton P. Alderfer

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Race

Article

The Influence of Ownership on Accounting Information Expenditures

This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as for-profit and non-governmental nonprofit organizations use... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Health Industry

2002
Article

Factors Influencing Co-design Adoption: Drivers and Internal Consistency

By: Roberto Verganti