Dynamic Treatment Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton and the hard-bargaining style of Herb Cohen's You Can Negotiate Anything. Now Michael Wheeler provides a dynamic alternative to one-size-fits-all strategies that don't match... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

increased resource utilization (i.e., longer average length of stay) for both minor and major teaching hospitals, relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find limited evidence of negative effects on quality as measured... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

2013 elections in Kenya, the Electoral Commission sent 11 million nonpartisan text messages to registered voters in an effort to boost electoral participation. The messages had a positive effect on turnout but also decreased trust in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

growing public discourse cites the rising cost of education and student debt overhang as a contributor to slow economic growth. A parallel discussion explores the causes of the secular decline in business dynamism and entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

promotion. It’s going to affect my performance evaluation. They fear they’ll be viewed as less committed, that they’re going to be suspect. The biggest two effects of having caregiving responsibilities that are hard to reconcile with your... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

out the costs of leaving the EU, citizens have not heard a forward-looking plan on how the country could leverage EU membership more effectively in the future, if the country would decide to stay. The country needs to get on with taking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

more calculations are needed to determine the relative effectiveness of nudging. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52754 The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

less, but you still have to get people to your site. There is no price that will cause people to allocate between different choices, which makes this unlike any other market activity.” The bursty nature of online attention also helps define what is required for View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

and Memphis over 200. The implementation of the strategy in these districts must be purposefully differentiated to be effective across so many schools. All of our districts have projects underway to improve their data collection and... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

year deeply disturbing. I am appalled at the instances of greed and corporate wrongdoing uncovered at firms and organizations once held up as paragons of success, and I am dismayed to see the destructive effect these instances of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

27 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 27

$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

carefully analyzed their incentives but that we know little about the broader strategic dimensions of this market. The paper explores three related strategic dimensions of the certification market: the publicity given to applications, the coarseness of rating patterns,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

effects of a proposed merger. “After a certain point, as we increase dynamic market power, horizontal market power decreases. What that means is that the effect of competition... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

26 Sep 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: How can I negotiate more skillfully and confidently? How can I negotiate in an uncertain environment? Do... View Details

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

revealing to discover that expressing intense emotions during negotiations—even anger—can be effective in certain situations. "The students find out that maybe it's OK to be angry sometimes," Mohan says. "It can work."... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

was a seminal event in the growth of Silicon Valley. CB: The effects of the ensuing competition on modules were better designs and lower prices. Customers were eager to buy the new plug-compatible, non-IBM components. This demand, in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

depended on a more dynamic development of the entire regional economy. On his own initiative, in 1997, Groot launched a private sector-driven effort to enhance the economic development in central Germany, the region located around... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

competitive dynamics in their space. However, managers outside the tech sector will still appreciate the general management lessons throughout the book. Q: What is strategic integrity, and why is it important? A: Every firm has two... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services