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Crowd Sourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-MakingCrowd Sourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making   

Hollywood insiders have created "The Black List," which helps surface good but often overlooked scripts. Does the wisdom of the crowd work at the box office? Research by Hong Luo. 
16 Sep 2019  |  Research & Ideas

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Making the Right Technical Hire

by Julia Austin
  • 05 SEP 2019
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  • Sharpening Your Skills
CEOs are usually more comfortable making key hires on the business side of the house than the technology side. Here is what executives need to understand about technical hires, according to Julia Austin.

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 MAY 2017
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  • Research & Ideas
African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues.

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.

New Working Papers 

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

Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing

by Rembrand Koning, Sharique Hasan, and Aaron Chatterji
  • 06 SEP 2019

The Value of Intermediation in the Stock Market

by Marco Di Maggio, Mark Egan, and Francesco Franzoni
  • 05 SEP 2019

Legislators' Response to Changes in the Electorate: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

by Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka, and Marco Tabellini
  • 02 SEP 2019

Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the US Medical Device Industry

by Cirrus Foroughi and Ariel Dora Stern
  • 28 AUG 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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