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  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

postpone the vote with the intention of reintroducing the proposal at some point in the future, or cancel the proposal for good? And what should they do with Mason, which management viewed as an "empty voter" in this matter?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

being a pioneer of impact investing: the application of investment practices in the delivery of high impact social interventions, with the intent of providing positive financial returns to investors. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

games. Our dictators can purchase signals about why the recipients are poor. We find that a third of the dictators are willing to pay a dollar to learn more about their recipient. Dictators who devote resources to acquiring information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

the former and disapprove of action in the latter, despite identical consequences. The difference is often explained in terms of the intention principle—whether the consequences are intended or incidental. Our results suggest that when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008

the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 141R. Purchase the note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108067 ADR Choices Harvard Business School Note 908-040 Six different business disputes, all in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

company and a publicly-traded company. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507001 Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018

evaluating—and helping to redesign—the posting of restaurant hygiene scores on Yelp.com. Implementing a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that posting restaurant hygiene scores on Yelp leads to a 12% decrease in purchase View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

Burton had to assess the plans from a global perspective. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508009 The Hertz Corporation (A) Harvard Business School Case 208-030 Examines the leveraged... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

consumers to purchase more than one brand. When consumers purchase all varieties from which they derive non-negative net utility, there is no competition, so that each firm behaves like an unconstrained... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

that have led to asset impairments. More recently, the Bulgarian energy regulator announced its intentions to seek a 30% price reduction on a power purchase agreement signed over ten years ago with AES.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Clicks and Mortar

will move your purchasing to the digital space after visiting the pop-ups, so it’s not meant to be a channel of distribution; it’s an acquisition engine and a way to make a brand splash in a particular market. AM: Warby Parker also has... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Jan 2004
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Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963

could be part of the solution. These interests seem anything but dichotomous to Nielsen, whose passionate interest in education extends back to 1969, when he and his business partner, Kirby Cramer (68th AMP, 1974), were looking to View Details
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles or refrigerators); when asked to list the first people they knew who came to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year

the weapon, if the only intention for making the purchase was to do harm within a certain period of time. “The most plausible explanation as to why waiting periods work is this: People have visceral states,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

momentum during the transition, corporate leaders were intent on continuing to use Gillette as a catalyst of change. Purchase this supplement: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/309032-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

entrepreneurs. Designed for entrepreneurial and international business courses. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807075 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Harvard Business School Case 407-028 Bill... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

purchased bundles may not always purchase pure consoles, even though consoles may be cheaper than bundles. The type of bundling chosen is critical to extracting value from consumers, with pure bundling... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-022.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAirbus vs. Boeing (B): Should Airbus Build the VLCT Alone? Harvard Business School Supplement 707-448 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace