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- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
always want to hear that a person is struggling, nor do they necessarily reward risk taking, even though they might pay lip service to innovative initiative. The authors outline several steps that individuals can take to shake off fear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
port their data between products securely and reliably. This paper reviews the rationale for these principles and examines their impact on competition in the cloud computing ("Internet-software") environment. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
Congress and the next president of the United States will be under pressure to make major changes to U.S. corporate tax policy, the consequences of which could have significant impact on profit and competitiveness of American companies on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14
line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve operational performance. This literature typically takes the perspective of a central planner who directs individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
from multiple sources and individual level survey data collected as part of the International Social Survey Programme in 2002 and 2012 from nationally representative samples of men and women in 24 countries in North and South America,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
networks of personal relationships: 1) Change agents who were central in the organization's informal network had a clear advantage, regardless of their position in the formal hierarchy. 2) People who bridged disconnected groups or View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17
in partnered R&D projects. March 2015 Journal of Operations Management Collaboration in Multi-Partner R&D Projects: The Impact of Partnering Scale and Scope By: Mishra, Anant, Aravind Chandrasekaran, and Alan MacCormack... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
length every time. And although art-based processes realize the full capabilities of talented workers and can benefit from great worker talent, by no means do they require exceptional or especially creative individuals. Nor does great View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
belief that one can talk about errors without risk of punishment—and problem-solving efficacy—the belief that the organization will support employees' system improvement efforts—were positively correlated with frontline system improvement (FLSI). Surprisingly, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
digital platforms not only shaped individual organizations but changed the structure of the entire computer industry. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55092 Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24
long-term impact on the practice and thinking in this field will reach its full potential. From Counting Risk to Making Risk Count: Boundary-Work in Risk Management Author:Anette Mikes Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14
social comparison, overconfidence, and loss aversion reduce the viability of individual performance-based compensation systems and provides a framework that integrates insights from psychology and decision research into the traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
Abstract Stigmatized minorities may have an advantage in persuading majority group members during some face-to-face interactions due to the greater self-presentational demands such interactions elicit. In contrast to models which predict greater persuasive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
fruitful strategies for cities to pursue? The following seem politically palatable, though their actual impact on a city's finances would depend on how these strategies were implemented: Many cities have reduced retiree healthcare... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with their spouse drives men to put income in their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
related to the possession of deep individual technical skills in hundreds of diverse disciplines," the researchers conclude in their paper, Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of Competitive Advantage. "Boeing's unique... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
religiosity at the individual level and employing a religious prime. That is, the more religious people are, the less willing they are to follow through on novel purchase opportunities that arise during their grocery shopping trips. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
susceptible to fleeting situational factors; problematically, individuals are insensitive to the impact of such factors on their behavior, misattributing utility caused by these irrelevant factors to stable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
Ernesto SchargrodskyNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15602, December 2009 Abstract We study the re-arrest rates for two groups: individuals formerly in prison and individuals formerly under electronic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace