Domination - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2021
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Making Marketplaces Safe: Dominant Individual Rationality and Applications to Market Design

Often market designers cannot force agents to join a marketplace rather than using pre-existing institutions. We propose a new desideratum for marketplace design that guarantees the safety of participation: Dominant Individual Rationality (DIR). A marketplace is DIR if... View Details

Keywords: Dominant Individual Rationality; Market Design; Safety

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Visual Attention to Powerful Postures: People Avert Their Gaze from Nonverbal Dominance Displays

By: Elise Holland, Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Christine Looser and Amy Cuddy

This paper investigates whether humans avert their gaze from individuals engaging in nonverbal displays of dominance. Although past studies demonstrate that both humans and nonhuman primates direct more visual attention to high-status others than low-status others,... View Details

Keywords: Nonverbal Behavior; Eye-tracking; Dominance; Nonverbal Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Power and Influence

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Dominic Russel is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. His current research interests are in financial economics, public economics, and the economics of social networks. He has previously worked as a financial analyst at the Consumer Financial... View Details

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Dominic Mensah

Coming to HBS is like... Entering a journey of self-reflection on and immersion in your purpose. It is a courageous leap of faith—a deliberate choice to forgo a “safer” path and confront passion head-on. Before HBS, I balanced a role in strategy consulting with a... View Details

27 Aug 2013
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The Global Dominance of ESPN

02 Jun 2009
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Is Twitter dominated by men?

29 Jul 2015
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South Koreans Bristle At Growing Dominance Of Family-Run Conglomerates

2002
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Dominant Designs, Technology Cycles, and Organizational Outcomes

By: Michael L. Tushman and Johann Peter Murmann

Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology; Outcome or Result

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18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

there." At the same time, she has observed, by hogging the discussion, these leaders not only limited their own learning but also made the class less productive as a whole. Gino wondered if the same dynamic could be occurring in business, with View Details

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28 Apr 2016
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Health Care Dominates HBS Startup Comp

01 Sep 2006
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China Dominates HBS Business Plan Contest

The economic power and emerging opportunities in China inspired winners in the tenth annual HBS Business Plan Contest last April. Tingting Zhong (MBA ’06) won first place in the traditional track for 8Baorice, a company that aims to create an online community focused... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2021
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Granular Corporate Hedging Under Dominant Currency

By: Laura Alfaro, Mauricio Calani and Liliana Varela

Foreign currency use can be a source of risk associated with currency mismatches, which firms can hedge using FX derivatives. This paper uncovers five novel facts about firms’ use of foreign currency (FX) derivatives employing a unique dataset covering the universe of... View Details

Keywords: FX Derivatives; Hedging; Currency; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Chile

June 2019
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Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products

By: Mark Egan

I study how brokers distort household investment decisions. Using a novel convertible bond dataset, I find that consumers often purchase dominated bonds—cheap and expensive versions of otherwise identical bonds coexist in the market. The empirical evidence suggests... View Details

Keywords: Brokers; Fiduciary Standard; Consumer Finance; Structured Products; Household; Investment; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Conflict of Interests

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01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

the Financial Crisis is for those who plan to work in the financial services industry, since it is dominated by a variety of intermediaries that channel savings and investments. Globalization and Emerging Markets is for students... View Details

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