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- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
taxation that otherwise might seem inconsistent with a rejection of tags. It also has a number of additional implications for policy, each of which improves the match between theory and reality. Q: As you've said, tagging means the... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
537-569 Abstract The deferred acceptance algorithm proposed by Gale and Shapley (1962) has had a profound influence on market design, both directly, by being adapted into practical matching mechanisms, and, indirectly, by raising new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
minorities became discouraged when they failed to be fast-tracked early in their careers. They became demotivated—especially when they saw their white colleagues receive plum assignments and promotions—and de-skilled. As a result, their performance fell to a level that... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
consider the real effects of bank lending shocks and how they permeate the economy through buyer-supplier linkages. We combine administrative data on all firms in Spain with a matched bank-firm-loan dataset incorporating information on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 1993 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The pharmaceutical division of a diversified company has been asked to develop a Balanced Scorecard. Research and development projects take about ten years to bring a new product to the marketplace and the division depends on good relations and active feedback from its... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Customer Relationship Management; Goals and Objectives; Customer Satisfaction; Research and Development; Marketplace Matching; Financial Condition; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Chadwick, Inc.: The Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 193-091, January 1993. (Revised April 1993.)
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
higher quality employee-company matches. While centralized hiring can ensure that enough resources are invested in consistently hiring people aligned with company values, it can also neglect unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
among intermediaries intensifies these problems by increasing the magnitude of their effects and broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We show similar results arise when intermediaries provide matching benefits, namely... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper studies the cost of capital for alternative investments. We document that the risk profile of the aggregate hedge fund universe can be accurately matched by a simple index put... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2017
- Case
Shift Technologies, Inc.
By: Thomas Eisenmann and Nicole Tempest Keller
In 2017, management at Shift, an online marketplace that uses a “high touch,” concierge approach to buy and sell used cars, was formulating plans for the San Francisco–based startup’s next phase of expansion. One option was to preserve Shift’s current business model... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Market Design; Multi-Sided Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Shift Technologies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 818-002, October 2017.
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
increases the odds of the parent bank being selected as a future lender, an advisor, and an underwriter. Collectively, these findings suggest that there are risks in combining banking and private equity investing. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
populous that drove a Toyota Prius in 2008, and the pro-environmental voting record of each city's delegates to the California legislature. They then matched cities that had adopted green-building policies to cities that had not. "We... View Details
- 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007
match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and organization of the market when a match was operating and when it was not.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
different planet, and the negative consequences to many forms of innovation and entrepreneurial investment may be shattering. Without trust in the future, many talented workers may look elsewhere. But isn’t Silicon Valley impossible to View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
Behavior and Performance (1,002) http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-035.pdf http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6865.html Published: November 14, 2011 Paper Released: November 2011 Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim compared a View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007
reversion to very early hiring or the use of a centralized matching system such as that used for medical residencies. We suggest, however, potential avenues by which the clerkship market could stabilize at something like its present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
policy, with a Pareto‐efficient objective that trades off this principle and conventional utilitarianism, is simulated using conventional constraints and methods. A wide range of optimal policy outcomes can result, including those that View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
are skewed disproportionately amongst the rich, as the evidence suggests, then poorer matching in the marriage market will in turn lead to weaker bargaining positions for females. I test this theory and examine its implications for later... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
study the impact of skilled immigrants on the employment structures of U.S. firms using matched employer-employee data. Unlike most previous work, we use the firm as the lens of analysis to account for a greater level of heterogeneity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne