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The Business of Saving the PlanetThe Business of Saving the Planet 

The biggest challenge facing today's business leaders? Making their operations in harmony with the environment. Read the latest research around building sustainability into business processes and management practices. 
11 Feb 2019  |  Research & Ideas

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Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Jan 2019
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  • Research & Ideas
In today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive, warns Ashley Whillans.

Why Employers Favor Men

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2017
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  • Research & Ideas
Why are women discriminated against in hiring decisions? Research by Katherine Coffman, Christine Exley, and Muriel Niederle finds the answer is more subtle than expected.

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

by Martha Lagace
  • 07 Feb 2019
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  • Book
Large companies can be easy targets for disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are steps that can keep them ahead of the innovation curve. Rule 1: Don't emulate startup cultures.

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Jul 2018
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  • Research & Ideas
In earlier research, Kathleen McGinn and colleagues discovered that adult kids of working moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too.

New Working Papers 

Scholarly papers that describe original research in a narrow field of study.

Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

by Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov
  • 11 FEB 2019

The IBM PC

by Carliss Y. Baldwin
  • 11 FEB 2019

Platform Systems vs. Step Processes—The Value of Options and the Power of Modularity

by Carliss Y. Baldwin
  • 08 FEB 2019

Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

by Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
  • 07 FEB 2019

The Research Exchange 

The Research Exchange is a way for faculty and corporate partners to collaborate on the following field studies.

Transparency & Productivity

Ethan Bernstein

Best Practices for Considering Contract Workers

Christopher Stanton

Causes and Consequences of Withholding Critical Feedback in Organizations

Ashley Whillans and Chuck Howard

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