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  • 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

nine member team. Workers assigned to better bosses are less likely to leave the firm. A separate normalization implies that the average boss is about 1.75 times as productive as the average worker. Publisher's link:... View Details
  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

paper, we unpack the concept of absorptive capacity and separately explore the effect of different types of prior experience on the capacity to adopt external knowledge and make internal inventions. We also measure how absorptive capacity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

December 13, 2017 Harvard Business Review What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager By: Austin, Julia Abstract—As an aspiring product manager (PM), there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

more economically developed countries. But they do have something else: each other. "Peer groups are often used as a commitment device to achieve personal goals, but there has been little empirical evidence evaluating their... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 12 Aug 2002
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‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

analysts, he or she must believe that an analyst's report is something more than a disguised sales pitch. So banks have ordinarily insisted that analysis and sales were separated by a so-called Chinese wall which left analysts free to... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

already." Such is the pace of business development that "Starting New Ventures" has spawned its own spin-off this year, a separate course focused on launching technology ventures. That has let Hart's class focus more on... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

can be used to evaluate the implications of marketing actions, consumer heterogeneity, competition, successive technology generations, and globalization. The exposition is filled with vivid examples from a wide array of domains (video... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

advance research on teamwork in health care should consider using or adapting one of these instruments before creating a new one. Because instruments vary considerably in the behavioral processes and emergent states of teamwork that they capture, researchers must... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

For more, under additivity, the geometric mean separates the prices where uniqueness holds and where it fails; it holds for the geometric mean except in one case where refinement is needed. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

bank leadership knew it needed to innovate to maintain that reputation in the digital era. The bank's chairman, CEO, and EVP of digital banking unit were evaluating their options. Should they have a separate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
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Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

professional group's distinct standards can create a false impression that all is well. Yet the Murdoch case teaches us that nesting dolls require our full attention. Although these configurations may seem nimble, they can also be highly problematic. Because... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 02 Aug 2010
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Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

by the same artist or art works by different artists, and judge and evaluate them on a common basis, and thus generated a valuation system, which is crucial to enabling exchange in a market setting. Broad acceptance and understanding of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand

industrial company, providing wood slats to pencil manufacturers; Levitt urged him to form a separate entity to focus primarily on the marketing of a branded, high-quality firelog, which continues to dominate the market. “Ted had an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

difficult tasks. Second, overestimation of ability by both men and women varies across categories. To understand these patterns, we develop a model that separates gender stereotypes from misestimation of ability related to the difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

Cooke, Mario D. Parrilli, and José L. Curbelo. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=14530 Evaluating the Impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

to reductions in dividends relative to the reference point set by prior dividends. Managers with strong but unobservable cash earnings separate themselves by paying high dividends but retain enough earnings to be likely not to fall short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2011
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Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

with the opportunity to apply for an additional three-year extension. During this period, workers can request green cards and secure permanent residency status if they desire. The current annual cap for the "regular" H1-B category is 65,000 visas. (There is a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology
  • 01 Mar 2011
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The Rankings Game

school in one ranking fail to make the top five in others? The answer lies in the methods the publications use to evaluate schools. The big five — Bloomberg Businessweek, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, the Financial Times, and the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 05 May 2003
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Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Unfortunately, then as now, the consequences are felt not just by the wrongdoers but by the honest men and women who do their best each day to earn the trust given them. Sometimes honesty does hurt and bad guys do win.—Constance Bagley This is just one of the reasons... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler