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  • 20 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 20

compared to just two decades ago. This explosive growth, especially in emerging markets, has been fueled both by changes in world politics (e.g., the end of the Cold War, collapse of the Soviet Union, shifting political climate in China,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

calibration, the model explains 58% of the log variance of income per worker. This figure should be compared to the 42% success rate of the usual model. Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

variety that forces consumers to make difficult tradeoffs (do I want the leather interior or do I want the 4-wheel drive?) will tend to drive people away from a brand. In the end, a consumer may opt to choose a brand with fewer, easier to View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 17 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

compared to those of their single counterparts. For this month, we have decided to dive deeper into the perspective of those students. A large part of the business school experience is building connections and forming lifelong... View Details
  • 03 Sep 2020
  • Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

care SEC would have many issues to work out. It would have to establish standard definitions for specific quality measurements. Risk-adjusters would need to develop ways to compare providers’ performance at widely varying practices... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health
  • Profile

Evelyne White

accumulate reputation-enhancing ratings on one platform. Compared to a small or midsized city, more entrants will vie for dominance in a large city. In a winner-take-all battle between five players, there's essentially a four-out-of-five... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Services
  • Student-Faculty-Profile

Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

and trash bins. People who use these bins also feel happier compared to those who don't, and they feel closer to the people they imagine being recipients of their unwanted items. The collaborative process Grant: When coming to HBS, I... View Details
  • Web

Europe - Global Activities 2021

taken in parts of the EU to integrate newcomers into the job market by comparing Just Arrived with other job-matching platforms, including a competing Swedish venture, Novare Potential, as well as Socialbee in Germany, and Mygrants in... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

20,000 on the Dow really say something about the state of the US economy? LV: By comparing where the index is now to where it was at some point before, it tells you that in the long run, the economy has done well. For example, we have had... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

trade-off between competitive price discovery and convenience. Evidence from eBay fits the theory: auctions are favored by less experienced sellers and for idiosyncratic products, and auction listings sell at a discount but with higher probability relative to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Fast Answer

Field Course: Investing for Impact

company data, including pre and post-money valuations for startups. Market size estimates by topic area or industry, market maps by industry vertical, and comparable companies screening for competitor analysis. Meet with us: Set up group... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh

Chris Yeh figures that in a more traditional era, he might have become a product design engineer or perhaps even a writer. But by the time he finished college, he says, "the Internet was just too hot" compared to anything the offline... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither). We argue that supplying joint MBA-healthcare courses may be a channel through which universities increase medical business skills and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

politician allocating all of her portfolio to risky investments has double the odds of being involved in a political sandal compared to a politician allocating all of her portfolio to safe investments. This suggests that those who are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

comparative advantage of clusters located in one region versus another. Under this scenario, geographic concentration is still valuable, but the center of production activity can shift from one location to another. The paper then analyzes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

dictate people should be treated preferentially. We first use a scenario study to establish that individuals expect leniency on their birthday. We then show that, compared to other days, transgressors are penalized more severely when it's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

sending some customers charity vouchers and others more standard product discounts (15% off your next purchase)—will allow companies to compare directly the ROI on charitable actions versus more traditional marketing actions - and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

ratings for all restaurants on Yelp and compare them to the arithmetic averages displayed by Yelp. As of the end of our sample, a conservative finding is that roughly 25%-27% of restaurants are more than 0.15 stars away from the optimal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

  Publications August 2013 Modernizing Insurance Regulation Comparative Regulation of Market Intermediaries: Insights from the Indian Life Insurance Market By: Anagol, Santosh, Shawn A. Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract—This book provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

Second, we compare patenting by venture‐backed startups and incumbent firms. Using a variety of measures, we find that VC‐backed startups are engaged in more novel and more highly cited innovations compared... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne