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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
suggestions about improvement opportunities. Organizations face a trade-off with such suggestion-driven improvement programs. On one hand, the improvement literature recommends that managers focus organizational resources on surfacing a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
domestic savings in economic growth has been discounted in the past? How has your research advanced knowledge in this area? Diego Comin: There are several literatures that have studied the relationship between savings and growth. At least... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
2019 Cambridge University Press Disciples of the State?: Religion and State-Building in the Former Ottoman World By: Fabbe, Kristin Abstract—As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, the Middle East and Balkans became the site View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of these intuitive theoretical arguments rely on special additional assumptions that are often... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
Gulati's influential work on network dynamics from the last fifteen years, and presents the key findings from this extensive body of research. Gulati's insights are important for scholars, students, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
achieve its success—and to identify how those practices could be codified and adopted elsewhere. "Health care started out with largely independent practitioners and a limited body of knowledge," says... View Details
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-085.pdf Self-Regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental Problems: Perspectives and Contributions from the Management Literature Authors:Andrew King and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Scholars View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
consumers are similar to the conditions required for representative democracy. This perspective encompasses a broader range of benefits than is usually considered in the marketing literature and could... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
study seeks to understand the effect of access to sex selection technologies such as ultrasound, and consequently skewed sex ratios, on the marriage market and intrahousehold outcomes of females in India.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
planes but also in medicine. There are a lot of places where simulation can get you into the experience that you simply can't have physically. I mean we can't go into a blood vein and look at it, but we could actually explore it through... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
board." There were, however, counterviews. Rowland Freeman makes the case that "Our body of knowledge is as firm as law...Certification would be no more difficult than it was to certify... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
specialization, or firm prestige. We discuss the theoretical implications of these results for the literatures on status and groups, along with practical implications for strategic human resource management.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
distinguish those protections that reflect genuine consumer concerns from those that merely protect trade-exposed domestic producers. For the moment, such disagreements are managed by the dispute- settlement body View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
PublicationsThe Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds. Publication:Research and University of Chicago Press, 2010... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
sanctification, contributing to the growing literature on social construction of value. 2013 pub Six Ways to Sink a Growth Initiative By: Laurie, Donald L., and J. Bruce Harreld Abstract—The conventional... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
amounts of information quickly and receive immediate feedback, including the cues that come from tone of voice and body language, the researchers say. That enables them to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50690 2016 Handbook of Media Economics User-Generated Content and Social Media By: Luca, Michael Abstract—This paper documents what economists have learned about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
use of knowledge previously codified and stored in the organization affects team performance. We draw upon the team effectiveness, knowledge management, and information systems literatures to develop five... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
decisions, trying to understand how they make decisions now is pretty important. Q: Please describe how the research got started. A: Jim Poterba and I started the project at the end of my time in graduate school. There had been earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen