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- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
company. Another was when Dick Fisher and John Mack asked me to head the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley, which I consider to be a great responsibility and a great honor.” Stephen A. Schwarzman President and CEO The Blackstone View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
the moral compass to describe individuals' inner sense of right and wrong, we offer a framework to help us understand social reasons why our moral compass can come under others' control, leading even good people to cross ethical boundaries. Departing from prior View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
presidential election when virtually all the candidates, including Obama, McCain, Clinton, Edwards, Huckabee, and Paul, portrayed themselves as "the underdog." A market scan of contemporary branding practices also indicated a rise in underdog positioning... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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By: Debora L. Spar
I'll have a girl, please
American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006
DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015
its installation and customization, no surgical subspecialties besides the congenital heart and transplant surgery groups conducted prospective, patient outcomes measurement, but by 2015, the outcomes of over 1,300 unique patients with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
theoretically from the WMS and other recent work on management practices. Our preliminary results suggest that about a quarter of cross-country and within-country TFP gaps can be accounted for by management practices. Management seems to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Neale. Max H. Bazerman : Distinguished Winner of the 2021 Responsible Research in Management Award from the Fellows Group of the Academy of Management and the Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) for... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
time with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and experiences. By engaging with others, innovators increase the probability that they are going to gain useful insights. Finally, innovators are constantly experimenting.... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
Working PapersEquity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure Authors:Bo Becker and Per Strömberg Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine equity-debt conflicts in the vicinity of financial distress.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
individuals in the business, their individual motivation, and their ability to work together harmoniously. Nowhere is the need to work together more important than in the twin customer-facing functions of... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
that had left the company in a compromised state. Over the next six years, Cote worked to turn Honeywell around through implementing a series of improvements in the company’s operating systems, forming a single culture from all the merged... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
issue and a reminder of the possible consequences of a board’s hiring decision. One group found it difficult to identify any conditions under which such a hire might be made. Edward said, “He/she had their chance. I’m prone to stay away... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
to Jewish organizational life. Inspired by 30 years of pioneering work by retail giant Leslie Wexner’s philanthropic focus on Jewish leadership, More Than Managing brings together diverse and remarkable thinkers to address challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
theorize how team scaffolds enable effective coordination among people who do not work together regularly. We argue that role-based coordination among relative strangers can be interpersonally challenging and propose that team scaffolds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11
Advances in Strategic Management Innovation Policies By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation but has not examined how this... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
actions with social or future benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53178 A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies By: Giacomin, Valeria Abstract—Clusters are defined as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of FDI on host countries.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22
Working PapersInternational Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination Authors:David Collis, David Young, and Michael Goold Abstract This paper examines differences in the size and roles of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace