The role of data analysis in communication, persuasion, and decision-making is discussed. Some problems with current … data-analysis practice are presented, including communication, complex models, large data bases, one-pass processing, rigid …

102 firms to study if CEO turnover impacts employees' communication flows. We find that CEO turnover leads to an initial … decrease in intra-firm communication, followed by a significant increase approximately five months after the CEO change. The … increase is driven primarily by vertical (i.e. manager to employee) communication. Greater increases in communication after CEO …

A distinct feature of MNCs is a three-tier organizational structure: foreign managers (FMs) supervise domestic managers … knowledge. We develop a model in which DMs learn general management by communicating with FMs, but communication effort is non …-contractible. These conditions generate sub-optimal communication within the MNC. If communication is complementary with language skills …

managers improves the efficiency of the transmission of knowledge across countries. The model further delivers the prediction … that the positive effect of middle skills on offshoring is weaker, the more advanced are communication technologies in the …

learning algorithm. The algorithm uncovers two distinct behavioral types: "leaders" and "managers". Leaders focus on multi …-function, high-level meetings, while managers focus on one-to-one meetings with core functions. Firms with leader CEOs are on average …