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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
medicine in recent years.) This shortcoming, we believe, has a direct bearing on society's ability to demand and obtain responsible conduct from executives, as well as on management's ability to maintain the public trust required for the optimal functioning of our...
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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
considered a reason for sorrow or joy, market dynamics around whole-body donations operate in the United States. It remains crucial to understand how and why these dynamics develop. Scholars, particularly economic sociologists engaging in...
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- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
whether it is in prize-linked or collectible savings. On the sociological end, our research with U.S. savings bonds has been eye-opening. It reveals an old-fashioned impulse lives on: to save on behalf of others. Savings bonds help...
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Science Watch as the August 2011 “Fast Breaking Paper” in Economics and Business. A Fast Breaking Paper is “a very recent scientific contribution that is just beginning to attract the attention of the scientific community.” Boris...
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
the Routledge Companion to Critical Management Studies. She is currently working on a book on racial global capitalism. She also serves on the Nominating Committee of the Nobel Prize in Economics in Sweden. Rebecca Henderson Harvard...
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Ryann Noe
A blended course of study is nothing new for Ryann (she/her) - she earned her undergraduate degree in Economics and English at Williams College, and wrote her honors thesis on children’s literature. “That may not appear to be a common...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
of motives and identification with groups, norms, and culture. In economics we talked about the role leadership plays in coordination and how economic models can help us understand that. History points us to...
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Julia Hanna
- Student-Profile
Do Yoon Kim
showing how strategy emerges, but much of this is too early to tell! Strategy Program The Strategy program is unique in that it’s at the intersection of various fields. I like to think of it as a generous portion of economics mixed in...
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Social Psychology) is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the social psychology of gender and power at work, specializing in the relationship between organizational...
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Porter’s research has focused on the psychological and sociological underpinnings of unconscious bias and their impact on race and gender issues in the workplace. His research suggests that managers’ perceptions of their subordinates are...
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- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
sociologists (and increasingly, economists) view networks to be essential to the functioning of markets, I will review much of the work that has been done in economic sociology on the formation of networks,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
father [Robert K. Merton, a National Medal of Science winner whose work in theoretical sociology at Columbia University has spanned fifty years] has been a strong influence in your life and your career. What did he say when you told him?...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
the chairman's title or the power to appoint board members may be offered as further enticements. Khurana presents his provocative findings effectively, blending conceptual illustrations from sociology and View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving...
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by George Serafeim
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
behalf of families and (b) bank forbearance policies regarding overdrawn customers. We focus on five factors to explain the incidence of involuntary closures: personal traits, community traits, economic trends, bank policies, and credit...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Verlag, 2010 Abstract From small start-ups to global corporations, family-owned businesses were the main pillar of West Germany's economic growth after World War II. They continue to shape the corporate landscape to this day. This book...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia and its contribution to the field of political economy. It focuses especially on the political origins of economic...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency
behavior at the University of Pretoria in which she is currently enrolled. While Meyer is familiar with the demands of being a student - she holds a BA in sociology and communications from the University of South Africa and an M.Ed. in...
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Morgan Baker
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
models of all shapes, ages and abilities. Catherine Connell Dr. Catherine Connell is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University. Dr. Connell is a qualitative researcher focused on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and...
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- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Authors:Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, eds. Publication:Vol. 33, Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011 An abstract is not available at this time. Publisher's...
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Sean Silverthorne