Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
Deviating from an organization’s prescribed task schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced workers, according to new research from María R. Ibáñez, Jonathan R. Clark, Robert...
View ArticleThis Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-centric
A Turkish-based company pioneers a kinder, gentler method of collecting debt that Professor Dennis Campbell sees as an international model.
View ArticleThe Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
Platform providers Rover.com, OpenBay, and Agora discussed “chicken-and-egg” and other challenges they face at a recent Digital Initiative event at Harvard Business School.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Ideas, April 18
A traditional off-line business learns from big data ... Interest rate conundrums ... De Beers looks beyond diamonds in the rough.
View ArticleCourage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
Courageous leaders inspire employees, energize customers, and position their companies on the front lines of societal change. Bill George explains why there aren't more of them.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research, April 25
Who is cutting the television cord? ... Does a higher minimum wage force restaurants out of business? ... The effects of political connections on regulatory behavior.
View ArticleIs the SEC Captured? Evidence from Comment-Letter Reviews
Evidence from analysis of comment-letter reviews suggests a nuanced relation between politically connected firms and oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission. SEC capture, if it exists, may...
View ArticleAssessing the Quality of Quality Assessment: The Role of Scheduling
This study by Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel finds that inspectors are less stringent later in their workday and after visiting workplaces with fewer problems. Managers and regulators can improve...
View ArticleBad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
A poorly designed job can work against even the most dedicated employee, setting the person up to fail. That’s why Robert Simons has created a free online design job optimization tool.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
The value of a lenient patent application examiner...Lessons from a public relations disaster...How HR can support family caregivers.
View ArticleThe Cross Section of Bank Value
Mark Egan, Stefan Lewellen, and Adi Sunderam identify the primary determinants of cross-sectional variation in bank value.
View ArticleThe Clear Connection Between Slavery and American Capitalism
A new book, edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman, explores the the ties between 19th century economic development and a brutal system of human bondage.
View ArticleSurvival of the Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit
This study by Dara Lee Luca and Michael Luca examines the impact of minimum wage increases on restaurant closures in the San Francisco Bay Area, using data from 2008 through 2016 from the review...
View ArticleMonetary Policy and Global Banking
Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina find that cross-currency flows by global banks affect the cost of foreign exchange hedging, ultimately affecting credit supply in different currencies.
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, May 9
How Do You Reorg Big Bird? ... Organized for a downturn ... Finding a new market for Fitbit.
View ArticleShould Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
One of the most controversial theories in business management is again boiling over. Should management put the shorter-term demands of shareholders over the longer-term needs of the company? What do...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
Starting companies is becoming so quick and cheap that venture capitalists have shifted strategy. Now, more startups get backing—but they have to prove themselves in a hurry, according to research by...
View ArticleCoordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates
A startup typically has more than one investor, each with different incentives. This paper by Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf documents frictions occuring when VCs with differing objectives work...
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