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- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
those numbers,' don't be shocked if people forget the first message. You need to be clear about penalties even as you are clear about goal setting. You want a healthy setting between those." View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
programs with mental health, companies can both address stigmas and provide coping strategies to address issues before they become chronic problems. Johnson & Johnson has created a culture in which employees are welcome to use the corporate gym any time without... View Details
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
At Expedia again, for example, one Eureka story involved eliminating change/cancel fees from online hotel, cruise, and car rental reservations. Until 2009, Expedia and its competitors all charged up to $30 for a change or cancellation—above and beyond the View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
setting where compensation is highly interdependent—that is, subjective rewards or penalties for some employees cause others to miss out on those rewards and penalties. In our field setting, managerial discretion results in publicly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
harsher penalties for students proven to have committed sexual assault. In that way, the media is serving the purpose of holding colleges accountable by deterring future scandals. “These stories raise awareness and discussion at... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
that firms can fully capitalize on these opportunities. This reduction of coordination and transport costs is continuing to create more and more opportunities for rationalization and, consequently, bigger penalties for those that don't do... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
of either program). Fearing estimates that the model he and his coauthors developed—called the Ration-by-Schedule Exponential Penalty model—could reduce flight delays by 4 percent or more on some of the worst travel days, resulting in a... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Office as well as other defense analysts have observed that the acquisition cost overruns of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s are not aberrations; they are the result of many government and industry participants reacting in perfect accord with the distorted rewards and... View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
devices configured to interrupt us make focused work a near impossibility for many. That inflicts a huge time penalty on workers, since start-stop-restart cycles are inefficient. Urgent and important things naturally draw employees’... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
faculty members to evaluate 150 submissions, resulting in 2,130 randomly assigned proposal-evaluator pair observations. Our results confirm a systematic penalty for novel proposals; a standard deviation increase in novelty drops the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
example, may have been designed to serve various segments. But in fact they take advantage of how difficult it is for customers to predict their needs (such as how many cell phone minutes they'll use each month) and make it hard for them to choose the right product.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007
metrics to monitor performance?; Are the compensation rewards for our top executives tied closely enough to increases in shareholder value, with real penalties for nonperformance?; Finally, does our board have enough industry experts who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006
series models within the context of a single-stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
Easterbrook was fined $400,000 and barred from serving as a public company officer or director for five years. The SEC didn’t impose a financial penalty on McDonald’s, citing its cooperation in the investigation, though the company did... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA time series requires tracking forecast errors (interpolations) and using these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
find evidence of lessened gender penalties for female-led ventures that are presented using a social impact frame. In a second study, we experimentally validate this effect and show that it is mediated by the effect of social impact... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
develop this perceptions framework is of a single stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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