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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
interested than seats available, the school is required to run a random lottery to fill the seats. Charter schools receive public funding on a per pupil basis from federal, state, and local sources. The operating dollars are usually View Details
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
the citizens, whether the team was able to find the household, and the length of the conversation. Surprisingly, they found that ethnicity of the teammates compared to the voters had little bearing on how many households they visited.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
credit expansion was offered. The firms raised borrowing by 61 percent once credit was expanded over 12 months compared to the previous year. That’s the equivalent of 35 cents for every dollar of increased debt capacity. On average, firms... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
percent of explained variance) accounted for more than three times the variance compared to owners (11.12 percent). Coaches accounted for 29.08 percent of explained variance, and general managers accounted for 22.43 percent. One can note... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
excess returns on TIPS as compared to nominal Treasuries over the period 1999-2009. Liquidity-adjusted breakeven inflation appears stable, suggesting stable inflation expectations over our sample period. We find predictability in both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
traction in India. Considers Metro's experience in Russia and China to put the company's challenges in India in comparative perspective. Pays particular attention to the institutional obstacles for a multinational to tap into the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
manager isn’t clear on what or how, try asking them or a colleague what’s been tried before. Or look through internal files or the internet to find templates or examples. Compare the options, pick the one you like best, and then show the... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
demand for the various allergy products, which included several brands and package quantities, while modeling algorithmic price competition by the firms. When compared with a simulation in which each firm exhibited traditional (symmetric)... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
implementations of TTC. Data from New Orleans and Boston indicate that there is little difference across these versions of TTC but significantly less justified envy compared to a serial dictatorship. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
predict how Jane felt about Widget B. The majority of participants in the dissimilar condition—61.5 percent—predicted that Jane disliked Widget B, compared with only 14.8 percent of participants in the similar condition. And when asked... View Details
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
humblebragging garners negative impressions because the strategy seems insincere, compared with pure bragging or pure complaining. They tested the hypothesis in a series of five studies, detailed in the paper Humblebragging: A... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
discrepancy was overlooked for a five-week period, creating a natural experiment that compared how customers reacted to the three wallets that outlined costs versus the two—bone and tan colors—that did not. The researchers found that the... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
increasingly implemented through private voluntary programs-like certification regimes and codes of conduct-that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under which companies adhere to these standards. We conduct one of the first large-scale... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
member and a better golfer as compared to a member wearing a black bowtie, as long as the man wearing the red tie intentionally dressed differently. In cases where the man unknowingly wore the wrong-color bowtie, the higher status points... View Details
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and business. My plan is to compare internationally the legal and regulatory limits countries put on the ability to commercialize health information and what this tells us about the prospects for global health-care businesses. I have been... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
the agreement on parties not at the table compare with the impact on the negotiating parties? Training negotiators to create value remains an important component of managerial education. Here, I've attempted to broaden the typical... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
school companies that have done well with their schools, but they're still tiny compared to the several hundred P-TECH schools in the US alone and then in 28 countries. 2. Get on the ground and build a coalition Kanter: You were an... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other organic food... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
capital for Brazilian firms following capital control announcements. The results suggest significant variation across firms and financial instruments. Large firms and the largest exporting firms appear less negatively affected compared to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative performance, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne