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Embeddedness and New Idea Discussion in Professional Networks: The Mediating Role of Affect-Based Trust
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M.W. Morris and P. Ingram
This article examines how managers' tendency to discuss new ideas with others in their professional networks depends on the density of shared ties surrounding a given relationship. Consistent with prior research which found that embeddedness enhances information flow,... View Details
Chua, Roy Y.J., M.W. Morris, and P. Ingram. "Embeddedness and New Idea Discussion in Professional Networks: The Mediating Role of Affect-Based Trust." Journal of Creative Behavior 44, no. 2 (June 2010): 85–104.
- April 2014
- Article
Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors
By: Asad L. Asad, Michel Anteby and Filiz Garip
The number of human cadavers available for medical research and training, as well as organ transplantation, is limited. Researchers disagree about how to increase the number of whole-body bequeathals, citing a shortage of donations from the one group perceived as most... View Details
Asad, Asad L., Michel Anteby, and Filiz Garip. "Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors." Social Science & Medicine 106 (April 2014): 53–58.
- 08 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project
- September 20, 2004
- Comment
How Consumers Value Global Brands
By: Douglas Holt, John A. Quelch and Earl L. Taylor
In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study in forty-one countries to... View Details
Keywords: Global Brands; Brand Value; Multi-national Brands; Social Responsibility; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Holt, Douglas, John A. Quelch, and Earl L. Taylor. "How Consumers Value Global Brands." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 20, 2004).
- Article
The Big Five Personality Traits, Material Values, and Financial Well-being of Self-described Money Managers
By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Ravi Iyer and Ryan Howell
Previous research has linked personality traits, material values, and money management to savings, debt, and compulsive buying. To extend previous research, four online surveys examined the Big Five personality traits and material values of those who manage their money... View Details
Keywords: Values; Personality; Well-being; Personal Characteristics; Values and Beliefs; Personal Finance; Money
Donnelly, Grant Edward, Ravi Iyer, and Ryan Howell. "The Big Five Personality Traits, Material Values, and Financial Well-being of Self-described Money Managers." Journal of Economic Psychology 33, no. 6 (December 2012): 1129–1144.
- Research Summary
Building Career Foundations
Building Career Foundations is a multi-dimensional longitudinal project that focuses on the career development of MBAs from HBS, the Class of 1996. Employing a relational approach to career development, Higgins... View Details
- September 1974 (Revised April 1975)
- Case
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (A)
At the conclusion of a small-scale pilot survey, management must decide whether to invest in a larger survey or terminate the project. The objective of the study is to use psychographic measurement techniques to study the alternative positions of cranberry sauce.... View Details
Keywords: Surveys; Product Positioning; Mathematical Methods; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
DeBruicker, F., and Jan-Erik Modig. "Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 575-039, September 1974. (Revised April 1975.)
- Research Summary
The Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Procedure Volume on the Outcomes of Primary and Revision Total Knee Replacement: Magnitude and Mechanisms
My role in this study is to assess whether care provider coordination mediates the relationship between surgical volumes and patient outcomes. It is a study involving hundreds of hospitals and thousands of patients, and for the main study, coordination will be... View Details
- 2012
- Book
Banks as Multinationals
By: G. Jones
This is a revised edition of a comparative, international study which looks at the history of multinational banks. Researchers from the United States, Japan, Europe, and Australia survey the evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Banks and Banking; Business Strategy; Geographic Location; Trends; Theory
Jones, G., ed. Banks as Multinationals. New York: Routledge, 2012.
- October 2014
- Article
The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice
A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of taxation is Utilitarian. I present new survey evidence that most people disagree with this assumption, preferring tax policies based at least in part on a classic alternative objective: the... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew. "The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation: Normative Diversity and a Role for Equal Sacrifice." Journal of Public Economics 118 (October 2014): 128–142. (Also NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18599.)
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Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of Chinese and American Managers
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M.W. Morris and P. Ingram
This research investigates hypotheses about differences between Chinese and American managers in the configuration of trusting relationships within their professional networks. Consistent with hypotheses about Chinese familial collectivism, an egocentric network survey... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Trust; China; United States
Chua, Roy Y.J., M.W. Morris, and P. Ingram. "Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of Chinese and American Managers." Journal of International Business Studies 40, no. 3 (April 2009): 480–508.
- March 2024
- Article
Being Together in Place as a Catalyst for Scientific Advance
By: Eamon Duede, Misha Teplitskiy, Karim R. Lakhani and James Evans
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated social distancing at every level of society, including universities and research institutes, raising essential questions concerning the continuing importance of physical proximity for scientific and scholarly advance. Using customized... View Details
Duede, Eamon, Misha Teplitskiy, Karim R. Lakhani, and James Evans. "Being Together in Place as a Catalyst for Scientific Advance." Art. 104911. Research Policy 53, no. 2 (March 2024).
- 2014
- Working Paper
SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review
By: John C. Coates and Suraj Srinivasan
We review and assess research findings from 120 papers in accounting, finance, and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant developments in how the Act was implemented and find that despite severe criticism, the Act and institutions... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes
Coates, John C., and Suraj Srinivasan. "SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review." John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business Discussion Paper, No. 758, May 2014.
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SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review
By: Suraj Srinivasan and John C. Coates IV
We review and assess research findings from 120+ papers in accounting, finance, and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant developments in how the Act was implemented and find that despite severe criticism, the Act and... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj, and John C. Coates IV. "SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review." Accounting Horizons 28, no. 3 (September 2014): 627–671.
- April 13, 2021
- Article
Misinformation about Science in the Public Sphere
By: Dietram A. Scheufele, Andrew J. Hoffman, Liz Neely and Czerne M. Reid
This is an introduction to a special issue on a colloquium of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled, “Advancing the science and practice of science communication: Misinformation about science in the public sphere.” This event was the... View Details
Scheufele, Dietram A., Andrew J. Hoffman, Liz Neely, and Czerne M. Reid. "Misinformation about Science in the Public Sphere." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 15 (April 13, 2021).
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
investing the time or recruiting people to improve those processes.” The researchers conducted the survey over nine months between October 2015 and June 2016, in partnership with the membership organization... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- December 2002
- Article
Introduction to 'Valuation in Emerging Markets'
By: Robert Bruner, Robert Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman and Wei Li
The purpose of the Batten Institute/Association for Investment Management and Research/Emerging Markets Review conference was to examine the challenges of valuing assets in emerging markets. These challenges are immensely interesting to practitioners and scholars for... View Details
Bruner, Robert, Robert Conroy, Javier Estrada, Mark Kritzman, and Wei Li. "Introduction to 'Valuation in Emerging Markets'." Emerging Markets Review 3, no. 4 (December 2002): 310–324.
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
Feldberg embarked upon a new survey of parents in two-earner households with kids under 18 at home. Across several papers recently presented at the Academy of Management meetings in Boston, they sought to understand how parents allocated... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 09 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing
Leaders have fretted since COVID-19 lockdowns that collaboration and innovation might suffer when teammates interact less. New research points to an emerging concern four years on, as organizations settle into remote, hybrid, and... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 2005
- Working Paper
Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations
By: James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people working in organizational hierarchies wrestle with the challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Working Conditions; Knowledge Management; Attitudes; Organizational Culture
Detert, James R., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-024, December 2005. (Revised October 2006, December 2008.)