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- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. Using an original survey and archival View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
likely to be rewarded for their ideas in male-typed domains when gender is known. This is partly due to discrimination and partly due to differences in self-promotion. External analysis of the chat data provides further insights. Though... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
that exchange. Hand-collected data show that 80% of cross-listed firms opt out of at least one exchange governance rule, instead committing to observe the rules of their home country. Relative to firms that comply, firms that opt out have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
international competition. That was a sign that the US was not doing well in businesses that have to compete internationally. The data also showed what many had known—that wages started stagnating well over a decade ago. The participation... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4
relationship using data from 93 change projects conducted by clinical managers at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The results show social position, both within the field and within the organization, influences actors'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
the parts of Africa that have a heavy disease incidence. MTV has developed a DNA of public service announcements that it claims are of central relevance to its high-risk customer base. How core is this to the strategy of a for-profit firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
data. The third section also provides recent data on infrastructure investments and public-private partnerships. The final section discusses current and likely future trends. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007
using data from the recent redesign of the NYC High School match, which places approximately 90,000 students per year, we document that the extent of potential efficiency loss is substantial. Over 6,800 student applicants in the main... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
destruction is an old idea, going back at least to Schumpeter. We typically associate it with entrepreneurship. Someone has a brilliant new idea, everyone is excited and the entrepreneur and his customers are much better off. But, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
the World Management Survey (WMS) has collected firm-level management practices data across multiple sectors and countries. We developed the survey to try to explain the large and persistent TFP differences across firms and countries.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
customers to deliver services in a rapidly changing, uncertain, and complex environment (e.g., hospitals)—play an important role in the economy. Organizational learning studies in these settings have largely investigated autonomous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
implications of these effects for inventory management. To do that, we analyze data from a leading U.S. retailer who introduced a “ship-to-store” (STS) functionality that allows customers to ship products to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3
locate them in non-mainline business units, such as corporate or philanthropic foundations. Using survey and archival data from 161 Fortune 500 firms, we find support for our hypotheses. Our findings reveal how institutional logics serve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of internalization of advertising services decreases as the size of advertising outlays increase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
direction of value-based competition today and be better off, even if nobody else changes. They will be more efficient, achieve better customer satisfaction, and the physicians involved will feel more pride in what they are doing. We... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
managing relationships with audiences and advertisers. Provides unique insights into the launch of a network—a rare enterprise—and the associated marketing and branding campaign. Also contains rich television ratings data that can form... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace