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- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
The scandal spawned widespread questions about the value of competitive rankings—and even about the value of competition in general. Was the officer's behavior understandable? Did intense competition naturally lead to unethical behavior?... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
it imposes limitations and stifles innovation, as I argue in my new book Think Outside the Building. In companies, turf wars between departments and divisions hinder organizational performance. Silo-busting often consists of moving people... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
perspectives or lenses: the strategic perspective, the organizational perspective, and the individual perspective. Book Excerpt: "herb Kelleher At Southwest Airlines" by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella Wearing... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
effects of the economic shutdown and the ways in which small businesses are adjusting both their behaviors and expectations as the situation unfolds, the researchers aim to help shape potential policy responses. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS... View Details
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
Meg Whitman, which led to a global micro-projects strategy. With eBay, Hill says, the authors wanted to show how Whitman's willingness to experiment with rapid prototyping "broke rules to get something done," and modeled such behavior for... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
took root, DIS regained leadership in its market. "The process got things on the table quickly," Ludwig says. 3. Be Open And Inclusive Fundamental business innovations almost always require changing the worldview and the View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
organizational mechanisms can help: guardrails that protect the weaker of the two goals, dynamic decision-making that treats high-level goals as sacrosanct but tactical decisions as provisional, and leaders dedicated to “both/and”... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
reports. The paper, authored by Julia Adler-Milstein, an HBS doctoral candidate in the Health Policy Management program; Sara J. Singer, assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School; and HBS professor Michael W. Toffel, also... View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received simplified plan enrollment or contribution increase forms. A randomized subset of forms stated the fraction of age-matched coworkers participating in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
were tax-minded based on their personal actions before the 8.8 percent increase took effect. Pérez Cavazos and Silva used the Execucomp database and SEC Form 4 filings to examine the positions and behavior of the top five executives of... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
an old custom of some kind. Fritz, always gracious, laughed it off and made it a centerpiece of fun during the rest of the party while Warren basked in the notoriety of his deed. Bennis wrote prolifically and well. Much of the writing dealt with shortcomings he found... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract Today's firms are increasingly embedded in networks of alliances and other ties that influence their View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
faculty across a wide spectrum of disciplines including business history, entrepreneurship, finance, and organizational behavior have made creativity and innovation primary subjects of focus. What is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
Self-Service Distribution Channels: Evidence from Customer Behavior in an Online Banking Channel Authors:Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper uses the context of online... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2018
- Article
Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk
By: Robert Bushman, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith
We investigate how the prevalence of materialistic bank CEOs has evolved over time and how risk management policies, non-CEO executives’ behavior, and tail risk vary with CEO materialism. We document that the proportion of banks run by materialistic CEOs increased... View Details
Keywords: Management; Personal Characteristics; Behavior; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith. "Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk." Journal of Accounting & Economics 65, no. 1 (February 2018): 191–220.
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi Abstract—Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have multiple identities-based on attributes such as View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman