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  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the 19th century, weapons manufacture, like most industries, had been the exclusive domain of skilled craftsmen, whose families had typically been in the trade for generations. Colt View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

  Working PapersStrategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic complements or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

physicians whether an available alternative drug was more or less costly than the advertised drug, primarily because physicians are not always aware of drug prices. Economic research is needed on the comparative transaction prices of View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

provides material for students to stage skits in front of the class to illustrate how and why the cheating occurred.) Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/atlanta-schools-measures-to-improve-performance/an/114001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-542... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

18.2%—an effect driven by substitution of water for sugary drinks. Study 2 showed that graphic warning labels work by heightening negative affect and prompting consideration of health consequences. Study 3 indicated that public support... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

Is mixed bundling more effective than pure bundling or pure components? Does correlation in consumer valuations make bundling more or less effective? Does bundling serve as a complement or substitute to network effects? To address these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

breakthrough the company had hoped for, much remained uncertain—most obvious, would consumers accept Reb A as a substitute for sugar or the myriad sweeteners already established in the marketplace? The potential seemed high given... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

educational experiences that complement classroom work. Last January, four programs took students abroad to China and Vietnam, India, the Middle East, and Europe. Light and many faculty members see an opportunity for HBS to expand the Immersion programs. There's no... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

(retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15551 Labor Regulations and European Private Equity Authors:Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr Abstract European nations substitute between employment protection regulations and labor market expenditures (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2016
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What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

the experience of the auditors on the job—with those who had a longer tenure tending to find and report more violations. Surprisingly, however, level of education had no effect on the findings, implying that learning in school is no View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

individual will perceive entrepreneurial opportunities as well as increase his or her motivation to pursue those opportunities. We find that an individual is more likely to become an entrepreneur if his or her co-workers have been entrepreneurs before. Peer influences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

taxing corporations on foreign profits was that firms choose to invest either at home or abroad. Do we know if the activities abroad of U.S. firms really reduce their activities at home in the way that many people have suggested? A: This intuition that firms View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

favorable expectations when first- and third-party content are substitute (complements). These results hold with both simultaneous and sequential entry of the two sides. With two competing platforms-incumbent facing favorable expectations... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

question that has received less attention, however, is whether focus at the divisional level is complementary with, or a substitute for, focus at the firm level. We explore this question by considering the performance of investigative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Points out the roles of bilateral investment treaties and regional economic agreements in making arbitration accessible to an increasing number of foreign investors. Views the various arrangements as substitutes for a global agreement on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

intertemporal elasticity, optimal capital income tax rates are 2% on average and 4.5% on high earners. We find that the intertemporal elasticity of substitution has a substantial effect on optimal capital taxation. If the intertemporal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

supplier capabilities and hence about future supplier performance. This paper presents a multi-period model of service level competition among suppliers selling substitutable products to a customer that engages in supply learning. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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