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- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
around a first wave of globalization from the mid-nineteenth century until the 1920s and a second wave that started after World War 2, intensified from the 1980s until around the 2008 global financial crisis. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
direct reports, as well as the direct reports of their peers. This pushes managers to work together to determine which employees to recommend for new opportunities across teams. Build a culture of innovation, learning, and recognition To...
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by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either junior or senior employees to seek to improve reported relative performance...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest. China seemed without peer. Decline came fast. By 1900, China had been invaded,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781591841395,00.html The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups Authors:E. Caruso, N. Epley, and M. H. Bazerman. Periodical:Journal of Personality and Social View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
helps cultivate the kind of behavior and culture the firm wants to support on a day-to-day basis,” Soltes says. “That requires a different and more innovative approach than many firms are currently deploying.” About the Author Michael...
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by Michael Blanding
- February 2009
- Teaching Note
AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly! (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [609004].
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Growth and Development;
Production;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Investment;
Industry Clusters;
Groups and Teams;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competency and Skills;
Engineering;
Science;
Geographic Location;
Semiconductor Industry;
Germany;
Europe;
United States
- May 2010
- Supplement
Clayton Industries, Inc.: Peter Arnell, Country Manager for Italy, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Benjamin H. Barlow
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Organizational Behavior;
International Business;
Subsidiaries;
Project Management;
Multinational Corporations;
Implementing Strategy;
Leadership;
Business Subsidiaries;
Behavior;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizations;
Labor Unions;
Organizational Culture;
Product Development
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
worker productivity by using data from two important applications—police hiring and teacher tenure decisions. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50430 December 2015 Current Opinion in Psychology The What and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
markets and ecosystems through their ability to transfer a package of financial, organizational, and cultural assets, skills, and ideologies across national borders. It argues such firms have been shapers of, as well as responders to,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
task force effort was consistent with IBM's history of promoting equal opportunity, the use of the task force structure to address issues of diversity represented a significant culture shift. IBM was an organization that had discouraged...
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by David A. Thomas
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture By: Padavic, Irene, R. Ely, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
building a culture based on collaboration, teamwork, and respect—and not tolerating employees who dominate or treat other employees as if they are there to serve them. Leaders sometimes inadvertently send the wrong message by excusing—or...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- April 1993 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
ABB Deutschland (A)
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Describes Europe's most famous postwar multinational merger between Asea of Sweden and Brown Boveri of Switzerland. Gives background on both companies and focuses particularly on BBC's geographic organization, its corporate culture, and the relationship between its...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Subsidiaries;
Corporate Governance;
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Behavior;
Business Strategy;
Sweden;
Switzerland
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Deutschland (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-130, April 1993. (Revised September 1996.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage in self-deception, inferring that their elevated performance is a sign of intelligence. This short-term psychological benefit of self-deception, however, can come with longer-term...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
Sadun says. The Importance Of Trust That said, Sadun notes that technology is hardly the only factor that determines whether a firm allows decision-making both up and down the corporate ladder. Another major factor lies in cultural...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global organizations communicate and negotiate linguistic and cultural differences. Bringing together 650 interviews conducted across Rakuten’s locations in Brazil,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
otherwise fail emissions tests. We find that for a significant number of inspectors, leniency is much higher for those customers with standard vehicles than for those with luxury cars, although a smaller group appears to favor wealthy drivers. We also investigate the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Most people believe that bad weather conditions reduce productivity. In this research, we predict and find just the opposite. Drawing on cognitive View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
as on how it should evolve. Since 1980 General Electric, for instance, has continued to reinvent itself in every field from wind energy to medical diagnostics; and it enjoyed a $22.5 billion profit in 2007. Organizations that foster execution-as-learning provide...
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Martha Lagace