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27 Jan 2009
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Carbonell-Nicolau and Diego Comin Publication:Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (forthcoming) Abstract This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

or local companies. It was also the sheer spread of businesses it owned beyond packaged consumer products, including African trading, plantations, specialty chemicals, paper and packaging, transport, advertising, and market research... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018

Yanping Liu Abstract—We evaluate manufacturing firms' responses to changes in the real exchange rate (RER) using detailed firm-level data for a large set of countries for the period 2001–2010. We uncover the following stylized facts: In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7

findings call attention to the informal, everyday practices that generate state capacity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46981 Elite Ideas and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India By: Mangla,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

thorough understanding of the phenomenon is difficult to achieve because relevant work is scattered across multiple fields. This paper presents a unified picture of mirroring in terms of theory, evidence, and exceptions. First, we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

paper we draw on the recent literature to highlight areas in which history has played a particularly prominent role in improving our understanding of growth dynamics. Research at the intersection of historical data, theory, and empirics... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Oct 2011
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Publication:Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (spring 2011) Abstract This paper examines the optimal response of monetary and fiscal policy to a decline in aggregate demand. The theoretical framework is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2012
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sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention on another locus of learning that has received less attention from... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2010
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Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Editor's Note: Christian Ketels wrote this paper for the World Bank's Development Debate, "What Do We Mean by Export Competitiveness and How Do Countries Achieve it in an Uncertain World?" held March 29, 2010. Ketels is... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

failures thus create managerial challenges and opportunities for focal firms and their competitors. Focal firm failures often result in sales decreases and cost increases associated with remedial public relations and manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Mar 2013
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research on the link between the personal disposition of an entrepreneurial firm's founder, the firm's strategic orientation, and its performance outcomes. Also, there is lack of cross-national research on entrepreneurial firms' strategic orientations. This View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of the Nano, the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

introduced low cost production methods to manufacture highly accurate quartz watches. Swiss business historians refer to this as the "Quartz Crisis." Companies like Seiko and Casio seized the quartz market. By 1983, two-thirds... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Apparel & Accessories; Technology; Consumer Products

10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it develop its retail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2014
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First Look: May 27

through their purchasing. Working Papers Leveraging Market Power Through Tying and Bundling: Does Google Behave Anti-Competitively? By: Edelman, Benjamin Abstract—I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying and bundling to leverage... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jul 2012
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(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2010
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The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

executives on Wall Street. According to Chua, their research found that "people who were made to think about luxury prior to a decision-making task have a higher tendency to endorse self-interested decisions that might potentially harm others." Their findings... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

18 Oct 2017
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How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

leading research universities, low cost or highly trained labor, and geographic bounty. Understanding how clusters work can help governments develop effective policies for creating them, as well as direct entrepreneurs to the best locations to build their businesses.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Art Museum By: Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser Abstract—This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership perspective. It studies the collaboration between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, and their... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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