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- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
the early technical challenges associated with napalm were solved by experimentation under the guidance of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), created to coordinate scientific research into the problems of modern warfare. Because the government needed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
consider additional actions. They can implement information campaigns stressing the contributions of immigrants to the society in a variety of domains. For instance, many sport champions are either naturalized immigrants or have... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
businesses and economies. Lessons from history for the US You might be questioning the relevance of these studies; they focus on immigration at the height of manufacturing and industrialization, unlike the artificial intelligence-driven... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
concerned about water reliability and the need for additional infrastructure to provide long-term water security to the region. If convinced that the water problem would be resolved, then Woolf should move quickly to purchase more land,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
manufacturer (ODM)? Tung Lung Metal Industries Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese maker of door lock hardware that is faced with the question of whether to continue to focus on its ODM business or start placing more emphasis on its own brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
providing an additional source of revenue, but reduces consumer demand for the service. We characterize equilibrium information provision, disclosure levels, and prices and show that competition with privacy has several effects on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
this all the way from lowly London artisans to intellectual luminaries like John Locke. Abroad he became influential because he revealed the economic principles driving England's success. Cary was theoretically innovative in justifying the relative importance of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
95%CI=0.54-1.34, p=0.48), nor order, comparing groups 1+3 with 2+4 (40% v 37 %, OR=0.88, 95%CI=0.56-1.39; p=0.59), influenced the likelihood of choosing IC. Participants choosing IC were more likely to invoke sanctity of life and religiosity as personal values. View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
lower. One benefit of CDVCs may be their effect in bringing traditional VC investment to underserved regions: when we control for the presence of traditional VC investments, each additional CDVC investment results in an View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
served by existing retailers. The team moved on to formulate a new market strategy. To date, the team has seen some improvements in sales and market share in its millennial apparel business, but they believe that additional opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
literature that suggests firms reduce marketing expenditures in order to boost reported earnings, we find that soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of all marketing promotions (price discounts, feature advertisements, and aisle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
in Somerville, Massachusetts, Formlabs manufactures 3D printers used to print everything from prototypes and models to jewelry, dental, and sculpture molds. As Formlabs prepares to ship its latest model, the Form 2, Head of Customer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
as dangerous as Power and others speculate. Based on two detailed case studies and 53 additional interviews with risk-management staff at five other major banks over 2001-2010, this paper shows that relentless risk measurement is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne