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28 Oct 2024
Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

published The Emerging Republican Majority, arguing that suburban growth and the professionalization of the economy would usher in a new age of Republican dominance in politics. It was not to be. The share of people living in the suburbs... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

long as the hammer of bankruptcy doesn't fall on the country. The phenomenon doesn't only apply to Greece. One recently published study of debt around the world highlights the challenge. Its authors conclude that government debt may... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

Teresa M. Amabile's research centers on how the work environment can influence the motivation, creativity, and performance of individuals and teams. A recent study focused on the influence of team leaders on these factors. Professor Amabile and New Business View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

06 Sep 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

sets up a theoretical framework for examining today's norms. Right now in the marketplace, the lines between open science, public knowledge, and proprietary knowledge and research are becoming blurred. A lot of firms are publishing... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy, published by Prentice Hall. Q: What's the context for the development of this book? Simons: My colleagues and I in the School's Accounting and Control Unit have spent a lot of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

doing so may expose a weakness: a lack of self-control that would make others judge them harshly, says Harvard Business School Associate Professor Julian Zlatev in a recent paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries Author:Robert S. Kaplan Publication:Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012) Abstract This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

Broad definitions of the scope of information subject to disclosure; An obligation to publish proactively key documents and categories of information, even in the absence of a specific request; Clear, accessible mechanisms for the public... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

professor he continued to write, teach, and serve as case-method éminence grise for a number of years. His influential book Education for Judgment, edited with David Garvin and Ann Sweet, was published in 1992. Until the closing months of... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

the White House. They've had conversations with multiple officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Most recently, Feeley sat down with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell—who published... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and translated this insight into a sustained political and publishing campaign to ensure that the English and later the British Empire would consist of an industrializing core and a periphery producing and providing raw materials. He... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which international and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

known, unknown, and potential competitors. In February 2010, Subramanian will publish Negotiauctions: New Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace, a book that draws on his experience studying and advising on complex corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

entrepreneurs' financial gains and of whether they can keep control of their ventures. My initial paper in the financial gains realm was my entrepreneurial-compensation paper that was just published in the Academy of Management Journal,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

was recently published in the working paper How User Innovations Become Commercial Products: A Theoretical Investigation and Case Study. The authors believe that their research "provides a first opportunity for both... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

exception than the rule, however. I think most managers hope for repeat purchases, whether they manage a health club, a theater, or publish a magazine. For these types of managers, they need to do everything they can to encourage... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators You may think you are an ethical person, but self-interest can cloud your judgment when you sit down at the bargaining table, says Max Bazerman. The year’s 5 most downloaded research papers Working Knowledge View Details