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    Trends and Predictors of Biomedical Research Quality, 1990-2015

    This work leverages the strengths of expert human assessments of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) included in Cochrane reviews with data science techniques to build a comprehensive database on biomedical research quality. The data links the full-text and... View Details

      Doing What the Parents Want?

      We examine how the external information environment in which foreign subsidiaries operate affects the investment decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs). We hypothesize and find that the investment decisions of foreign subsidiaries in country-industries with... View Details

      • 27 Sep 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

      than learning from the experience, and revert to the "comfort zones" of behavior consistent with their roles on the team (that is, junior experts reduce contributions and more senior members become increasingly directive). “The very best... View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

        Robert C. Merton

        Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

        Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

        Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
        • 29 Jul 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: July 29, 2008

        patent records to explore these trends with greater detail. The contributions of Chinese and Indian scientists and engineers to U.S. technology formation increase dramatically in the 1990s. At the same time, these ethnic inventors became... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 2022
        • Article

        Is Maximising Creativity Good? The Importance of Elaboration and Internal Confidence in Producing Creative Ideas

        By: Goran Calic, Elaine Mosakowski, Nick Bontis and Sébastien Hélie
        While knowledge management researchers acknowledge that individuals transition from generation to implementation of ideas, these transitions are not fully understood. The current article focuses on idea elaboration – defined as the transition of an idea from an... View Details
        Keywords: Knowledge Management; Organizational Culture; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Innovation and Invention; Learning
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        • 2024
        • Working Paper

        Anti-Political-Establishment Citizens: An In-Depth Study from Two Latin American Countries

        By: Loreto Cox and Natalia Garbiras-Diaz
        Building on citizens’ animosity towards politicians, anti-establishment parties and candidates have achieved significant electoral success. While recent studies examine the supply-side, we know little about what drives citizens’ anti-establishment sentiments and how... View Details
        Keywords: Political Parties; Political Instability; Democracy; Elections; Electoral Behavior; Election Outcomes; Ideology; Political Elections; Policy; Governance; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Society; Perception; Crime and Corruption; Latin America; South America; Colombia; Peru
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        • 2021
        • Working Paper

        Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns

        By: Ki-Soon Choi, Eric So and Charles C.Y. Wang
        We study the use of firms’ book-to-market ratios (B/M) in value investing and its implications for comovements in firms’ stock returns and trading volumes. We show B/M has become increasingly detached from common alternative valuation ratios over time while also... View Details
        Keywords: Valuation Ratios; Book-to-market Ratios; Investment Return; Investment; Decision Making
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        • 2019
        • Working Paper

        Industrial Change, the Boundary of the Firm, and Racial Employment Segregation

        By: John-Paul Ferguson and Rembrand Koning
        Racial employment segregation between large workplaces in America has grown over the last generation. We know little about how changes in patterns of employment by economic sector have contributed to this growth, though. While there are many stylized narratives about... View Details
        Keywords: Workplace Segregation; Firm Boundaries; Organizations; Employees; Segmentation; Race; Change; United States
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        • July 23, 2019
        • Article

        Is the U.S. on Its Way to Becoming a Cashless Society?

        By: Shelle Santana
        The rise of digital payments, including credit cards, debit cards, and mobile payments systems, have contributed to the steady shift in payment practices among consumers. According to the FDIC, cash represented just 30% of all payments in 2017, and the percentage of... View Details
        Keywords: Payment Methods; Cash; Credit Cards; Consumer Behavior; Change; United States
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        • November 2017
        • Editorial

        Facebook, BlackRock, and the Case for Purpose-Driven Companies

        By: George Serafeim
        Purpose-driven companies have been shown to outperform their peers over the long term. But purpose-driven companies are also hard to come by. Why is that? Because purpose is costly. At the very least, it requires a credible commitment to that purpose. And credible... View Details
        Keywords: Facebook; BlackRock; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; ESG; Short-termism; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Governance; Leadership
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        • August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
        • Case

        VTS

        By: Mark Roberge and Michael Roberts
        The case raises issues around sales force deployment and management issues in the SaaS industry. Specifically, VTS sells a software product to the real estate industry and has designed a Go-to-Market strategy for what the founders perceive to be the unique... View Details
        Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; New York (city, NY)
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        • February 2017
        • Module Note

        Leading Global Teams

        By: Tsedal Neeley
        This module aims to help students become effective leaders and members of global teams that must work together across national boundaries and toward a common goal. Students will learn to diagnose the challenges that global teams often face as well as strategies that... View Details
        Keywords: Groups and Teams; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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        • December 2010
        • Case

        Oral Rehydration Therapy

        By: Nava Ashraf and Claire Qureshi
        This case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading... View Details
        Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Technological Innovation; Distribution Channels; Emerging Markets; Consumer Behavior; Performance Consistency; Performance Evaluation; Health Industry; Africa; Asia
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        • May 2008 (Revised June 2009)
        • Case

        Finansbank 2006

        By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
        How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details
        Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Capital Budgeting; Agreements and Arrangements; Valuation; Turkey; Greece
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        • 2006
        • Book

        Design-Inspired Innovation

        By: James Utterback, Bengt–Arne Vedin, Eduardo Alvarez, Sten Ekman, Susan Walsh Sanderson, Bruce Tether and Roberto Verganti
        When an innovation is inspired by design, it transcends technology and utility. The design delights the user, seamlessly integrating the physical object, a service, and its use into something whole. A design-inspired innovation is so simple that it becomes an extension... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Product Design; Product Development
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        • July 2001 (Revised October 2001)
        • Case

        Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis

        Tim Williams, the new CFO of a publicly-traded enterprise software company, attempts to rebuild his company's reputation for reliable financial reporting following a highly visible financial reporting crisis. The crisis begins with an earnings shortfall warning, which... View Details
        Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Capital Markets; Policy; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits; Technology Industry
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        • January 1999
        • Exercise

        Seneca Systems (B): General and Confidential Instructions for R. Thompson, Vice President, Marketing

        Seneca is a three-party negotiation-mediation simulation. The context is a product failure crisis in a manufacturing company with highly autonomous units. The heads of two divisions are in a dispute over who has responsibility for failures in a key product. The head of... View Details
        Keywords: Negotiation Participants; Business Divisions; Power and Influence; Manufacturing Industry
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        • 13 Apr 2021
        • News

        Managing a Top Performer Who Alienates Their Colleagues

        • News

        An Opportunity for Global Engagement