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- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
Carney Abstract This experiment tested whether changing one's nonverbal behavior prior to an important social evaluation could improve performance on the evaluated task. Participants adopted expansive, open (high-power) poses or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
information and of the suppliers being asked to provide it. We test our hypotheses using data from the Carbon Disclosure Project's Supply Chain Program, a collaboration of multinational corporations requesting such information from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
albeit in a staggered manner, adopt IFRS over local standards in the 2003-2008 period? We test the hypothesis that perceived network benefits from the extant worldwide adoption of IFRS can explain part of countries' shift away from local... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike. To test for causality, in Studies 2a and 2b, we used experimental methodology, demonstrating that recalling a past instance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
everywhere, those in small towns and rural communities must be nimble and have a high tolerance for failure. HBS senior fellow Allen Grossman, who worked with Marietta at PELP, sees social enterprises like Pine Mountain as laboratories for experimentation, as does... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
defenses aren’t just a test of their mettle or skills—they’re a drain on time and money. “Bad guys have economics, too. They can’t spend all day trying to burn your house down,” says Rothrock. “They’ll go to the next house and try to burn... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
products can get from a hit's popularity. Economic Links and Predictable Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen and Andrea Frazzini Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper finds evidence of return predictability across economically linked firms. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8
differential between inflation-indexed and nominal bond yields, we separately test for time-varying real rate risk premia, inflation risk premia, and liquidity premia in U.S. and U.K. bond markets. We find strong, model independent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Liquidity Dean Jay Light began his introductory remarks by characterizing the crisis and collapse of housing prices as a test that has exposed how fragile the recently evolved U.S. financial system is. "Leverage, transparency, and... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
disruption. I love all of it. I’m the first one to download the new music on Tuesdays. I’m the first one to download some new crazy app and test it out. I love that. And I think it makes me better at my job. I’ve generally worked in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
our professional endeavors, and that has never been more tested than over the past two-and-a-half years when both of us went through the pandemic and both suddenly had to pivot to working at home. I think the bedrock for me personally, I... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11
efficiency of the response be characterized? He wondered if they could overcome some of the hurdles to applying concepts from commercial supply chains. The case explores some of the lessons learned from the Haiti disaster and offers an opportunity to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
international order, and so on. Time equations handle complexity by simply adding terms with Boolean logic that test for the presence of a particular feature that adds or subtracts time to overall processing time, a simple and elegant... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
battled it out in an ever-increasing test of nerves, a kind of Darwinian gauntlet. Early NASA executives had decided this was how to identify who had been born with “the right stuff.” Many companies looking to make top staffing decisions... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
A Conversation with Dean Clark
smarter when we can test our ideas against a broad range of experiences. And the second answer to your question is that our students absolutely need a global awareness. We've made real progress toward including much more global content in... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
objectives—a focus on omnichannel, private-label goods, and increasing revenue per customer—to guide all company initiatives. The company was running pilot tests on a new line of appliances, rebranded hair salons, and new private label... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17
solutions in the form of software and hardware platforms, Intel Corporation, a leading semiconductor manufacturer in the United States, introduces a pilot project in India for testing a new platform that allows monitoring and demand... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
specifically express interest in a suitable product are more likely to receive an appropriate recommendation, though most still receive bad advice. Agents cater to the beliefs of uninformed consumers, even when those beliefs are wrong. We then View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne