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  • October 1, 2021
  • Article

An Evaluation of Cross-efficiency Methods: With an Application to Warehouse Performance.

By: B.M. Balk, M.R. De Koster, Christian Kaps and J.L. Zofio
Cross-efficiency measurement is an extension of Data Envelopment Analysis that allows for tie-breaking ranking of the Decision Making Units (DMUs) using all the peer evaluations. In this article we examine the theory of cross-efficiency measurement by comparing a... View Details
Keywords: Efficiency Analysis; Performance Benchmarking; Warehousing; Analytics and Data Science; Performance Evaluation; Measurement and Metrics; Mathematical Methods
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  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

lower them offers a strategic advantage. Cavallo coauthored the paper, forthcoming in American Economic Review: Insights, with Francesco Lippi, professor of economics at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and a research fellow at the Einaudi... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Semi-Parametric Estimation of Dynamic Discrete Choice Models

By: David Hao Zhang
I develop a new method for estimating counterfactuals in dynamic discrete choice models, a widely used set of models in economics, without requiring a distributional assumption on utility shocks. Applying my method to the canonical Rust (1987) setting, I find that the... View Details
Keywords: Semiparametrics; Dynamic Discrete Choice; Consumer Choice; Mathematical Methods
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  • Research Summary

Overview

Empirically, Ryann uses a combination of in-depth qualitative field research and visual and textual archival data to examine moral action at multiple levels of analysis. Through observation and interviews, she aims to capture the lived experience of individuals and... View Details
  • April 2001
  • Article

Academic-Practitioner Collaboration in Management Research: A Case of Cross-Profession Collaboration

By: T. M. Amabile, C. Patterson, Jennifer Mueller, T. Wojcik, P. Odomirok, M. Marsh and S. Kramer
We present a case of academic-practitioner research collaboration to illuminate three potential determinants of the success of such cross-profession collaborations: collaborative team characteristics, collaboration environment characteristics, and collaboration... View Details
Keywords: Research; Cases; Analytics and Data Science; Theory
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  • April 1999 (Revised May 2000)
  • Case

Compaq Computer: Intel Inside?

By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Presents the results of quantitative and qualitative market research on the possible acceptance of a non-Intel processor in Compaq Computer's consumer notebook line. If the low-priced, non-Intel notebook is a success, the company will maintain or increase its 45% share... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Production; Success; Performance Evaluation; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Computer Industry
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  • 2017
  • Gender Conformity & Nonconformity

Thinking Expansively About Gender Nonconformity and Workplace Anti-Discrimination Strategies

  • 12 Feb 2013
  • News

What Happens When You Have Fewer Managers

    James W. Riley

    James Riley is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.

    Professor Riley is an economic sociologist. He conducts ethnographic research to... View Details

    • Teaching

    Overview

    Teaching Fellow for Advanced Quantitative Research Methods with Prof. Chris Winship (Doctoral Course) - 2013 (awarded Harvard University Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching) View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My research uses a combination of lab experiments and empirical methods to understand how organizations can design their operations in order to inspire trust. View Details

      Leslie A. Perlow

      Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She leads the Crafting Your Life Special Project, dedicated to helping individuals make purposeful life choices while gathering... View Details

      • 2008
      • Chapter

      Southeast Asia and the Political Economy of Development

      By: Regina M. Abrami and Richard Doner
      This chapter assesses contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia and its contribution to the field of political economy. It focuses especially on the political origins of economic institutions and their influence on economic performance. It provides evidence... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Research; Southeast Asia
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      • June 2019
      • Article

      Learning to Become a Taste Expert

      By: Kathryn A. Latour and John A. Deighton
      Evidence suggests that consumers seek to become more expert about hedonic products to enhance their enjoyment of future consumption occasions. Current approaches to becoming expert center on cultivating an analytic mindset. In the present research the authors explore... View Details
      Keywords: Learning; Experience and Expertise; Analysis; Perception
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      • February 2025
      • Article

      Seeing the Whole: Configurational Cognition and New Venture Resource Mobilization

      By: Goran Calic, François Neville, Santi Furnari and C. S. Richard Chan
      Research is scant on how multiple venture attributes combine as “whole packages” of signals (or cognitive configurations) in resource holders’ eyes, shaping a venture’s ability to mobilize resources. Drawing on a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 1,395 crowdfunding... View Details
      Keywords: Crowdfunding; Mission and Purpose; Entrepreneurship; Communication; Perception
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      • March 2015
      • Article

      Business Model Evaluation: Quantifying Walmart's Sources of Advantage

      By: Humberto Brea-Solís, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Emili Grifell-Tatjé
      We develop an analytical framework on the basis of the economics of business performance to provide quantitative insight into the link between a firm's business model choices and its profit consequences. The method is applied to Walmart by building a qualitative... View Details
      Keywords: Business Models; Quantitative Analysis; Walmart; Production Theory; Business Model; Competitive Advantage; Profit
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      • August 1998 (Revised July 2002)
      • Case

      Innovation at 3M Corporation (A)

      By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
      Describes how 3M Corp. introduces and learns a new and innovative methodology called Lead User research to understand future customer and market needs. A team from 3M's Medical-Surgical Markets Division applies the Lead User methodology to the field of surgical... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Managerial Roles; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Business Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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        Jaylon Sherrell

        Jaylon Sherrell is a doctoral student in the Micro Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School.

        Leveraging qualitative and quantitative approaches, Jaylon has gained experience working on multiple research projects, as well as... View Details
        • 26 Apr 2019
        • HBS Seminar

        Maryaline Catillon, Harvard University

        • Research Summary

        (Avalok @ Harvard)

        Bhaskar's research program is aimed at applying and developing methods of computer science, social science and law to problems that significantly have both political and technical dimensions. (Avalok @ Harvard) is the primary vehicle for this research... View Details