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  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After? Authors:James E. Austin and Herman B. Leonard Abstract What happens when small iconic socially oriented businesses are acquired by large corporations? Such mergers create significant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Apr 2020
  • Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

  Publications September 2014 Research in Organizational Behavior The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

design decisions, asking themselves the following questions: 1) Are we providing too much information? In many cases, the simplest, most effective change a platform can make is to withhold information such as race and gender until after a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

Creative destruction of a different kind occurred during the political transition in Turkey in 1980, after the military coup. Previous political and social connections lost their value over night. 450 new people sat in parliament, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

century. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709057 From xiaonei to hainei: The Quest for the Social Networking Service Market in China Harvard Business School Case 808-164 Wang Xing, the founder... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will companies, workers, and customers have confidence that these... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate
  • 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

suddenly erupt in a full-blown crisis. The CCA approach is well-suited to capturing such "non-linearities" and to quantifying the effects of asset-liability mismatches within and across institutions. Risk adjusted CCA balance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

users-sophisticated and unsophisticated. Only sophisticated users adjust their expectations in response to platforms' price changes. We study the effect of the fraction of sophisticated users on platform profits. A monopoly platform's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-028.pdf Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting Authors:Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari, and Marco Piovesan Abstract This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006

highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

create significant value and have modest operating costs, and network effects protect their position once established-users rarely leave a vibrant platform. But these businesses also raise significant start-up challenges. Every platform... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

high levels of inequality. While closing the borders of small markets to globalization has been a recipe for slow growth and low productivity, opening them all too often is a recipe for instability and shocks. Effective institutions,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

characteristics, in particular age. In a second treatment we explicitly tell children not to cheat. This request has a dampening effect on their tendency to over-report the prize-winning outcome, especially in girls. Furthermore, while... View Details
  • 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-032.pdf Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten Abstract If a country's accounting standards represent a political-economic equilibrium, why is that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

level of specialization in cardiovascular care and the quality of its clinical performance on cardiovascular patients. We find that, on average, focus has a positive effect on quality performance. We then distinguish between positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

Grant, F. Gino, and D. A. Hoffman Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010) Abstract The article discusses research that identified situations where introverts are more apt to be effective leaders than extroverts.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

effectively in global markets, the American-US Airways combination was, in several important respects, made possible by Chapter 11 and the legal and financial tools it offers to companies in need. The deal still faces significant... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation
  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Dynamics of Warmth and Competence Judgments, and Their Outcomes in Organizations Authors:Amy J.C. Cuddy, Peter Glick, and Anna Beninger Publication:Research in Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract Two traits-warmth and competence-govern View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

behavioral finance: How rational are individual investors? It touches on the quality of advice that investors get, and the relationships between investors and their financial advisers. As we potentially shift our Social Security system... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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