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- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
conditions in which an advertising principal can set its payment delay to deter rogue agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009
Life, faced decisions about the company's growth strategy. Despite profound initial skepticism about demand for a user-generated virtual world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved profitability and strong growth....
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
wise or lucky. His blend of new statistical methods and old common-sense reasoning helped him profit as the forecasting industry first developed. Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle Author:Walter A....
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
professor and Dean of the Faculty, provided a brief outline of the landscape as well as thoughts on how to view the proposed bailout. Lecturer Nicolas P. Retsinas, Director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, then...
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- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
medical centers didn't want minimally invasive surgery because it threatened the surgeons and it threatened the hospitals; their real profit centers are the surgical suites. It...
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- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
high-ticket products, thus reducing the firm’s profits Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52083 How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons By: Cullen, Zoë B., and Ricardo...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
York City-based insurance program shortly after the World Trade Center bombing and arrived in China. Initially he planned to teach English, but soon the entrepreneurial spirit of the country caused him to begin exploring opportunities. He...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14
relational context of trust and facilitating learning from failures. Book: Enacting Our Field Author:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Nonprofit Management and Leadership (forthcoming). Abstract This keynote address, delivered to the Nonprofit Academic View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
the West Zone concession by Maynilad Water Services. Over the next decade, Manila Water turned in an impressive and profitable performance, while Maynilad failed. Describes the management actions of Manila Water and poses the question of...
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Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
of working at a large organization for the chance to be in charge? Search diligently and efficiently. Plan to spend six months to two years—full time—following leads and systematically vetting business prospects. Focus on companies that are consistently View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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