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- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to individual patent records. International patent citations confirm knowledge diffuses through ethnic networks, and manufacturing output in foreign countries increases with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
expectations of their trainees confirm the notion that partisan perceptions often shape behavior. At the negotiating table, clinging firmly to the idea that one's counterpart is stubborn or extreme, for example, is likely to trigger just... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
that term, allowing its users to "consume" information in ways that were formerly unavailable to them due to cost, complexity, or both. The fact that half a billion consumers willingly engage on Twitter's platform confirms the viability... View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
a methodology developed by Bratu and Barnhart to estimate the corresponding passenger delays. Some of their findings confirm what veteran travelers have often suspected, while others offer surprising insights. Some highlights and... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
derived predictions, does not confirm the private information hypothesis. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1134943 Working PapersFiduciary Duties and Equity‐Debtholder Conflicts Authors:Bo Becker and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
analyze data as it comes in so that you can confirm or reorient your strategy, if necessary. That way, you can align your tactical decisions with your larger objectives. The more efficiently you manage this process, the more up to date... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
(DA) at North Atlantic Hospital (NAH), faces several significant challenges. Staff satisfaction surveys confirmed her assessment that department faculty morale was low, the tenure and promotion system was perceived as opaque and biased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
agency-theory derived predictions, does not confirm the private information hypothesis. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-106.pdf Cases & Course Materials Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
provided to customers as a consequence of reduced marginal costs for a task. We find that an increase in physicians' capacity for ordering ultrasounds (U/S) resulted in an 11.5 percentage point increase in the probability of an U/S being ordered, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
between the structure of a development organization and the architecture of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products are often said to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations from which they come. Such a link, if View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
ad platforms such as Google AdWords exacerbate typosquatting. However, our investigations also confirm the feasibility of significantly reducing typosquatting. We find that typosquatting is highly concentrated: of typo domains showing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
confirmed this notion using the detailed database, updated in real time until the end of May. There is a “stark difference between the announcements as a share of GDP in the developed countries relative to the developing countries,” says... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
task. Intrusions of the film, intrusion qualities, and sequence memory were measured afterwards. Results. We confirmed our hypothesis that UT (versus CT or mere distraction) leads to fewer intrusions, thereby replicating earlier research.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
the largest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside of China, but new cases have decreased sharply since then. As of May 25, only 16 new daily cases were reported, bringing the cumulative total number of cases to 11,206 and 267... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
toward less profitable R&D firms. The latter is key to generating higher cash ratios at IPO, necessary for the secular increase, whereas the former mechanism amplifies this effect. The data confirm the prominent role played by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
self-downloads on SSRN, the leading working paper repository in the social sciences, to show that employees higher in a hierarchy are more likely to engage in deception, particularly when the employee has enjoyed a high level of past success. In a second study, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
find significant evidence for the idea that barriers to entry induce persistence in lobbying. The existence of these costs is further confirmed in studying how firms responded to a particular policy change: the expiration of legislation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
socialization that focused on organizational identity (emphasizing pride from organizational affiliation) and (b) the organization's traditional approach, which focused primarily on skills training. To confirm causation and explore the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Dec 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
New Year, New Habits
research not only confirms change is possible, but outlines ways to make new behaviors stick. Here is research out of Harvard Business School that explores the latest thinking in behavioral research and how big changes can start with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne