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- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
Asian beliefs, philosophies, and practices are influencing everything from the way we treat the ill to how we make cars. Now, a Harvard Business School professor is looking to the East as a model for developing strong business leaders.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Who Sets Your Benchmarks?
parents, they wanted to be proud of me and wanted to feel confident they had launched me on the road to a better life. Although most of us grow up as products of our families, we are also heavily influenced by the social norms manifested... View Details
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
members who are young, plugged in, and likely influencers in their peer groups. But do advertisers buying space on these sites face danger from the backlash of negative publicity? A: It poses dangers to... View Details
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
that mentoring relationships are less likely to form across race than among people of the same race. But the positive approach would be to look at the research and say, 'Well, even though they may be rare, let's try to understand these positive cross-race relationships... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours. Plus: book excerpt. Most Popular Working Papers 1. Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue This paper attempts to encourage a better... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
precisely pin down the safest loans to back. If platforms limit the amount of information available, the playing field is more level and a wider variety of investors have a better shot at choosing cream-of-the-crop loans. Not your parents’ bank View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
findings ultimately suggest that nonverbal dominance displays influence humans’ visual attention in ways that are likely to shape how social interactions unfold. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51104... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
professional learning and development, which may be enhanced by informal routine interactions with colleagues. Some physicians, such as those in solo practice, may have less opportunity for peer interaction, negatively View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
individual will perceive entrepreneurial opportunities as well as increase his or her motivation to pursue those opportunities. We find that an individual is more likely to become an entrepreneur if his or her co-workers have been entrepreneurs before. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
deals. The problem, according to these executives, is that foreigners are rarely invited. "It's really a perception that foreigners can't appreciate the culture," says Chua. In practice, it means that foreign businesspeople are at a disadvantage compared with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
influenced by personal biases? In situations requiring careful judgment, we're all influenced by our own biases to some extent. But, with Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, you can learn how to overcome... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
peers didn't respect him. His lack of leadership ability was masked by his good speaking skills. So I hope our article will cause every reader to go back to their companies and teams and say, "We're a global company, or a globalizing... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network effects View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
signals, we consider the influence of singular sector-level triggers, which we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
recommendations underperform those for sell-side peers by 5.9% using market-adjusted returns and by 3.8% using four-factor model abnormal returns. However, these findings are driven by differences in the stocks recommended and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
these factors also influence the comprehensiveness of the information suppliers share and their willingness to share the information publicly. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1943690 Learning from My... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
feedback influence order quantities. We find that the portion of mismatch cost due to adjustment behavior exceeds the portion of mismatch cost due to level behavior in three out of four conditions. Observation bias is studied through... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
often work directly with the companies they study. I then survey the factors that influence the quality of UGC. Quality is influenced by factors including promotional content, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 22
to popular expectations, corporate headquarters in the U.S. are about twice the size of European counterparts. Headquarters there exert a higher level of functional influence and have larger staffs in certain key areas, such as IT and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace