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  • 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

mainland? How do the Chinese people understand their position in today’s global marketplace? How do historical setbacks and traditional values inform China’s domestic and foreign policy? Some of the essays address issues of importance to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

requests to their city government. Users who viewed photos of the city workers responding to their service requests were more likely to continue using the app over the ensuing 13 months, demonstrating that operational transparency led to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008

Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Co-locating knowledge workers from different disciplines may be a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jan 2012
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A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

question to economists," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor William R. Kerr. "It's uncharted territory." Kerr's interest in the topic came from studies he's done on immigration issues—in particular, looking at how the importation of highly... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 May 2019
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Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

may not be illegal, but can cause enormous amounts of reputational damage.” A good code can also help workers do their jobs better. Most employees want to follow the rules and do the right thing, but may not understand how to comply with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Jan 2017
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Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

under way by the turn of the century, as millions of workers moved from the interior to new factories on the coast, leaving behind their families for 48 weeks a year. At the same time, they were building the massive transportation... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 24 Nov 2014
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Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

after, but there is still plenty of clean business they can." Their experience is supported by companies including GE, Statoil, and Fluor that have drawn a bright line internally against paying to play in foreign countries and that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9889.html Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss Authors:David I. Levine, Michael W. Toffel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2010
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How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem

logistics and profitability while making life much better for workers. Mercadona offers the lowest prices in Spain, and its operational performance exceeds that of comparable Spanish and foreign chains. In 2008, Mercadona's sales per... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Food & Beverage
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

adoption of feed-in tariffs, subsidies, and tax credits in the 1980s. However the poor technological capabilities of U.S.-based firms meant that it was Danish and other foreign companies that benefitted most. Subsequently the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Nov 2007
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Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

restrictions included the ability to get visas for highly talented foreign workers and graduate students. One of the great strengths of America is our phenomenal system of higher education; we have educated... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

aeronautic plant, I demonstrate how an implicitly negotiated leniency between management and workers around the use of company materials and tools, on company time, to produce artifacts for personal use, enhances workers' identities. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth in host countries, particularly developing countries. It provides a broad overview, with a focus on two elements that have recently become particularly important, (1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field experiment to unbundle these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

performance evaluations by describing the effects of implicit penalties (rewards), whereby workers ranked at the top (bottom) of objective performance rankings fail to receive the reward (penalty) due to management’s subjective... View Details
  • 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

Opportunity Authors:Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time.   Working PapersManagerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

violence, budgetary problems, and foreign policy, enlargement, and immigration issues plague the EU. In light of these problems, what will be the future of the EU and its constitution? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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