Perceived Similarity - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

potentially building buzz among consumers above and beyond sales to the consumers who actually buy the vouchers. This effect is more difficult to measure, but many merchants perceive it to be real. Where it exists, it's an important... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

of these two factors helps stop and reverse long-term declines in overall inventor agglomeration evident in the 1970s and 1980s. The heightened ethnic agglomeration is particularly evident in industry patents for high-tech sectors, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

conference. There are few in the industry who can claim a similar veteran status: Rothrock had recently taken over as CEO of the cybersecurity firm RedSeal after 25 years at Venrock. For 24 of those years, he was focused on tech,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

capture strategies for modular systems. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2121600 Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes Authors:Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract We model spatial clusters of similar firms.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

argue that inertial forces generally constrict how TMTs perceive innovations but that frame flexibility can overcome these constraints, increasing the likelihood of adoption and broadening the organization's innovation practices. We... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

Street responded by creating commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), which are similar to, but more complex than, the mortgage-backed securities long used to bundle and sell packages of residential loans. “Commercial mortgage-backed... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

of exogenous price variation to test this proposition: higher tariffs should lead to more vertical integration; moreover, ownership structures should be more alike across countries with similar levels of protection. To assess the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

identities can shape team members' side conversations in ways that create shared interests and information among those with similar identities, even before the team begins its formal meetings. Originality/value-By identifying new routes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2009
News

E Ink’s Wild Ride

for a larger screen, more storage, and other improvements over the Kindle 2, which sells for $299). “I’m 100 percent committed to making this deal close and making it a successful deal,” Wilcox told the Boston Globe in a June 13 article that cited some investors’... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

autumn 2005, the company had to weight its decisions in a controversy surrounding a nearly 6 billion euro profit. How did the company explain the profit to investors, customers, the public, and government? How much was the reaction particularly due to the French... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

suggest that in many commonly regulated markets in which firms share similar cost structures, firms are likely to experience incentives to ratchet down and delay the introduction of innovative products. The study highlights the importance... View Details