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- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
are used as a modeling framework for such studies, this data inadequacy can manifest itself as imprecision in the elements of the transition matrix. In this paper, we study how to compute maximal and minimal values for the discounted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
organization profits. Order the book: http://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Calls-Twelve-Stories-Decisions/dp/142215811X From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival Authors:Oliver Falck, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
access to some kind of electronic records system, only about half really use them. And backsliding into their old clipboard-and-paper ways of doing things leads to mistakes. For example, an estimated 30 percent of abnormal Pap smear... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
investment. "Now, obviously, the company is doing much better since Jobs returned to the CEO job; but having said that, it has not yet reached the value that it was in the early 1990s," Yoffie points out. Yoffie, whose book Judo... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
American voters want their government to reign in rising drug spending, according to recent polls. They spend twice as much a year per person on medications than the average Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member... View Details
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
satisfy this customer at the very top end. So, I kept quizzing her about this and it was obvious that they'd done a lot of homework. They understood the value of this customer to them. After about twenty minutes, I ran out of things to... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846142734,00.html?strSrchSql=Civilization%3A+The+West+and+the+Rest/Civilization_Niall_Ferguson Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell, eds.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
and boot it up and all of a sudden it works. It's anything but that. Q: In your preface, you explain that there has been less progress in the strategy field understanding the interaction between economic forces and organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
immeasurable value of the in-person, on-campus learning experience. The HBS Economic Model The self-sustaining nature of the HBS economic model is unique among Harvard... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
payoffs of e-commerce operational and capital investments are necessary to demonstrate the value creation of e-commerce initiatives and to obtain additional resources for critical e-commerce projects. The measures are essential to monitor... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after children. It’s important that we not only... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
part, to the sector’s famous reliance on personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee provides executives with a simple tool to cut through technological complexity and market uncertainties. The Value Stick, based on proven economic mechanics, is an... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
involvement is rooted in the values of Black Psychology, which uplifts the interconnectedness and resilience of people and rejects an individual and deficit approach. Currently, Banks is an Associate Professor in the Department of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
who speaks fluent Hebrew, Arabic, and English and who has long been involved with peace-related initiatives and nonprofits, that experience convinced him “to work on the business side of peace.” “Peace in the Middle East,” he says, “will not be sustainable if people... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
announcements on trading behavior in a simulated and real stock market setting. I find evidence that the involvement of stars impacts movies' expected theatrical revenues, and I provide insight into the magnitude of that effect. For instance, my View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
Groysberg. Still deep in the research phase, he estimates that close to 70 people (including men) will be interviewed for the case by its completion. Those very personal experiences will be framed in the context of what was happening in... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia