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  • 16 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

2016.) “We tend to study innovation in terms of inputs like R&D spending or outcomes like patents,” says Gross, “but creativity is really about what happens in between. It’s really about this process of exploring new and untested ideas.” View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

capital labor pool, Hispanics have been around 2%, and African Americans have been less than 1%. This is despite the fact that all three groups have much higher representation in education programs that lead to careers in these sectors as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

arrangements, the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) argues that ambivalence―perceiving many groups as either warm or competent, but not both―may help maintain socio-economic disparities. The association between stereotype ambivalence and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

strongest—on his relationship to the IT department—and tended to retreat into the IT "basement" in times of conflict with business units and senior management. Barton paid attention to his staff, while at the same time more effectively managing communication... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

southeastern United States, was an early adopter of a team-focused structure that many emergency departments are now implementing. The research showed that temporary teams mimic the behaviors of more permanent teams, which have definitive boundaries around a View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

Benchmarking certainly has its virtues. Comparing production time or the cost of a standard process to that of peer companies can yield important insights about your own efficiencies—and ultimately, competitiveness. But benchmarking also... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
  • 13 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

firm, since about 75 percent of the interns typically accept offers to join the company. But the firm’s leadership wondered if remote work would change all of that. Would the interns be able to build ties with their peers and supervisors?... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 19 May 2021
  • Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

employers grow faster than their peers in the dataset. This offers some promise for the future. But, given the starkness of the COVID re-employment challenge, it will be more critical than ever to foster linkages between education... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

whole team setting and meeting a range of performance benchmarks over a period of time," write Hope and Fraser. "Performance is then evaluated by a peer review group (using relative measures) with... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • 09 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

peer group in the recovery? “According to our research, companies that master the delicate balance between cutting costs to survive today and investing to grow tomorrow do well after a recession These... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics
  • 03 Dec 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

every interaction, shut down creativity, and undermine productivity. Take the case of Jeff, a team leader at a Fortune 100 company who was working on a large, long-term, high-pressure project. Each Tuesday, Jeff and his peers had a... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We compare the performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes used in economic benchmarking. Our results show the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of informed agents' revealed choices in Lee, Ma, and Wang (2014)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

is subject to isomorphic pressures, which cannot be completely explained by industry affiliation or peer group membership. Inter-firm professional network connections, such as board interlocks and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

level provides important lessons for executives, policymakers, and the groups who benefit. But such knowledge also suggests more work to be done in order to learn how global business trends, such as industry consolidation and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50189 Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile By: Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract—We test the impact of a peer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

system of a large federal credit union, we delineate four important constraints likely to affect the lending process: (1) limited attention (or distraction), (2) task-specific human capital, (3) peer perception, and (4) learning over the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

working across group lines and group differences. And I think that makes a lot of people wary." “A lot of policies in the workplace about diversity are based on research that's focused on the negative.”... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

engaging a therapist, even if everything seems OK. Establishing a relationship and providing historical context ahead of any stressors or crises will prepare both you and your therapist if those events arise. Peer support View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
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