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- 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007
Abstract We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is initially high in a treatment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
legal change applied). These reductions in agency costs were followed by an increase in average leverage and a reduction in interest costs. Finally, we can estimate the welfare implications of agency costs, because firm values increased...
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Martha Lagace
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Marla Malcolm Beck
When most high school seniors were thinking about college applications and prom dates, Marla Malcolm Beck was thinking about business. Smart and athletic, Beck played volleyball and softball and she was accepted to the University of...
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Lara Hodgson
It seemed patently inefficient; the small businesses with a high cost of capital essentially funding the big players with all the cash. While many entrepreneurs might have been sunk by the conundrum,...
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- 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015
underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry corruption risk, and governance...
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Carmen Nobel
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
context of the health-care industry drew instant attention. Preventable medical errors resulting in injury cost the industry somewhere between $9 billion and $15 billion a year, the report stated. Even more shockingly, by some measures...
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Prita Kumar
studios, subscribers get high quality instruction on demand for as little as $9.99 a month, far less than the cost of a fitness club membership. This is not your 1980s-vintage Jane Fonda workout. Booya is a...
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- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
the high cost of replacing iPod batteries (since corrected). The newsgroups, discussion boards, and blogs may contain the seeds of ideas and notions about cutting-edge behaviors suggestive of everything from...
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by James Heskett
- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
neglect the unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized hiring to centralized hiring at our research...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
students to examine Suncor's strategic positioning and cost structure, and the challenges that the firm's leaders confront as of 2007. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
broader impact on the world. “It was super flattering to be selected,” says Nussey, whose companies have created thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in value over his career. He cofounded a software company in high school and...
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Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
attractiveness, which is the cost of factor inputs relative to a country's competitiveness. This analysis reveals important insight into the economic trajectory of individual countries. Our framework also offers a novel methodology for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'...
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by Staff
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
health-care system is in critical condition: The cost of U.S. health care not only hampers its citizens’ well-being and the country’s ability to compete globally, but it also draws funding away from other sectors, such as education, where...
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- 22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015
Sakis, Shalini Rao, Daniela Saltzman, and George Serafeim Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50239 December 2015 Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Time-Driven Activity-Based View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
and Jonathan T. Kolstad Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We consider the welfare economics of firm entry when input supply is inelastic. Prior studies suggest that with elastic supply of inputs, free entry is likely to lead...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
suggest that in many commonly regulated markets in which firms share similar cost structures, firms are likely to experience incentives to ratchet down and delay the introduction of innovative products. The study highlights the importance...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
the dark of evening. “I got a package here; just need a signature,” he says, straining for a look inside the house. Whitman tilts her phone 90 degrees, switching from landscape to portrait mode, which triggers a shift in perspective: Now...
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- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information segregation). Consistent with these benefits and costs, we find that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
but resistance becomes more deadly. Coalition military morale has collapsed. The outcome will be decided by approaching US elections. High economic and political costs force rethinks. Oil drives all....
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