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  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

improvement collaboration. The results support our hypothesis that learn-how is positively related to organizational performance, as measured by NICUs' risk-adjusted mortality rates for 1,061 infant patients. Moreover, our data reveal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs—affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research in organizational studies rests on implicit phenomenological... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help themselves, while the measure of luck is the share of the oil industry in the state's economy multiplied by the price of oil. The correlation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609002 Business and Human Rights Harvard Business School Note 309-097 This note addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about the relation between human rights... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Sep 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

correctness, free speech, or affirmative action. It is relating to people as authentic human beings, not as representatives of a group or class. Great harm is done when groups of people are stereotyped as having certain characteristics,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 26 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

employees, the single most important factor is a sense of making progress on meaningful work. A related finding: If people are in a good mood on any given day, they'll be more creative. But they'll also be just as creative the next day,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

topic." The researchers' current projects focus on gender through lenses of generations and identity, and family. Ramarajan, for example, is working with Boston University's Erin Reid to study how organizational practices relate to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

T. Polzer Publication:In Advances in Group Processes. Vol. 28, edited by Shane R. Thye and Edward Lawler, 125-145. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Books, 2011 Abstract Environmental jolts and shifting membership challenge a group's efficacy and survival. Group View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Feb 2016
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February 23, 2016

of these shortcuts. Specifically, we exploit a regulatory provision wherein a firm’s primary industry is determined by the highest sales segment. Exploiting this regulation, we provide evidence that investors classify operationally nearly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

There’s something curious about the labor force in the United States. Identical jobs and industries have become unionized in some states while remaining nonunionized in others. Unionization levels vary greatly from state to state. As of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

multiple identities as a result. The outcomes of relational pluralism can include greater flexibility in building network ties, more stable exchange relationships, and the ability to adopt tailored... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July – August 2011
  • Article

Foundations of Organizational Trust: What Matters to Different Stakeholders?

By: Michael Pirson and Deepak Malhotra
Prior research on organizational trust has not rigorously examined the context specificity of trust nor distinguished between the potentially varying dimensions along which different stakeholders base their trust. As a result, dominant conceptualizations of... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Competency and Skills; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Framework; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Organizations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Identity; Perspective
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  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

be sustainable, new types of hybrid organizations need to create a common organizational identity that strikes a balance between the logics they combine. Our evidence further suggests that the crucial early levers for developing such an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

understand these bribery cases I analyze detailed data on the identity of the main perpetrator, detection method, and organizational response following detection and find that both the method of detection and how an organization responds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
  • Case

When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • 20 Dec 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

listeners behind the scenes of a case he or she has written, probing what inspired the case, exploring how it relates to management practice, and delving into interesting anecdotes that come from researching the case and teaching it in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

  Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

2002. Walmart grew significantly, expanded internationally, and became a leading player in groceries. However, it also faced criticism regarding its wage and labor practices. Meanwhile, Kmart faced an identity crisis, falling between the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

counterparts. Q: An interesting fact in your work is that even after the bubble burst, investors continued to pour money into funds managed by inexperienced managers despite their poor track records. A: Yes, but inflows slow down considerably. This View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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