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- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Benjamin Abstract—I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the competition and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
regulation Low consumer power High barriers to entry A dominant business model that is tightly integrated Leadership dominance—usually the impact of founders Conversely, the following characteristics can shorten an industry life-cycle... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30
selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US Census micro data on firm-level output, R&D and patenting. The model provides a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10
"song-sales" equation estimated using the seemingly unrelated regression method, explicitly accounts for the interaction between sales for the bundle and its components. I find that revenues decrease significantly as digital downloading becomes more prevalent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5
contract with the Iraqi government. In addition, the executives in London and Beijing needed to decide whether it made sense to exercise the option they had just purchased. Would they be throwing good money after bad by investing in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009
within the household. We find positive impacts, particularly for women who have below-median decision-making power in the baseline, and we find this leads to a shift towards female-oriented durables goods purchased in the household.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state police powers to control competitive practices and price outcomes for ordinary goods and services was nothing less than a constitutional revolution, which would also affect labor standards, wage legislation, and View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
Indeed, Morgantown's system provides more than 10,000 rides per day, continuing for decades with good reliability. Q: What is the potential now for PRTs to "take off," so to speak? What are the incentives both for PRT businesses... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be fairly View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
variety of applications and services that drive the popularity of software. The first principle focuses on enabling choice: firms should allow consumers and partners to have a real choice between complementary products and services from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
movie admissions was the highest since the late 1950s, and box office revenues grew to $9.5 billion. Internationally, box office grosses are even higher—also at record levels. Total grosses for 2003 will probably not be far behind. All of this is View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions about government policies and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
techniques, the changes in reimbursement for free-standing ambulatory surgery centers, the rise of telemedicine, and consumers’ preferences for surgery outside of the hospitals, will be accelerated by the closing of hospitals for “elective” surgery. View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
financing them jointly on a single balance sheet, especially when it is costly to set up project companies? The answer is that the creation of a new project company affects not only the decision to invest but also the subsequent value of the investment. A View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39907 Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'? Organizational Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation By: Gulati, Ranjay, Ryan Raffaelli, and Jan Rivkin Abstract—A View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
Forest L. Reinhardt, and Vishal Vasishth Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract To shed light on individuals' willingness to pay for "green" goods (i.e., View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
through these questions, you’ll know that you’ve approached the problem in the right way—not just as a good manager but as a thoughtful human being. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51554 September 2016... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
gender congruent domains than gender incongruent domains. This is primarily driven by differential reactions to exogenously received good news about own ability: both men and women react more to good news... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20
Working PapersGray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing (revised) Authors:Romana Autrey and Francesco Bova Abstract Gray markets arise when a manufacturer's products are sold outside of its authorized channels, for instance when View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace