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  • 09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

Hessel, Randal Weber, Sandra Denney, Lee Newcomer, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Purpose: Despite growing interest in bundled payments to reduce the costs of care, this payment method remains largely untested in cancer. This 3-year pilot... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

of the term of the next President. We'll have the mechanism that will bring transparency and have this tax support that will make it possible for people to buy health insurance with pre-tax money. Q: And why are the 5 forces that are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

render their brick-and-mortar formats unable to earn their cost of capital. A few retailers face the challenge of successfully capturing the opportunities ecommerce presents to increase the productivity of their existing brick-and-mortar... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

may not be a pure-strategy equilibria. In the standard case where marginal costs are weakly positive, there is no pure strategy where the lower quality B firm obtains positive market share. We also consider the case where A has negative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

the private—sector, a way out should be easier to arrange even at the cost of bending the rules somewhat once again. But as long as European leaders look at the next local election and their own domestic political interest rather than the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

campaign backfired because the Electoral Commission failed to fulfill its commitment to deliver a transparent and peaceful election. The decrease in trust is stronger in areas that experienced election-related violence and for individuals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

fact that despite careful attention to the importance of neighborhood priority, Boston’s implementation of its 50-50 reserve–open seat split was nearly identical to the outcome of a counterfactual system without any reserves. Transparency... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

accountability: Make information transparent and accessible, by fostering straight talk and communicating the facts, which builds trust and prevents denial. Cultivate collaboration: Create conversations across the organization; talking is... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could promote the health and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a reduction in individual exploration for novel answers) relative to independent problem solving. In contrast to prior work, which has focused on how the presence... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

diverse and relatively unconcentrated size structure appears quite consistent with other research on the underlying economics of this industry. Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity Author:Eric Van den Steen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

inventors. However, the model also shows that as NPEs become effective at bringing frivolous lawsuits, the resulting defense costs inefficiently crowd out some firms that, absent NPEs, would produce welfare-enhancing innovations without... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

Economics Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and Transparency By: Farhi, Emmanuel, Josh Lerner, and Jean Tirole Abstract—The sub-prime crisis has shown a harsh spotlight on the practices of securities underwriters, which provided too... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

From a leadership perspective, social networking is making authentic leadership a reality and a necessity for 21st century leaders. You can't hide on your social network when you're revealing who you are and what you really believe. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

extremely limited. Theoretically, delegation of authority is expected when locally adapted choices are most important to the overall value of the firm, when local information advantages are significant, or when the cost of processing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

much more complicated due in part to the development of mortgage brokers. The new system fueled a bevy of mortgage backed securities and derivatives that were terribly difficult for experts to comprehend, he said. Too much leverage combined with too little View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

  Working PapersDesigning a Two-Sided Platform: When to Increase Search Costs? Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract We propose a model for analyzing an intermediary's incentives to increase the search costs incurred by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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