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  • 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-based Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew C. Abstract—U.S. survey respondents' views on distributive justice differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

online discount vouchers, a new marketing tool that offers consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both consumer and firm welfare. According to rational utility models,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Sep 2012
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Why Do We Tax?

There is a mismatch between what many scholars assume is the purpose of taxes and what most people believe for themselves. That mismatch means that the advice experts offer to policymakers and citizens debating American tax policy can sometimes seem to miss the point.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services
  • 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

the right balance between the private benefits of integrated markets and the public value of civic engagement, evidence on the size of the positive spillovers from local media is needed. To date, such evidence is scant. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2008
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Rethinking Retirement Planning

trust was no doubt engendered in an earlier day when defined benefit (DB) pension plans were offered by lifelong employers like IBM and General Motors. Today, that system is all but extinct. Merton explains that employers underestimated... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

Experiences Increase Immoral Behavior By: Lu, J., A. Galinsky, W. Maddux, A. Chakroff, J. Quoidbach, and F. Gino Abstract—Due to the unprecedented pace of globalization, foreign experiences are increasingly common and valued. Past research has focused on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

that each $1 invested in display and search leads to a return of $1.24 for display and $1.75 for search ads, which contrasts sharply with the estimated returns based on standard metrics. We use these results to show how optimal budget... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2000
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The Emerging Art of Negotiation

It's easy to come up with a recipe for disaster when the subject is negotiation. As in chess, once you sit down at the table every move counts. So many factors compete to undermine an optimal settlement: the emotions of both participants;... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jul 2024
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Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Review article, “What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?” The article itself, with its two-by-two matrix of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

for how to react to and benefit from disruptive external events. Publisher's Link: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0882-6145&volume=28 Japanese Multinationals in Foreign Disputes: Do They Behave Differently and Does It... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

  Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

the code, which increases quality and value creation. Opened modules, however, are available for others to use free of charge. We derive the set of possibly optimal business models when the modules of the firm and the open source... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of the organization. Thus, to bring the resourcefulness of individuals to benefit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can derive substantial benefits... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2007
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Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect

McGovern to discuss the CEO-marketing rift in more detail and describe the benefits of the tutorial. Sean Silverthorne: Why has marketing evolved so far from the executive suite over the years? You'd think corporate leaders would want to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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