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- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
found the whole thing perplexing. “We show that people are prone to sharing more information in the very context in which it's more dangerous to share.” "I didn't understand why people were putting all this View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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 youth, but paradoxically, less than... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of pay information in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
a peer at the senior management and board level. The expert's job is to challenge entrenched in-house thinking. He or she should not think ill of technology-averse cultures and must be a skilled communicator who does not hide behind... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We compare the performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes used in economic benchmarking. Our results show the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
the Market for Digital Information Goods," is among the first efforts to study the interactions of two entirely new and radical business models operating in the same market. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research this area... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
Mandatory Nonfinancial Performance Measurement Beneficial? By: Gallani, Susanna, Takehisa Kajiwara, and Ranjani Krishnan Abstract—We use value of information theory and examine the effect of regulation requiring mandatory measurement and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
particularly strongly and to construct risk indicators to predict taxpayers' responses. We show results from an application in Chile and describe lessons learned during the implementation. August 2013 JAMA Surgery Informal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of informed agents' revealed choices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
formal approach to managing people—instituting regular meetings, setting goals consistently, and providing frequent feedback to employees—grew 28% larger and were 10 percentage points less likely to fail than those who got advice from View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Relevance of Broker Networks for Information Diffusion in the Stock Market By: Di Maggio, Marco, Francesco Franzoni, Amir Kermani, and Carlo Sommavilla Abstract—This paper shows that the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
that a Buddhist Rinpoche and a leadership professor have joined forces to explore this subject and see how Eastern teaching can inform our Western thinking about leadership and vice versa," George says. You can read George's summary... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/gino_krupka_weber_management_science_2013.pdf Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change Authors: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael W. Toffel Publication: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
second interview. We looked at, basically, how much do the entrepreneurs learn over a period of time, how much do they mature as entrepreneurs? We asked them what…the sources were of that learning, how much was retained from the mentors, how much was retained from... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
the positive accounting literature's current understanding of properties of financial reports to develop three hypotheses on corporate accountability reporting. I argue that an accountability reporting system is likely to be more useful to a delegator if it (1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
control-ownership divergence and syndicate structure is mitigated by the lead arranger's reputation and lending relationship with the borrowing firm as well as by strong shareholder rights and good credit information sharing systems.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn Reynolds Abstract—Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
generate homogeneity within communities in regard to corporations' social activities. We suggest that there are three main factors that influence corporations to follow locally established patterns: what the government encourages; what local View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
regulated entities’ compliance with law. The integrity of these regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators. The challenge in designing third-party monitoring regimes is that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne