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- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
of these customers. The model was used to help an online auction firm make several critical decisions including its pricing and marketing strategy as well as its overall firm valuation. HBS Focus: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
West, and Christian Lebiere Publication:Special Issue on Decisions from Experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (forthcoming) Abstract Erev, Ert, and Roth organized... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy use of research subsidies as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
services. In making strategic decisions around technology commercialization, managers often assume that the intellectual property environment and the architecture of the industry are beyond their control.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
R&D Failures By: Krieger, Joshua Lev Abstract— I analyze project continuation decisions where firms may resolve uncertainty through news about competitors' failures as well as through their own results.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
consideration was actually a fraudulent feeder fund of Madoff Investment Securities. Results from this empirical study demonstrate that instilling vigilance by asking individuals to indicate their suspicions prior to making a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
Roberts, 27-38. Studies in Choice and Welfare Series. Springer Verlag, 2009 Abstract All of us make decisions that are not entirely self-centered; we voluntarily anticipate what we think to be the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
commences with an overview of why industry research is relevant, then offers detailed guidelines on how to approach and what to consider when investigating an industry as part of the analysis necessary to make a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
particularly those that are different from your own, is the best way to begin to navigate the uncertainties that leaders must manage today, deepen understanding of problems, and provide clarity through thoughtful, considered judgments.... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
“I’ve also observed interesting team dynamics on these adventures. “There is a big difference between the team that celebrates making it to the summit and the same team that later has to rescue a teammate... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
From tech to media to management consulting firms, layoffs are back. Downsizing during a healthy economy can help lay the foundation for efficient growth or make space for new roles that harness newer technology, such as artificial... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
propose a class of dynamic pricing algorithms that builds upon the simple yet powerful machine learning technique known as Thompson sampling to address the challenge of balancing the exploration-exploitation tradeoff View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
under managerial control. Only then will vendors make appropriate short- and long-term investment decisions in their customer management effort that will not only lead to more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
affecting decision making about appropriate types of business entities are explored in the context of advising a prospective investor with particular emphasis on why LLCs are increasingly "go-to"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
but related through their connection with an underlying, evolving technical system. In the future, I believe the key problem for organization design will be the management of distributed innovation in such dynamic systems. Organization... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
When former President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports in 2019, the economic dynamics between the world’s two biggest economies forever shifted. American businesses hoping President Joe Biden would return to... View Details
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
compression ratios on car engines. Or dual overhead camshafts. What does that mean in terms of what matters to me? Does it get me more gas mileage? In the same sense, what you're really worried about is your standard of living, not what's View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
Under chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. He’s also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon the largest employer of tech... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
payload weight carrying a transmitter powerful enough to send signals to Earth independently. A program manager must therefore make calls on decisions that affect the overall system performance. The final... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
seeking by the managers. However, this increase in market size will lead to the entry of more firms, which calls for more decentralized decision making. Under reasonable conditions, the aggregate effect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace