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- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
leaders of our largest financial institutions worldwide struggling to justify decisions that have placed their organizations in jeopardy. I was reminded, too, of the CEO of a well-known retail organization who, I believe, would be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
external confidence. Negative attention and bad press lead to fewer and less loyal fans and to declining external resources; losing teams get less favorable deals; and the effects of losing cause disruptions and distractions. 3.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
negotiators interact to influence cooperative behavior of low-power negotiators. Managers from four different cultural groups (Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, and the United States) negotiated face-to-face in a simulated power-asymmetric commons dilemma. Results supported... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we are less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity. September 2014 Perspectives on Psychological Science How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
"reasonableness" review. Second, Delaware courts should apply basic game theory to identify the deterrent effect of match rights and new economy asset lockups. And third, Delaware courts should take a functional approach to deal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
and by the effects of their private governance mechanisms. These organizational characteristics affect the stringency of monitoring through reputation, customer loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
former. This effect cannot be explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences of American investors, differential changes in investment opportunities, differential time trends in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
reviews, should never be conducted by one person alone. “Think about it. Every major corporation does not have the CEO interviewed alone. There’s always a corporate communications person and others in the room,” she says. “How hard would... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
the required Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (commonly known as LEAD), which focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of the enterprise. The Elements Of The Case Click on image to enlarge... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
enable different forms of brokering, which in turn produce distinct effects on others’ relationships; (b) brokering is a multifaceted social influence process that can take the form of intermediation (connecting disconnected others) or... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
the effective allocation of work. Cases & Course MaterialsSotheby's & Christie's Inc. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and C.J. WiseHarvard Business School Case 710-412 The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 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
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
suffering rather than sacrifice substantially increases willingness to compromise with the regime to bring about peace. This effect remains strong among those who experienced greater violence. Together, these results show that even among... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
buck" calculations are potentially misleading guides for the welfare effects of alternative fiscal policies. Working PapersBehavioral Corporate Finance: An Updated Survey Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract We survey... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
activities of a publicly funded public good? Which opportunities are attracting entrepreneurs? Within each opportunity area, what possibilities and constraints do entrepreneurs face? How might we evaluate the effectiveness of... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Your CEO Succession Plan Can’t Wait (Harvard Business Review) A Pandemic Won’t Kill The Open Office, But... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost