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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
appeal. Together, they interviewed more than fifty thought leaders in the social sector to gain their insights. What emerged was a shared conviction that by bridging the gap between business and nonprofits, they could create significant... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28
resources, but that some children fail to follow that norm in the actual game. The gap between norm and behavior was correlated with self-regulation skills on a parent-report individual differences measure. Specifically, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
and that this difference is associated with significant performance differentials. We propose three possible reasons for the managerial gap of founder CEO firms: a) informational problems preventing a clear understanding of the weakness... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
of the defective Ford Pinto and the downfall of Bernard Madoff, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the gap between who we are and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
that Invest Early children were better prepared for kindergarten than their low-income counterparts and the proficiency gap between Invest Early and high-income children had decreased significantly. Integrating and sustaining such a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
e-book can be a much richer and deeper experience than anything we’ve seen before.” The implications for education are significant, Olson notes: “If we as a society are concerned about the next generation acquiring knowledge and skills, the e-reader offers tremendous... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
when confronted with multiple crises and constituencies demanding change. Bridging these gaps requires a new understanding of just what trust is, how it can be built, and how it can be regained once it is lost. Trust is an elusive—mushy,... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
pernicious elements of FOBO come in, because this is where it goes from, "I can't decide what I'm going to do Friday," to where it's a real emotional and mental problems, because the more disconnected from reality you are, and the more time you spend filling the View Details
- 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 of the task. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
leaders constantly have new “teams” to manage. Nowhere is this more relevant than in the NFL, where an average player’s career lasts just over three years. For that reason, the generation gap between coach and players grows over time,... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
changes in the maturity structure of government debt. We document that when the government funds itself with relatively more short-term debt, firms fill the resulting gap by issuing more long-term debt, and vice-versa. This type of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
executives, middle managers, and sales people from companies across a variety of industries. The survey focused on questions about how well their companies’ strategies informed six critical elements of their sales approaches. The results indicate a big View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
questions related to personal plans. First, what are the effects of plans on behavior? Second, when are plans formed? Third, how do plans deviate from optimality? For each of these questions, we (a) offer a brief overview of research that sheds light on the issue and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
have you seen that's worked on that front? SWG: Well, you know, back to Merrill Lynch and where financial services really matter, there's a about a million dollar wealth gap that most women have because they've often taken career breaks... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Virtual fitting-room technologies provide information about how a product fits a particular customer and promise to mitigate some of the frictions the information gap generates in the retailers’ supply chains. By implementing a series of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
underleveraged vehicle in reducing the rigor/relevance gap between business schools and the world of practice. Cases & Course MaterialsAkin Ongor's Journey Rosabeth Moss KanterHarvard Business School Case 306-072 A retired bank CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
point in time. We have a historic, twenty-year window of opportunity to become a truly developed country,” he observes, noting that Microsoft offers a unique platform for using technology as an educational tool to help close the gap... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
(in press) Abstract This paper discusses the causes and consequences of the (surprisingly) limited extent to which social influence research has penetrated the field of negotiation and then presents a framework for bridging the gap... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
happy or saving the environment). Moreover, mediation analyses revealed that this effect was driven by differences in the size of the gap between participants' expectations and reality. Compared to those who pursued an abstractly framed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne