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- 15 Sep 2015
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September 15, 2015
Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior By: Zhang, T., P. O. Fletcher, F. Gino, and M. Bazerman Abstract—Research on ethics has focused on the factors that help individuals act ethically when they are tempted to cheat. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
http://www.ajmc.com/publications/issue/2013/2013-1-vol19-n9/Testimonials-Do-Not-Convert-Patients-From-Brand-to-Generic-Medication August 2013 Health Affairs Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes By: Bohmer, Richard, and Candance Imison... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
United act like landlords, renting kitchen spaces to multiple third-party restaurant brands. There are also pure play virtual restaurants in the category that exist solely as cloud kitchens that deliver via online delivery platforms. Some... View Details
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
villages, small towns, and major cities, often with a sizable amount of investment or involvement by local government authorities. It is hard to find any reasonably sized Chinese company in which government authorities do not have input.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
students’ performance on standardized tests.” Published in the February 15 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was authored by Hans Henrik Sievertsen, a postdoctoral... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to 15% for American equities and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
maintaining a single-minded focus on profit, acting as agents for shareholders who put their capital at risk investing in their companies. It triggered an immediate controversy. Of greater importance than the issue posed in the article’s... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Abstract—The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling-reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
performance, the authors agree. But goal setting must be prescribed in doses, not as a standard remedy to increase productivity. They even offer a warning label and list 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting goal... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
In Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, the authors combine the latest thinking from the biological and social sciences to lay out a new theory on human nature. The idea: We are all influenced and guided by four drives: acquiring,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
of the opposite phenomenon, in which employees do not have enough work to fill their time and are left with hours of meaningless idle time each week. We conducted six studies that examine the prevalence and work pacing consequences of involuntary idle time. In a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
concentration and are correlated with differences in firm performance. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2363528 Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 By: Chen, Hui, Katherine Gunny, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
U.S. State Department As U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton acted on a long-standing interest in public-private partnerships to elevate and activate an Office of Global Partnerships reporting directly to her. One major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
you put the results into the context that most of the fintech companies claim that they use alternative data, it’s very surprising that their borrowers are more likely to default,” Di Maggio says. Di Maggio and Yao tracked 3.79 million loans for 1.88 million borrowers... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
known—frameworks that address how companies, as well as nations and regions, gain and sustain competitive advantage. Part III shows how strategic thinking can address society's most pressing challenges, from environmental sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
percent year over year, and the National Restaurant Association projected an industry revenue shortfall of $240 billion for the year. Second-order effects of restaurant closures ripple through the American economy, bringing economic pain... View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
consensus in a multiparty deal makes you hostage to the most extreme or reluctant party." This surprisingly common result is why an “A” is often appended to DAD: “DADA” means Decide-Announce-Defend-Abandon. An apparently irresistible deal blessed by the top View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
experiences alter their responses. Moreover, although individual and other experience act as substitutes prior to negative news, we find that this substitution curtails significantly following the negative announcement. Finally, we find... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne