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- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
precision of the information about the realized state and (b) on the level of information asymmetry between the two parties regarding the preferences of each. We test these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
markets, but they can create new growth. The disruption of integrated steel mills by steel minimills demonstrates how low-end disruptors harness what we call asymmetries of motivation. Minimills first took hold in the steel industry in... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 24 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy
backfiring,” Luca notes. Customers seek out Black-owned restaurants For the study, Yelp and Wayfair provided data on their platforms and programs. On Yelp, this included information about platform page views, phone calls, reservations,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
Remember the old saying: "It is not the size of the dog in the fight. It is the size of the fight in the dog." Gauging asymmetries is so essential to predicting outcomes because the availability of View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
to receive favorable loan terms. First, bank relationships formed through repeated transactions reduce inefficiencies from information asymmetry between the lender and the leveraged buyout firm. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
stars, Groysberg says the evidence "strongly suggests the wisdom of hiring from firms with similar orientations and lesser or equivalent quality" that are less "resource-rich" than one's own, with every effort made to redress the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
expect to deal, to feel like they are getting the best price possible. “The dealers argue that they set the price, that Lexus is just the manufacturer,” Schlesinger says. In reality, in the current arrangement, dealers enjoy an View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads Authors:Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim Abstract Finance theory suggests that information risk—that is, the uncertainty regarding valuation parameters for an underlying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
that our proxy is associated with earnings and real activities management. Overall, the results show that the time horizon of conference call narratives can be informative regarding managers' myopic behavior. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
"Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs," describes this research. Q: What are you working on next? A: I'm working with David Levine (UC Berkeley) to examine... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
or base, and the extensions. There's an asymmetry between these two because the base can be used without the extensions, but to use the extensions you need the base. So, there are a few overall business models that currently exist in the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
difference-in-differences, matching estimations, and regression discontinuity designs. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50014 Experimental Evidence of Pooling Outcomes Under Information View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
foster care, the vast number of children available for adoption is the most obvious "low-tech" solution to satisfy demand. However, this availability is complicated by racial preferences (most people want children who look like them), View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
relatively higher information asymmetry was reduced following mandatory adoption of IFRS. Rather, we find that differences in information View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
arise when cross-price elasticities are estimated for a set of brands expected to be substitutes. These anomalies are the occurrence of: (a) negatively signed cross-elasticities; and (b) sign asymmetries in pairs of cross price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
more credible monitoring regimes to reduce information asymmetries between themselves and their suppliers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343802 Cases & Course Materials Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
for Linux to take over Windows. The questions that we address are: Is Linux's superior demand-side learning sufficient to win out? What is the effect of forced procurement by governments and some large corporations on the long-run equilibrium? How do cost View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
management, and higher ROA. These effects are concentrated at innovating firms—those firms that are early-life-cycle or engage in R&D spending—and especially at those facing Wall Street scrutiny. Collectively, the evidence suggests that early-life-cycle firms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
staggered boards can be beneficial for early-life-cycle firms, which exhibit greater information asymmetries between insiders and investors. These results are validated using a larger sample of firms from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne