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Researchers are increasingly turning to machine learning (ML) algorithms to investigate causal heterogeneity in randomized experiments. Despite their promise, ML algorithms may fail to accurately ascertain heterogeneous treatment effects under practical settings with... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Mathematical Methods

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Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews

By: Jun Seok Kang, Polina Kuznetsova, Yejin Choi and Michael Luca

Restaurant hygiene inspections are often cited as a success story of public disclosure. Hygiene grades influence customer decisions and serve as an accountability system for restaurants. However, cities (which are responsible for inspections) have limited resources to... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Food; Governance Compliance; Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Public Administration Industry; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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30 May 2007
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Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator’s Dilemma

Keywords: by Charles A. O’Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

25 May 2007
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Self-Regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental Problems: Perspectives and Contributions from the Management Literature

Keywords: by Andrew King & Michael W. Toffel

2021
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International Evidence on the Effects of a Local Presence by U.S. Credit Rating Agencies

By: Liran Eliner, Michael Machokoto and Anywhere Sikochi

Major U.S. credit rating agencies are criticized for failing to understand developments in other economies and thereby impeding capital access by assigning lower ratings. Consistent with this, we find that Moody's and S&P credit ratings are more favorable after the... View Details

Keywords: Credit Rating Agencies; Credit Ratings; Rating Adjustments; Rating Disagreement; Geographic Proximity; Soft Information; Credit; Geographic Location; Local Range

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07 Jan 2010
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International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

Keywords: by David Collis, David Young & Michael Goold

17 Jun 2009
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Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-Cultural Relationships

Keywords: by Roy Y.J. Chua & Michael W. Morris

28 Apr 2010
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Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

Keywords: by David Vogel, Michael Toffel, Diahanna Post & Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon

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Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

The ‘IKEA Effect’: When Labor Leads to Love

Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses

Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

How Should We Pay for Health Care?

The Role of Incentive Salience in Habit Formation

Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification

Spreading the Health: Americans' Estimated and Ideal Distributions of Death and Health(care)

Towards a New Approach for Upgrading Europe’s Competitiveness

Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior

Statistical Inference for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Discovered by Generic Machine Learning in Randomized Experiments

Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews

Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator’s Dilemma

Self-Regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental Problems: Perspectives and Contributions from the Management Literature

International Evidence on the Effects of a Local Presence by U.S. Credit Rating Agencies

International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-Cultural Relationships

Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

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