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- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Abstract We examine the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on firms' information environment. We find that after mandatory IFRS adoption, consensus forecast errors decrease for firms that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606147 Matthew A. Hunter Harvard Business School Case 806-203 Matthew Hunter, CEO of a second-generation family business, must manage the performance of a key manager in his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
sequencing choices. With whom should you speak first? Whom next? Rules of thumb such as "allies first" or "negotiate internally, then externally" are unreliable guides. Yet a more effective approach, the logic of... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
they should be,” says Minor, who hopes to delve further into how to effectively shift beliefs in future research. TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE The unduly pessimistic predictions in the political survey sparked Minor’s curiosity about whether... View Details
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
was selected as the start point for two reasons: First, it was when the CEO of BigAC observed that less than 10 percent of the candidates for partnership were female—this after a decade of actively recruiting highly qualified women. And... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
target items are mismatched. This effect is shown to depend on perceived similarity, such that increasing display-target similarity increases purchase intent towards the target. Furthermore, contrary to the predictions made by previous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
signal that the best times are over for the company). Among these, CEO Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg have written a book, subtitled How Google Works. It is of particular interest for several reasons, not the least of which is that... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
choice matter? Would Seward or Chase have governed as effectively as Lincoln? Was Lincoln indispensable? When groups succeed, leaders often get the credit. When groups fail, leaders often get the blame. Should they? Another way of asking... View Details
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to discover major themes, interests, and values, using that examination to create a short statement of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
Fetter, a senior lecturer, is former CEO of Tenet Healthcare. Regulations that limit care might be loosened Richard Hamermesh: Cutting the red tape in diagnostic testing The crisis has revealed the weakest part of our medical system—the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/when-should-a-platform-give-people-fewer-choices-and-charge-more-for-them.htm Institutionalizing Self-Regulation: The Effect of Commitment, Threat and Surveillance Authors:Jodi L. Short and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
build a culture of innovation? What does that culture look like? How does it evolve and grow? How are teams most effectively created and then nurtured in this context? What is a leader's role in this culture? This little book is a roadmap... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing
marketing function and the C-suite. Reasons for this are varied, but may include CEO and board priorities taken up by other issues or too much delegation of responsibility to the chief marketing officer. When a firm's marketing activities... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
GM, Kodak has had a history of failure in adopting new technology. Former CEO George Fisher claimed that in 1997 digital cameras would break even; however, the company could not follow through on this. Also, by pushing digital cameras,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015
with direct incentives for CSR is an effective tool to increase firm social performance. The findings provide evidence identifying corporate governance as a determinant of managerial incentives for social performance and suggest that CSR... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
society—otherwise, it will lose the social and political acceptability needed to maintain its legitimacy. But it also needs to be protective of the natural environment, grounded in the rule of law, supported by effective institutions, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
look at the "softer" components of risk management, including a comparison of two different, equally effective risk officer styles and roles. Social Strategies That Work Author:Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Publication:Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
The diary findings also showed a positive carry-over effect in creativity and productivity, one day and even two days after a worker reported being in a good mood. So what can managers and entrepreneurs do to promote a healthy, positive... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
instant availability of funds invested in liquid assets overseas, thereby limiting firms’ ability to rapidly and/or aggressively respond to competitive market conditions. More specifically, we show that the effects of cash holdings on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel