Showing 1 - 10 of 58
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479059
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599332
What prevents the spread of information among coworkers, and which management practices facilitate workplace knowledge flows? We conducted a field experiment in a sales company, addressing these questions with three active treatments. (1) Encouraging workers to talk about their sales techniques...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479184
We investigate how communication within banks affects small business lending. Using travel time between a bank … evaluate the impact of within bank communication costs on small business loans. Consistent with Stein's (2002) model of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479821
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533356
We report results from a field experiment in which a randomized subset of newly hired workers at a large financial institution received a flyer containing information about the employer's 401(k) plan and the value of contributions compounding over a career. Younger workers who received the flyer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459070
We study whether prompts to form and recall a plan can increase individuals' responsiveness to reminders to make and attend beneficial appointments. At four companies, all employees due for a colonoscopy were randomly assigned to receive either a control mailing or a treatment mailing. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460664
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000937532
We present quantitative and qualitative evidence (field research) on university technology transfer offices (TTOs). These offices negotiate licensing agreements with firms to commercialize university-based technologies. A stochastic frontier production function framework is used to assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471534
We study the impact of information and communication technology on growth through its impact on organization and …, improvements in communication technology may lead to lower growth and even to stagnation, as the payoff to exploiting innovations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464941