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  • 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

Social Psychology Bulletin The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predicts Their Happiness By: Donnelly, Grant Edward, Tianyi Zheng, Emily Haisley, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Two samples of more than 4,000 millionaires reveal two View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510071-PDF-ENG DR Corporation Roy D. ShapiroHarvard Business School Case 610-049 DR Corporation is a manufacturer of major appliances. The traffic manager is facing a decision of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

for a primary care visit, about 20% of revenues, up to $215 for an inpatient surgical procedure. The high costs were not caused by wasteful, inefficient processes, duplicate or redundant tasks, or the inappropriate use of high-wage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2005
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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

long-term study. Now owned by Mannesmann, the factory itself still manufactures large-diameter pipes today. Before the 1920s, German firms were often messier, more haphazard, less decentralized than many American corporations. However,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason survey respondents consider ESG information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

interdependencies between a firm and its partners; partnering scope captures both the breadth and depth of the interdependencies between a firm and its partners. Using primary data from 147 multi-partner R&D projects, we develop and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-042 Lenovo to Buy IBM PC: Integration Challenges In December 2004, Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo announced its purchase of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

perspectives of marketing strategies, store operations, and relationships between customers and store clerks. However, the significance of the development of cellophane as a new packaging material, and the role of packaging manufacturers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

school's leaders were closely involved in progressive reforms and presided over the development of the empirical social sciences to address questions of labor regulation and control within manufacturing industries. Next, we look at the... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian farmers in case of deficient... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

presided over the development of the empirical social sciences to address questions of labor regulation and control within manufacturing industries. Next, we look at the creation of the Carnegie Tech Graduate School of Industrial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

entrepreneurial thinking has become a primary goal throughout the world. Surprisingly, there has been little systematic research or comparative analysis to show how the growth of entrepreneurship differs among countries in various stages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

operations, remotely disinfecting public buildings and hospitals. "The White Knight drones were in R&D for the last two years; we developed and manufactured them in the last two months in readiness to execute aerial delivery of emergency... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2005
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Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

government blames the industrial sector, thus holding manufacturers responsible. The upcoming period of legislative meetings will tackle the new law on containers and packages. There are several proposals, and the last version I have... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

on clinician productivity in ambulatory settings. Study Design: We examined EHR use in primary care practices that implemented a web-based EHR from athenahealth (n = 42) over 3 years (695 practice-month observations). Practices were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

trial attorney in corporate litigation, Shuster-Haynes has been the primary caregiver for their children. She maintains a disciplined writing schedule, as well, by carving out time while the children are in school and by working late at... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao province to an international player with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

dynamic, long-term impacts of bundling on demand. The primary explanation for the profitability of bundling relies on homogenization of consumer valuations for the bundle, allowing the firm to extract more surplus. We find bundling can be... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 16 Nov 2009
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The Times Captures History of American Business

editors at Harvard Business Press, suggested the Times project to me; and as a historian I thought it would be a terrific opportunity to gain deep exposure to the primary source reporting that newspapers afford. When I was doing research... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News