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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
Fixed—It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—I argue that Uber's intentional malfeasance is its comparative advantage. But having grown through intentional illegality,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
cosmetics and personal care powerhouse declared its intention to double its consumer base to two billion and increase its share of sales from emerging markets. CEO Jean-Paul Agon made it his number one goal to "prepare the company to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
SEOs. We use price pressure resulting from purchases by mutual funds with large capital inflows to identify overvalued equity. This is a relatively exogenous overvaluation indicator as it is associated with who is buying—buyers with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
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...
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
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
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
review the research on when people expect too little or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and consequences of these naive and cynical errors, as well...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
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
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
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...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
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...
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Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
called into question by several significant organizational stumbling blocks. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=106073 PublicationsAgency and Institutions: The Enabling Role of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
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...
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Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
relative to their costs in evaluating a product. So the production method should not be relevant. Anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise. Six studies show how the production method of versioning may be perceived as unfair and unethical and lead to decreased View Details
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
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:...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
facial tracking to explore how marketers can best use entertainment in ads to increase their effectiveness in increasing intent to purchase. The findings suggest that the optimal amount of entertainment differs by type of entertainment...
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Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
relative to costs. Interestingly, a company that exposes costs still sees a decent level of purchase intent even with a fairly high price markup. "We wanted to understand when cost transparency would be...
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- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
contact those rewards customers who had purchased the tainted pet food. Loyalty program data can be enormously advantageous in other ways, such as helping a retailer perform market research, set pricing strategies, and decide whether and...
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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
company. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719456-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-038 Index In December 2017, Marc Freed-Finnegan and Jonathan Wall, the co-founders of retail technology company Index, had to...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
highlights the issues around money market mutual funds in the financial crisis of 2008. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209101-PDF-ENG eReading: Amazon's Kindle Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson, and Mary...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
higher empathic concern for a person in need, which, in turn increased intentions to help. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-079.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Yaron...
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Sean Silverthorne