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- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
sentiment. One explanation for this discrepancy is that consumers are motivated to use moral disengagement strategies to reduce cognitive dissonance when their desire for a product conflicts with their moral standards. In two studies we show View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
being.” Others challenged data documenting productivity trends. Their position basically was that there is no need for patience. The productivity dividend is happening. For example, David Wittenberg cautioned us to “Beware of... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
in many creative industries, monetary incentives play a reduced role in motivating authors to remain creative. Data on the supply of new works are consistent with the argument that file sharing did not discourage authors and publishers.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
data on when such exploded prices work best. We asked Wathieu to discuss his research. Sean Silverthorne: As you note in the paper, a number of recent studies have concluded that the way price information is presented (price framing)... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
competitive advantage.EE: How is Managing the Supply Chain: The General Manager's Perspective unique from other supply chain programs offered in recent years? Shapiro: Traditionally, the supply chain has been taught at the level of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
compare each other, both the similarities and differences, especially of their business systems. So we set about using the convening power of the School to bring together the best scholars in business and economic history in both countries, and to generate compelling... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
fundamental intellectual capital for the industry. Even without doing very much of the basic research, however, other firms were still registering large numbers of patents." What's going on here? The research cycle, it seems, has... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
advertising be effective? If friends influence the purchases of a user in a social network, it could potentially be a significant source of revenue for the sites and their corporate sponsors. Using a unique data set from Cyworld, this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
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
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
best-selling book, The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, draws on data gleaned from nearly 4,000 high-potential startups and 10,000 founders, while incorporating case studies and anecdotes... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Several innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose, or "confess," the violations they find. Despite the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
developed countries. Large emerging economies with little inward FDI include India and Turkey, despite the relaxation over the last two decades of the restrictions imposed on foreign firms between 1950 and 1980. This working paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
nurses and other team members). They found that while hierarchy structures were similar across all teams, the level of psychological safety varied dramatically from one team to another—and was directly proportional to the View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
sense of accountability. The expectation is that, by affixing his or her name to the document, the CEO will verify its accuracy by asking more rigorous questions: Do I trust the level of analysis? Am I getting the right advice from the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
professionals in venture capital firms or who were cashed-out entrepreneurs acting as angels for small start ups. Both sets of people had certain expertise that they were trying to transmit to highly inexperienced entrepreneurs.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
Professor of Business Administration; a new cohort begins every few months. First, a math lesson Many firms use the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol developed by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
IT that is not quite justified, based on all the work that continues to be done around the world, he said. Managers need to understand the opportunities and threats of Internet2 for their companies, because savvy new firms will come in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
factored in." Walter P. Blass noted that in academia the search is usually run by a search committee, but the nomination needs the approval of the next level to that position. "That way, you get input from affected... View Details