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- 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7
information when told that previous respondents have made sensitive disclosures. We provide evidence of the process underlying this effect and rule out alternative explanations by showing that information on others' propensity to disclose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
importance. The paper explores how this heuristic can produce erroneous inferences and influence broader beliefs about decision-makers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54771 forthcoming RAND Journal of Economics The Price View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
Leadership Initiative was organized to be a catalyst for research on leaders and leadership, and to design effective leadership development programs that are relevant for the 21st century. The goal of the Initiative is to support Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
Cagé, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
effects that early career history has on the development of leaders? A: Baxter and Abbott Labs provide a good lens through which to gauge the differential effects of early career imprints on leader... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
interplay between these two levels, we review research from two separate bodies of literature. Research in psychology and organizational behavior on candidate-employer negotiations sheds light on the effects of gender on Level One... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
1930s, where it was noticed that direct labor costs tended to decrease by a constant percentage as the cumulative quantity of aircraft produced doubled. Learning effects figured prominently in wartime production planning efforts. World... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
online. An Alignable survey found that 25 percent of respondents were turning to social media to reach customers while 18 percent were engaging them through email. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/jF8KxCrlVaEnmbl0ELf4][/div] The key is to harness the most View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
outlines concrete steps that managers at all levels can take to spark positive conflict and make sure that all views get a fair hearing, and he outlines as well a fair and open process for making more effective decisions. "Keeping... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher revenue per employee than do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
innovation and product development strategies. His latest research analyzes how open source norms of transparency, permeable access, and collaboration might work with scientists. What he and his coauthors discovered: "broadcasting" or introducing problems to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
their practices. Today's quality movement in healthcare is a welcomed step in the right direction, but it is not really focused on results; it is focused on methods, or processes of care. Q: What about pay for performance? A: Most pay for View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
and non-distortive system. The system that was created had no special rates, no exemptions, no exceptions, and almost no deductions. The Finance Minister told us that Slovakia had implemented one of the most simple, neutral, and effective... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
investors become too passive, we might see inefficiencies at the corporate decision-making level kicking in.” The question for today, he says, is whether the pendulum has shifted too far toward passive investing in a way that hurts the long-term financial View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
prevention-focused questions. We demonstrate that every additional prevention-focused question significantly hinders the entrepreneur's ability to raise capital, fully mediating gender's effect on funding. By experimentally testing an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
disputes—either idea-theft claims or copyright/patent infringement actions. “These costs and risks make buyers very cautious about whom they choose to meet. And that creates a barrier for relatively inexperienced sellers.” Here, the “signaling” View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
particularly the weak level of protection afforded by the California courts), it was unclear how effective a policy of aggressive litigation would be. Furthermore, such a policy might reduce Xerox's ability to recruit the best research... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007, evaluating the up-to-date View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
to improved efficiency and productivity. Yet you write that there are dangers in overdoing it. How so? Schlesinger: Technology can be used effectively to replace low-contact service work. But when Starbucks introduced a faster, larger... View Details