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More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
By: Andy Wu, Aticus Peterson and Amy Meeker
Professor Andy Wu and doctoral candidate Aticus Peterson of Harvard Business School tracked 314 entrepreneurs who launched multiple technology hardware products on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter from September 2010 to June 2019. The more projects the founders... View Details
Wu, Andy, Aticus Peterson, and Amy Meeker. "More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 2 (March–April 2022): 28–29. (IdeaWatch.)
- December 10, 2021
- Editorial
Go Ahead and Ask for More Time on That Deadline
By: A.V. Whillans and A.V. Whillans
Unrealistic deadlines don’t help anyone—and yet more often than not, employees avoid asking for extensions even when they know more time would help them do a better job. Through a series of studies with more than 4,000 working adults, the author illustrates how despite... View Details
Whillans, A.V. "Go Ahead and Ask for More Time on That Deadline." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 10, 2021).
- 30 Oct 2021
- News
How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently
- 03 Jan 2020
- News
FDA’s Deadline Problem?
- 23 Feb 2022
- News
More-Experienced Entrepreneurs Have Bigger Deadline Problems
- July 1976
- Article
Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation
By: T. M. Amabile, W. DeJong and M. R. Lepper
Studied the effects of externally imposed deadlines on individuals' task performance and their subsequent interest in the task. In 1 deadline condition, 20 male undergraduates were given an explicit time limit for solving a series of initially interesting word games.... View Details
Amabile, T. M., W. DeJong, and M. R. Lepper. "Effects of Externally-Imposed Deadlines on Subsequent Intrinsic Motivation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34, no. 1 (July 1976): 92–98.
- 04 Apr 2019
- News
Why We Don’t Ask for More Time on Deadlines (But Probably Should)
- Article
Using Final Deadlines Strategically in Negotiation
By: F. Gino and D. A. Moore
Gino, F., and D. A. Moore. "Using Final Deadlines Strategically in Negotiation." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 1, no. 4 (November 2008): 371–389.
- November 15, 2019
- Editorial
Getting Your Team to Do More Than Meet Deadlines
By: Laura M. Giurge, Charlotte Blank, Laurel Newman and A.V. Whillans
When it comes to our to-do lists, many of us prioritize checking off tasks that are easiest to complete or are due first, regardless of importance—a phenomenon that scholars describe as the “mere urgency” effect. This tendency becomes stronger the busier we are. But... View Details
Giurge, Laura M., Charlotte Blank, Laurel Newman, and A.V. Whillans. "Getting Your Team to Do More Than Meet Deadlines." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 15, 2019). (Shared Authorship.)
- 15 May 2014
- News
The Case For And Against Stressful Deadlines
- 29 Sep 2021
- News
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
- September 1988
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The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence
By: A. E. Roth, J. K. Murnighan and F. Schoumaker
Roth, A. E., J. K. Murnighan, and F. Schoumaker. "The Deadline Effect in Bargaining: Some Experimental Evidence." American Economic Review 78, no. 4 (September 1988): 806–823.
- 15 Nov 2019
- News
Getting Your Team to Do More Than Meet Deadlines
- October 30, 2021
- Editorial
How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently
By: A.V. Whillans and Grant Donnelly
Women are less likely to ask for extensions. That hurts women—and the companies they work for. View Details
Whillans, A.V., and Grant Donnelly. "How Men and Women Treat Deadlines in the Workplace Differently." Wall Street Journal (October 30, 2021).
- 10 Mar 2010
- News
Buyout Firms Can't Spend $503 Billion as Fund Deadlines Loom
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Extension Request Avoidance Predicts Greater Time Stress Among Women
By: Ashley V. Whillans, Jaewon Yoon, Aurora Turek and Grant E. Donnelly
In nine studies using archival data, surveys, and experiments, we identify a factor that predicts gender differences in time stress and burnout. Across academic and professional settings, women are less likely to ask for more time when working under adjustable... View Details
Whillans, Ashley V., Jaewon Yoon, Aurora Turek, and Grant E. Donnelly. "Extension Request Avoidance Predicts Greater Time Stress Among Women." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 45 (November 9, 2021).
- 19 Jul 2015
- News
If World Leaders Can Skip Deadlines, Why Can’t I?
- 28 Jun 2015
- News
Ignore June 30: Time is on the Side of a Better Iran Deal
- 23 Mar 2017
- News
Incentives Don’t Help People Change, but Peer Pressure Does
- August 2011 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)
By: Tsedal Neeley
Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces... View Details
Keywords: Teaching; Human Capital; Change Management; Transformation; Social Enterprise; Communication Strategy; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Leadership; Global Strategy; Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Japan
Neeley, Tsedal. "Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)." Harvard Business School Case 412-002, August 2011. (Revised April 2013.)