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  • 17 Nov 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed

Keywords: by Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
  • September 2011
  • Article

Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality

By: Mark J. Roe and Jordan I. Siegel
We here bring forward strong evidence that political instability impedes financial development, with its variation a primary determinant of differences in financial development around the world. As such, it needs to be added to the short list of major determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Financial Development; Political Instability; Government and Politics; Finance; Growth and Development; Economics; Equality and Inequality
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  • July 1, 2024
  • Article

Research: Speed Matters When Companies Respond to Social Issues

By: Alison Wood Brooks, Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan and Julian De Freitas
Companies and their leaders face new pressures to make public statements about controversial and sometimes divisive social and political issues. New research shows that timing matters: consumers perceive a relationship between speed and authenticity, and discount... View Details
Keywords: Perception; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Communication Strategy
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  • 06 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

attending meetings, having lunch with workers, and interviewing team members to get a comprehensive view of perceptions on both sides. The researchers also uploaded extensive notes to share with each other every day. Perlow spent View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

“linguistic-cultural expats” who, while neither native to the lingua franca nor the organization’s home culture, surprisingly have the easiest time adjusting to language changes. Neeley demonstrates that language can serve as the conduit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 17, 2021
  • Article

AI Can Help Address Inequity—If Companies Earn Users' Trust

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Kannan Srinivasan, Param Singh and Nitin Mehta
While companies may spend a lot of time testing models before launch, many spend too little time considering how they will work in the wild. In particular, they fail to fully consider how rates of adoption can warp developers’ intent. For instance, Airbnb launched a... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithmic Bias; Technological Innovation; Perception; Diversity; Equality and Inequality; Trust; AI and Machine Learning
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  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

spent fully awake. After an overnight period including sleep, individuals showed increases in positive perceptions of the choice set. This finding contrasts with previous research showing that sleep selectively enhances recall for... View Details
  • August 19, 2015
  • Article

The Slow Decay and Quick Revival of Self-deception

By: Zoe Chance, Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
People demonstrate an impressive ability to self-deceive, distorting misbehavior to reflect positively on themselves—for example, by cheating on a test and believing that their inflated performance reflects their true ability. But what happens to self-deception when... View Details
Keywords: Self-deception; Cheating; Self-enhancement; Positive Illusions; Motivated Reasoning; Perception; Behavior; Ethics
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  • 26 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 26, 2016

Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing distress at work can have negative consequences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

decisions. The Everest analysis suggests that leaders must pay close attention to how they balance competing pressures in their organizations, and how their words and actions shape the perceptions and beliefs of organization members. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

Lives Matter movement in 2020, consumers report being four times as likely to buy from companies that speak out against racism, according to Edelman research. Almost 90 percent of consumers say they expect companies to go beyond merely... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 02 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

such as skill versus perception affect performance persistence? A: While clearly skill is an important element, there is also support for the view that some component of performance persistence stems from "success breeding success." For... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 07 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

the winner, but many consumers would choose Target, the research suggests. "People's perception is that brands that sacrifice relatively more of their earnings seem more generous." The findings come as many companies—reassured by a... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 17 Jan 2024
  • HBS Case

Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

psychological pricing to your advantage is key during times like these,” Ofek says. “When you raise prices, demand often falls—and sometimes consumer perceptions cause the fall to be so big that you're... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Retail
  • February 2010
  • Article

Conflict of Interest and the Intrusion of Bias

By: Don A. Moore, Lloyd Tanlu and Max Bazerman
This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Prejudice and Bias; Performance; Entrepreneurship; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Perception; Business Startups; Resource Allocation
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  • 22 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

Observing and understanding the tasks and challenges that workers face every day is important. But managers who merely put in time "walking the floor" are not doing enough; in fact, it can make employees feel worse about their... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
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  • 24 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

research sounds a cautionary note to hiring managers wooing employees with the passion pitch. Once they’re on board, conflicts may arise, for example, over how much time they must devote to a specific project, how many late nights may be... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Victoria’s other research here and Boris’ other research here . More Info Financial Market Risk Perceptions and the Macroeconomy By: Carolin Pflueger , Emil Siriwardane & Adi Sunderam MAR 2020 This research provides evidence that... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

behavior; (3) a top-down or laissez-faire style by the leader, which prevents honest conversation about problems; (4) a lack of coordination across businesses, functions, or regions due to poor organizational design; (5) inadequate leadership View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne