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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

From Single Deals to Negotiation Campaigns

By: David A Lax and James K. Sebenius
Negotiation scholars typically take the individual deal, or a few linked deals, as the unit of analysis. While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Framework; Business Subsidiaries; Agreements and Arrangements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Information Management; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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  • June 2020
  • Article

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 02 Jun 2011
  • What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

penalties on the country and its economy. But how enlightening would it be for a country like Greece—small enough to serve as a kind of laboratory for the rest of us—to fail? I assume it would be a Chapter... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 13 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

Following My Dream: Launching a Venture

and freezing bananas for our next day of testing, I’m sure that pursuing my business dream was the best decision I’ve ever made. There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your own idea coming to fruition and your team growing along the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment groups that received canvassing visits providing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

turn indicate to what degree operating managers can control customer satisfaction. Essentially, we're looking at the entire operating system and drilling down to determine which factors are most important for driving perceptions View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • March 2023
  • Article

Not from Concentrate: Collusion in Collaborative Industries

By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers and Richard Lowery
The chief principle of antitrust law and theory is that reducing market concentration—having more, smaller firms instead of fewer, bigger ones—reduces anticompetitive behavior. We demonstrate that this principle is fundamentally incomplete.

In many... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust; Antitrust Law; Antitrust Theory; Law And Economics; Collusion; Collaboration; Collaborative Industries; Regulation; ＂Repeated Games＂; IPOs; Initial Public Offerings; Underwriters; Real Estate; Real Estate Agents; Realtors; Syndicated Markets; Syndication; Brokers; Market Concentration; Competition; Law; Economics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Game Theory; Initial Public Offering
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  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

groups: (1) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services, (2) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services except credit, or (3) a control group. After one year, DrumNet services led to an increase in production View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Nov 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

sound when talking about environmental issues. They take that approach because they associate it not just with extra costs but also with a loss of control over their own operations. But, as the examples in... View Details
Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

patterns with the calorie labeling present. These findings highlight the potential importance of portion control interventions that specifically activate consumers' self-control. Environmental Federalism in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

independent predictor of mental and physical health-such as decreased depression and doctor's visits-over and above mean levels of positive and negative emotion. These results remained robust after View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

control for this effect in our model specifications. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-006.pdf Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its 'Behind the Table' Challenges Authors:authors Abstract A long... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • News

Beyond Case Writing

people to use them.” In one study exploring the country’s high birth rates, 1,031 women were randomly chosen to receive a voucher guaranteeing free and immediate access to a range of modern contraceptives through a private appointment... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • March 2012
  • Article

Subprime Foreclosures and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform

By: Donald Morgan, Benjamin Iverson and Matthew Botsch
This article presents arguments and evidence suggesting that the bankruptcy abuse reform (BAR) of 2005 may have been one contributor to the destabilizing surge in subprime foreclosures. Before BAR took effect, overly indebted borrowers could file bankruptcy to free up... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Borrowing and Debt; United States
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  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

  Working PapersThe 'Thin Film of Gold': Monetary Rules and Policy Credibility In Developing Countries Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Abstract This paper asks whether developing countries can reap credibility gains from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2010 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers
How do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Economy; Globalization; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Taxation; Competition; California
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  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

influence an organization can have on social factors beyond its boundaries." Most research on organizational performance focuses on cause-and-effect situations that assume degrees of linearity and control... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

at the time. Warburg Pincus had led a group of investors in acquiring Bauch & Lomb on October 26, 2007, taking the company private and becoming its largest and controlling shareholder. Since the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne