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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
strive to compete globally, their relationships with local communities have changed, says HBS Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. "Now that many businesses have focused beyond our borders," she says, "the ties with home communities that have...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
Two years ago, the World Management Survey on organizational leadership reported that firms led by family CEOs (managers related to the family owning the business) are often managed badly, particularly those where a first-born son has...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
leadership, finance, and operations skills that senior health-care professionals need to transform care delivery in their organizations. Presented in three one-week modules offered over a nine-month period, the program is structured around the main themes of View Details
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
use investment capital to create social change. Key Themes: The social impact bond is a unique financial contract that allows investors to fund social service organizations with the potential to earn a return. Returns, if any, are directly View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading firms co-locate with direct market competitors,...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16918 Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
democratic decision-making and accountability," Ebrahim told the committee. As author of NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting, and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2003), co-editor of Global Accountabilities:...
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by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract Today's firms are increasingly embedded in networks of alliances and other ties that influence...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
show that politicians use school ties as a mechanism to engage in vote trading ("logrolling"), and that alumni networks help facilitate the procurement of discretionary earmarks. Publisher's link:...
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Anna Secino
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
Review The Art of Giving and Receiving Advice By: Garvin, David A., and Joshua D. Margolis Abstract—The article looks at giving and receiving advice as an element of organizational leadership and managerial ability. It suggests that the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
corporate bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
networks-communities of agents (people or firms) and the ties among them-on corporate behavior and governance. The empirically rich studies in the book are largely concerned with mechanisms for the emergence of governance networks rather...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
individuals lower in inter-cultural capability are less likely to share new ideas in inter-cultural ties but not intra-cultural ties. This effect is mediated by tie-level affect-based trust but not cognition-based trust. Theoretical and...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
attractive to new actors, thereby limiting formation of bridging ties to outside clusters; and (3) fragmentation of the small-world network, or the small-world system's inability to retain current clusters. The study uses data on...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to be related to the business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
non-market strategy. While there have been excellent studies highlighting the importance of preemption in Private Politics, political ties in Public Politics, and forum shopping in Integrated Political Strategy, it is unclear if these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
PublicationsMeeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer Publication:Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice (forthcoming) An abstract is...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
and cultural heritage of eastern Kentucky. By the turn of the millennium, however, financial instability, lack of a strategic plan, and leadership churn had begun to eat away at what had once been a vibrant institution with deep ties to...
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- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
team to deliver a highly customized solution that absolutely requires Julia's expertise. This case presents an opportunity for students to analyze two prevailing aspects of organizational life: working in teams and working under pressure....
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Sean Silverthorne