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- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
you? A: The fact that school ties seemed to be important in the data did not surprise us, but the magnitude of our results did. Q: Why does information transfer more easily in a social network based on schools? What makes school ties different for this View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
is required,” Sunderam says. That type of “soft” information can make a difference for loans that require human discretion—applications that the automated system sends back for further analysis by a loan officer. Minority loan officers... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
One year after the implementation of the new system, TDABC analysis demonstrated cost savings of 19% and a 10-minute decrease in provider data-entry time. Any EHR system that allows the patient to input data is useful in that it can save... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management consulting firms. Our qualitative analysis identified four... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008
performance of participants compensated under a tournament incentive scheme but only if the feedback is sufficiently precise. Supplementary analysis suggests that this deterioration in performance is due to ineffective task strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
define a proper strategy for the design language of their products. An empirical analysis was conducted on the product language strategies in the Italian furniture industry; in particular, the present article explores the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 6
for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall person earning $50,000 should pay $4,500 more in tax than a short... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17
founders. To motivate the empirical analysis we develop a simple theory of costly bargaining, where founders trade off the simplicity of accepting an equal split, with the costs of negotiating a differentiated allocation of founder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an analysis of some international political dynamics of countries' IFRS harmonization decisions. The analysis is based on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
analysis of the organization so that significant changes can be made based on what comes to light." Organizational fitness is based on the premise that an organization is a system. "You can't change all its elements... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
compared to other IPOs and the market at large. The analysis found flips underperformed the S&P 500 by 5 percent in the following three years. Lerner believes that problems with quick flips occur because of the short period that... View Details
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
these hypotheses using network analysis and a simple multivariate regression that explains bank connections. I use comparable business directories to create databases with names of directors and financial information for all major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
suggest and prioritize. Lakkaraju conducted the analysis with HBS postdoctoral researcher Aounon Kumar. The ability to manipulate product comparison could give some companies an unfair advantage, but it could also level playing fields,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
Economy & Society, a thoughtful analysis of whether the United States risks losing its preeminent position in attracting global talent. Kerr is the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff-MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-048 CEO Activism (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-018 Decision View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize
comprehensive field-based study and analysis of the Nobel Prize from a brand and reputation perspective. "In a real sense, everybody knows what the Nobel Prize is and what it does, but practically nobody knows how it does it," write Mats... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 15
company's sources of advantage over time. The analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular business model depends not only on its design (its levers and how they relate to one another) but also, most importantly, on its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
premise that there is a time and place for "thin slicing" that leads to quick decision making based on sense borne of experience. As Kathryn Aiken said, "I believe that those who can 'thin slice' successfully have been practicing a skill, such as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
services to patronize and how much information to provide them with. By focusing on the case of a transparent market, our analysis provides a benchmark for how a well-functioning market for consumer privacy should look like. It is worth... View Details