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- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to create codes of fair competition and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016
capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to formalize a “capabilities based” approach to strategy only began to take shape in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
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April 12, 2016
are propelling capitalism into a new form that can be characterized as "virtual capitalism." And global corporations in their size and global influence are leading the embodiment of virtual capitalism into the modern world.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
base helps attract merchants, the platform’s bargaining power may motivate some merchants to work with its smaller competitors, over which they have more influence on price setting. Our counterfactual results show that the allocation of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8
By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network effects View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for any given product, it's helpful to compare and contrast diffusion across products. Doing so allows one to focus on the drivers or product characteristics that influence product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14
effective care teams and good management of local operations (clinical microsystems). Clinicians influence both, and local clinician leaders will have several key tasks. Publisher's link: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1301814... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
or even employing the long arm of the government; and the influence of informal and formal institutions on opportunities for success in international finance and trade. Identity as a Variable Authors: Rawi Abdelal, ed., Yoshiko M.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept of Corporate Strategy, Irwin: Homewood), attempts to formalize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
of attention. The design of work units, spans of control, and spans of accountability are the main structural tools to influence work and information flows and to direct organizational attention to ensure that everyone is working toward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
the components of creativity and how they influence the creative process, describing modifications to the theory over time. Then, after comparing the componential theory to other creativity theories, the article describes this theory's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
the capacity to curb its influence. Empire-Building or Bridge-Building? Evidence from New CEOs' Internal Capital Allocation Decisions Author:Yuhai Xuan Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how the job histories of CEOs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
Science 19, no. 2 (March - April 2008): 1-21 Abstract This paper looks at when and how preexisting interorganizational trust influences the choice of governance and in turn the performance of exchange relationships. We theorize that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
This perspective must capture the fact that collaboration is in itself a capability that is rare, valuable, and hard to imitate. Finally, we have begun research on a topic that strongly influences the success of collaboration efforts: the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7
traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of CEO activism focuses on social issues unrelated to their core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBT rights and race relations. Using two field experiments we provide evidence on how CEO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
of principles for responsible investment, a standard that falls well short of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decisions. Myth Number 3: Companies cannot influence the kind of shareholders that buy their shares, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
framework and focus on finding empirically testable strategies to mitigate unethical behavior. Working Papers Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence by the government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
suggests this positive effect may stem from a desire to avoid shame. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-073.pdf Author-Level Eigenfactor Metrics: Evaluating the Influence of Authors, Institutions and Countries within... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
various factors potentially influencing ORT utilization, the case allows students to analyze the possible causes of low ORT utilization and potential measures to address them. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
achieved something, however small. If the person drags out of the office disengaged and joyless, a setback is likely to blame. This progress principle suggests that managers have more influence than they may realize over employees'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne