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- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
feel incompetent. And some early reviews of Windows 8 indicate that it's not much of an ego booster. In the comments section of a review on cnet.com, beta-testing computer science teacher 'jabnipnip' vented: "Sure it loads fast, but... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages Authors:Juan Alcácer and Minyuan Zhao Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This study looks at the role of firms' internal linkages in highly competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
Weeks later, a revolution erupted across the country as the Arab Spring swept through the region, and Azab spent the following years active in both the protests and in restructuring and expanding Hassab Labs. From 2011 to 2014, he opened... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
Second, the ambitions of American inventors and entrepreneurs demanded the broadest possible distribution. The Wal-Mart mission, for example, is to lower the cost of living for everyone everywhere. Third, American society was open to... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
countries, "competitive and entrepreneurial firms consistently perform better than do more bureaucratic and consensual ones" among national peers, the authors wrote in a report summary for the Marketing Science Institute.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Through Open Innovation Competitions By: Blasco, Andrea, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su, Aravind Subramanian, and Karim R.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19
PublicationsBroadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract The long-standing argument... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
delegation of Chubb executives to discuss insurance issues. In the mid-1990s, Chubb opened representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to do market research and assess the potential of the Chinese insurance market. In 2000,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
In 2012, two seasoned scholars shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their research on designing markets. Lloyd Shapley had developed theoretical methods to create stable matches in unstable markets. Alvin Roth had... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
the company had lost its "human touch" in the process of professionalizing and modernizing to capitalize on the fantastic market opportunities that had opened up in Spain. Some felt that the work was now too structured and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
In the opening minutes of the only classroom video ever made of the man widely recognized as the world's leading authority on case-method teaching, Professor C. Roland ("Chris") Christensen carefully arranges desks in an empty... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
high-beta stocks. An Empirical Analysis of Innovation Contests: Strategic Incentives, Problem Uncertainty and Independent Experimentation along Parallel Paths Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani Publication:Management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Eastern agreements. These include the opening to China after decades of mutual hostility with the United States; détente and the first nuclear arms control treaty with the Soviets at the height of the Cold War; the Paris peace treaty with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
or wrong. (An increasing interest in behavioral approaches to morality in US social sciences underlines such an individual view of morality.) In my mind, the counter-intuitive pairing of terms evoking individuality and scale captures the... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
utilize diverse levels of analysis. Paper: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/management Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services Authors:Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
contest. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee, Clarence, Elie Ofek, and Thomas... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
LevelUp considers adjustments to make the service attractive to both consumers and merchants, while trying to accelerate deployment at reasonable cost. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/pivots-and-incentives-at-levelup/an/915001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
Clarksville, Indiana, the community where the program was launched. This preliminary data suggests that low-to-moderate income Americans may have substantial demand for prize-linked savings, with a majority of survey participants expressing an interest in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
Leadership: Advancing the Field By Scott A. Snook, Nitin Nohria, and Rakesh Khurana It has been more than twenty-five years since a handful of intrepid associates in West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership published... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
decisions. We review relevant psychology, economic theory and predictions, empirical challenges, empirical evidence, new directions such as behavioral signaling, and open questions. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w17333... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne