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  • 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015

productivity and the ripple effect that toxic workers have on their peers. Finally, we find that avoiding a toxic worker (or converting him to an average worker) enhances performance to a much greater extent than replacing an average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

avoid backsliding into dysfunctional routines—habitual patterns of negative behavior by individuals and groups that are triggered automatically and unconsciously by familiar circumstances or stimuli.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity-that is, by patterns of prior foundings, of support from related markets, and of institutional activism in a given sector. Building on research on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

prisoner's dilemma problem. Parasitic integration often occurs when only two or three firms exist in a small industry. When students participating in these exercises figure out how to develop a pattern of mutually high prices, negotiation... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
  • 11 Apr 2018
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Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

behavioral patterns that have worked in the past,” Goldberg says. “Changing behaviors takes time. I’m a big fan of continuous refresher training to keep the issue front of mind so companies can reduce and ultimately eliminate bad... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

authors The I's Have It From Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations By Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Organizational conversation, in our use of the term, applies to the full range of patterns and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

magnitude than the actual increase in inequality, but it is nonetheless positive and substantial in size. Weighing against this, growth in inequality is met with greater support for government-led redistribution to the poor. These View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

isn't easy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/strategic-decisions-for-multisided-platforms/ January 2014 Harvard Business Review The New Patterns of Innovation By: Parmar, Rashik, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn, and David... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Economic Perspectives 23, no. 1 (winter 2009): 209-220 Abstract This paper studies the adult online entertainment industry, particularly the consumption side of the market. In particular, it focuses on the demographics and consumption View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

the socially constructed nature of helping behavior. That is, the parties must establish and maintain a helping frame for their interaction, especially when help-givers are high-status external leaders. Second, the model specifies that the rhythms of deep help—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

consumers to producers, has dramatically influenced the calculus of production in a large number of industries. Our federal disaster relief policy, meanwhile, has likely affected housing patterns all over the country. In fact, the list... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

findings and advice. Anxiety leads to poor outcomes. You will be less nervous about negotiating, however, if you repeatedly practice and rehearse. You can also avoid anxiety by asking an outside expert to represent you at the bargaining... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

May–June 2017 Harvard Business Review Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage By: Austin, Robert D., and Gary P. Pisano Abstract—Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including those in View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next, responses to climate change are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and robbery, as opposed to other kinds of crime like arson, assault, homicide, and rape. Temporal patterns in crime are observed in jurisdictions in which disbursements are focused at the beginning of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the cultures of yes,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment (FDI) occurs between rich countries. The share of vertical FDI (subsidiaries which provide inputs to their parent firms) is larger than commonly thought, even... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

teams are exacerbated when teams are leaderless, undermining performance. A longitudinal study of multicultural MBA study teams found that in the early stage of team formation, teams with a low average level of, but moderate degree of variance in, uncertainty View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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