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- 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006
theory, we show how and why these anomalies may occur when cross elasticities are estimated for pairs of brands that are substitutes. We empirically examine these issues in the context of the widely used Multiplicative Competitive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
University's most influential professors and the author of numerous books and publications including On Competition (HBSP 1998) and co-author of Can Japan Compete? (Perseus Press, 2000), told the audience that it's time to look at inner...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
number that maximizes joint utility); (ii) an equilibrium selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
years, we've produced sixteen teaching cases, two conceptual notes, and a working paper. Q: The performance problems of U.S. public education are receiving growing attention. How are urban schools performing in terms of student...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
difficulty is that doctors and hospitals usually do not bear the eventual downstream costs of shorter visits. “Because of the fragmented way we deliver and pay for care, no single provider internalizes the total cost of treating the patient,” he says. Entrepreneurial...
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- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
on moral grounds, since they don’t feel they did anything wrong. The problem is a big one for stock photo agencies—not just because of loss of revenue but also because unchecked abuse cuts into future business by motivating some violators...
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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
worried about the ascendance of China, while firms in Taiwan and Hong Kong have reaped enormous benefits from Chinese economic expansion, according to Huang. He presented his new research proposal to an audience of faculty and doctoral...
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
our time a different way." Directors' reflections on the board's role had multiple dimensions. For some, the question was whether and how exclusively the board should focus on compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In their...
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by Jay Lorsch
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and the socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the transactions of field-constituents with the new industry constructed the...
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Anna Secino
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
them pot in a cookie, they have no problem with it." The potentially high price of retail marijuana, however, leaves frequent recreational users in a bind. To escape price inflation, they could grow their own pot at home, but that's...
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- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
professor Wasserman to learn more about his research.New Business: Tell us about your research. Noam Wasserman: My research focuses on founder frustrations in entrepreneurial firms, with a particular emphasis on the core issues of organization building that cause View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
demonstrate their impact on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. This article draws on several cases to build a performance assessment framework premised on an organization's operational mission, scale, and scope. Not all...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
the problem of not knowing exactly who you're walking with. "Transparency is nationally driven, not something transplanted," she said. Beyond The Telescope Panelist Donovan of Bain & Company urged students in the View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
multiple stakeholders, including funders, boards, and clients—all while staying true to a core mission and values. In today's climate of scarce economic resources, the pressure for nonprofits to show quantifiable results is greater than...
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by Julia Hanna
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
significant reevaluation in the context of organizations pursuing multiple objectives. We proceed, first, by drawing on an extensive literature review to assess the way in which organizational democracy has been conceptualized in recent...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
incentive to consume more applications than the social optimum to better satisfy their preference for variety); (2) an equilibrium selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological...
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by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
society) than any other development in the past decade. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded way to a new global century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. Instead, we are seeing View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
The problem with big data is that there is, well, so much of it. Analyzing it is like trying to sip from a firehose. Just in time, a new book on the art and science of quantitative analysis arrives this week. In Keeping Up with the...
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- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
Gulati, the problem starts with corporate growing pains. When businesses are small, they organize themselves into clear functional units, tapping experts in each respective function to make sure each unit excels. But as they grow, these...
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by Carmen Nobel