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We formulate the problem of determining an optimally deceptive strategy in a repeated game framework. We assume that two players are engaged in repeated play. During an initial time period, Player 1 may deceptively train his opponent to expect a specific strategy. The... View Details

Keywords: Deception; Strategy; Game Theory

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2006
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Organizational Sociology and the Analysis of Work

By: Heather Haveman and Mukti Khaire

Keywords: Society; Organizations; Labor; Theory

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Feminist Analysis of Micro Research on Gender in Organizations: Suggestions for Advancing the Field

By: R. Ely and Irene Padavic

Keywords: Research; Organizations; Theory; Gender

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1991
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Transfer Pricing as a Problem of Agency

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Price; Agency Theory

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October 1991
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Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (B)

Updates students to 1982. Asks students to consider Philips' best strategy for investing in disc-pressing capacity dedicated to the United States market. The analysis draws on game theoretic techniques (in normal form with subgame perfection as the governing... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Competition; Game Theory; Technology Industry

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2024
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Jerry R. Green (1946-)

By: Eddie Dekel, John Geanakoplos and Scott Duke Kominers

Jerry Green has a deep and long-standing connection to Harvard University, and in particular with its Economics Department. This paper begins by reviewing his intellectual background, and then turns to exploring how he has influenced scholars through his wide-ranging... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Microeconomics; Theory; History; Game Theory; Decision Choices and Conditions; Education Industry; North America; United States; Cambridge; Massachusetts; Boston

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05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

A large amusement park. A long line at an airport. A children's summer camp in Italy. What do these places have in common? Surprisingly, all are settings for serious research by Harvard Business School faculty. There's a sea change afoot in the world of business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Jul 2009
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Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes

Keywords: by Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman

31 Jan 2007
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Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

15 Feb 2000
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The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development cycles, crowded markets, and... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross