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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
production could affect consumer purchase behavior. The researchers found: When a firm voluntarily discloses its costs, the consumer is more attracted to the brand, which increases willingness to buy. "There's this lay intuition that when... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008
mean-variance optimization with sample means and covariances. The Bayesian inspired Black-Litterman model is described after introducing the intuition of the Bayesian approach to inference in a univariate setting. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
to influence local funders is important information. Our interviewees suggest that local firms have a very intuitive sense of this from their fundraising activities and we hope our framework will make this more systematic. For executives,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008
such behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew its consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
show that when consumers are forward looking, the value of concealment is context dependent; we present insights and discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to positive vs. negative values of concealment. Download... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
Abstract—The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
Experiments 1A, 1B, and 1C reveal effects of indirect agency under conditions favoring intuitive judgment, but not reflective judgment, using a joint/separate evaluation paradigm. Experiment 2A demonstrates that effects of indirect agency... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016
discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to positive vs. negative values of concealment. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49531 Precautionary Savings in Stocks and Bonds By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
much the same thing: "What will we do with all that bandwidth?" I suspect the answers will be similarly surprising. A third intuition arises out of the one I've just mentioned. Another parallel we think might appear is that just... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30
103, no. 4 (2012) Abstract When people seek to impress others, they often do so by highlighting individual achievements. Despite the intuitive appeal of this strategy, we demonstrate that people often prefer potential rather than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25
Consistency By: Barak-Corren, Netta, Chia-Jung Tsay, Fiery Cushman, and Max Bazerman Abstract—We study how people reconcile conflicting moral intuitions by juxtaposing two versions of classic moral problems: the trolley problem and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
organizational context, with the right leadership, a group can amplify the diverse talents and ideas of its individual members. Leaders Foster Discovery-driven Learning Innovation usually arises from an often lengthy period of conscious experimentation and repeated... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15
system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the interaction of a strong fences policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12
economics, in the sections that follow, we review three sets of possible interpretations for understanding the empirical facts related to the entry into, and persistence in, entrepreneurship. Differences in risk aversion provide a plausible and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
person. One interpretation is that personal attributes correlated with wages should be considered more widely for determining taxes. Alternatively, if policies such as a height tax are rejected, then the standard Utilitarian framework must fail to capture View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
average, consistent with the Bayesian intuition that the market inferred their work was mediocre all along. We then investigate whether the eminence of the retracted author and the cause of the retraction (fraud vs. mistake) shape the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8
have documented the modest (though reliable) link between household income and well-being, we examined the accuracy of laypeople's intuitions about this relationship by asking people from across the income spectrum to report their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
should manage their corporate brands. The idea is that a significant part of the value of MNC brands comes from the inferences that consumers draw from their global reach. This idea makes intuitive sense to managers but has never been... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14
earlier case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/americhem-the-gaylord-division-a-1/an/314011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-433 Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform This case focuses on the challenges and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
political spectrum, are likely to see at least some intuitive appeal to the principle of Equal Sacrifice. It says that the goal of tax policy is to spread the costs of public goods so that each individual's "sacrifice" from paying taxes,... View Details