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  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

shape standards, and promoting modularity. An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units Author:A. L. Tucker Periodical:Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492-505... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

activity. When our measure is high, safe bonds fall in value and risky assets rally, forecasting a boom in investment. Risk appetite is closely linked to investors’ expectations of future risk and rises following positive macroeconomic... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

variable labor supply, social security benefits and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young households, with the optimal share of equities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Nov 1999
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Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

achieved largely through the bond of family membership or the personal loyalty of appointees. The family patriarch might take an annual voyage to visit key foreign holdings, and would perhaps also correspond with the appointed heads of... View Details
Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

at the firm level, we can directly address how the composition of firms raising finance varies through time. We find strong evidence of substitution from bank loans to bonds at times characterized by tight lending standards, high levels... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14

Transparency Trap By: Bernstein, Ethan Abstract—To get people to be more creative and productive, managers increase transparency with open workspaces and access to real-time data. But less transparent work environments can yield more-transparent employees. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

journey from 2003 to 2006. The case describes the changes in the senior team, structure and processes of the organization. It follows two illustrations of a powerful employee engagement process for honest conversations between the senior... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

diverged from their American counterparts in using public relations strategies not only to contain fallout from criticism, but also as opportunities for changes in corporate culture aimed at promoting a positive bond with consumers based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

for-profit software companies. Linux is open source (all code is made available for redistribution by anyone) and harnesses the collective power of thousands of programmers-both independent and employees of major software firms such as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

management practices. Using data for 58 countries, we show that after the adoption of mandatory sustainability reporting laws and regulations, the social responsibility of business leaders increases. We also document that both sustainable development and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2013
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Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

plans to improve their relationships but fail to follow them due to their inability to put themselves in their partners' shoes. I have watched thoughtful managers planning new incentive schemes to motivate their employees, only to find the View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
  • 18 May 2015
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Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

became the marker," Deighton says. These days, marketing mavens realize that social media is best at building emotional bridges with consumers, done by inviting them to be part of the process. And so they are hard at work inventing playful games and other activities to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising
  • 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21

Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

  Working PapersEconomic Catastrophe Bonds Authors:Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

by establishing cultural bonds and demonstrating shared values. It also serves to stimulate interaction among clients with a shared interest in arts, and creates opportunities for communication in informal settings. From the perspective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

not get along). Study 4 investigates a moderator of the rewarding nature of matchmaking: the type of connection. We show that bridging ties are relatively more attractive than bonding ties: the more unlikely the match, the more rewarding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

of a key employee who has other offers of employment and is negotiating a stay-put bonus. The rights and interests of the surety company that provided the construction bond are also interwoven. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

Decentralize? Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

and French size and value portfolios, the market portfolio, bond portfolios, and the entire cross-section of stocks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-060.pdf Testing a Purportedly More Learnable Auction Mechanism... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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