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- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
study of multi-sided markets such a young science? Are they a relatively new phenomenon? What is driving their growth? A: Multi-sided markets in general are not new at all: They have been around for ages—think of the dating clubs! However, it is not until very recently... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
expected to try to fill up their own vessels with fish on each voyage—to do less would not be in their competitive interest. Yet if every fisherman acts this way, all will lose out as the overall stock becomes depleted. Economists call... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
novel” To gauge the impact of receiving what economists call a “cashflow shock,” researchers looked at the introduction of Medicare Part D, which expanded coverage for patients over the age of 65. That would result in more drug sales,... View Details
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
sports analogy apply here, with government setting and enforcing the rules even-handedly through officials in its employ? Or is government's role instead to let market mechanisms and the "invisible hand" do their best? Have View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
to her heart when she got pregnant in the 1980s,” Coffman says.) Since joining academia in the 1980s, Baldiga has studied issues related to advancement and retention in professional services firms. Coffman, meanwhile, is a behavioral View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
The real estate business has become increasingly institutionalized, securitized, and professionalized. I am fascinated with the works of the Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto and why capital markets do not work in much of the non-West.... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
divide, and to look instead at the hidden role of the supply chain economy in powering innovation and employment. It’s not surprising that most economists have focused on manufacturing when it comes to innovation. “It’s where the majority... View Details
- 01 Feb 2023
- What Do You Think?
Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?
at prescribed times or days of the week. According to Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, who has studied remote work for years, totally remote workers constituted 15 percent of the US workforce as of early 2023, with another 30 percent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 24 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention
win some moral victories: the Economist magazine stopped publishing the Argentinian government’s numbers in favor of Cavallo’s stats, and, when a new government took over, it relied on Cavallo’s numbers as it built a new index from... View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
Tirole, an economist at the University of Toulouse and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In their new working paper, "The Simple Economics of Open Source," Lerner and Tirole make the case that an idealistic notion of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
the single most important public good: defense of national boundaries from external attacks.” Quantifying racism’s toll Economists have looked more frequently at racism’s destructive influence on the US economy in recent years, yet few... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
institutions that would prevent new holders of sovereignty from interfering with existing forms of property. Caught in between were the developmental economists (discussed by David Engerman, Sara Lorenzini, and others) who mostly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
and sold between the two countries. Could it be defended at home as a step toward curbing inflation in the US? Maybe, although economists have told us that the effects would be small. How much of it would actually trickle down to... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
into account, you're going to miss out on a big piece of the equation. It's not how economists would perceive it, weighing the costs and benefits. It's actually how much are you asking people to change, and are they willing to do it? In... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
Economics; Steven J. Davis of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business; and Lightcast Chief Economist Bledi Taska. Crunching the ‘WHAM’ algorithm To parse where and how people are working remotely, the researchers teamed with... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
reported trouble staffing up when the economy began to recover. "Helping workers keep attached to their prior employers could speed up the recovery," explained Till von Wachter, an economist with the University of California at Los... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More
offer these benefits. Even getting consumers with some of the highest electric bills in the country to turn off the lights can be challenge, as California found out with a failed discount program. Why some incentives spur action while others don’t has been puzzling... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
- 27 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries