Organizational Status - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

report's status meant it had not driven some of the organizational change it could have. Could Aegon benefit from publishing its integrated report as the official regulatory document? How could Aegon create... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

look large and compelling. But it can have significant downsides. Leaders who prefer to zoom in tend to create policies and systems that depend too much on politics and favors. They can focus too closely on personal status and on turf... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

new achievement are further escalated by the glamorized treatment they receive in today's media-centric world. The elements of celebrity—spectacle, "bests," charisma, and any form of novelty from the latest in consumption to a sexy new View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

organizational processes and cultures. Thus, a key assessment focuses on the organization's decision-making and governance processes. Several questions guide this analysis: Who has what decision rights? Is it a one-person authoritarian... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

endogenously limit their leverage as they internalize the costs. Tightening the commercial banks' capital requirement from the status quo leads to safer commercial banks and more shadow banking activity in the economy. While the safety of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016

Abstract—In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

current users of core products is introduced: "brand immigrants" who claim to be part of the in-group of core users of the brand and "brand tourists" who do not claim any membership status to the brand community. A... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

efficacy would lead to organizational impact. Moving vertically, quadrant #2 refers to organizations that have reached deeper into the target population by scaling their activities, reaching transformative scale. Moving horizontally to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

wealth-based discrimination in employee-customer relations and that envy toward wealthy customers and empathy toward those of similar economic status drive much of this illegal behavior. Implications for both theory and practice are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

organizational culture, alignment, leadership style/fit, and change management. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406111 The Board of Directors at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (A) Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

813-184 Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare This case enables discussion of organizational and industry transformation. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813184-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details