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- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
and the deans of both schools and the president of the university have enthusiastically supported us all along," says PELP co-founder and HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. The nine participating school districts together employ nearly... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. Using an instrumental variables approach derived from a regression discontinuity, we find that increasing the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
(forthcoming) Abstract Researchers have documented many cases in which individuals rationalize their regrettable actions. Four experiments examine situations in which participants go beyond merely explaining away their misconduct to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
role of economic, geographic, and demographic factors, I find that poorer areas have significantly higher levels of conflict intensity. The paper reviews the various approaches taken by governments to deal with conflict, contrasting security-based approaches with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
any preamble, “Do you support Indiana’s new law protecting religious freedom?” Another 2,176 respondents participated in a second survey that asked: “How likely are you to buy Apple products in the near future?” For some, the question was... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a pre-selected contribution rate and asset allocation, allowing them to collapse a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
goods, let alone political power, and as they are acquiring a share in this economy, they're buying cars and houses, and credit is fueling a lot of the current boom. Many of these participants in the economy... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
hospital, we find support for our hypotheses. Our findings suggest that frontline workers' participation in problem solving is motivated by some inherent characteristics of the problems as well as by particular management practices.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
explores dysfunctional dynamics, adversarial, and politically charged relationships, and those that are harmful to well-being. Evocative constructs are leveraged, including secrets, betrayals, anthropomorphism, lying, infidelity,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Abstract—The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling-reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
bargaining elucidates how negotiations over the allocation of domestic labor at Level Two influence labor force participation at Level One. In conclusion, we integrate practical implications from these two bodies of literature to propose... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
scale up participation directed at an unresponsive state. To maintain ties with different caste groups, BAP takes an apolitical posture and does not actively build the capacity of communities to mobilize View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/409117-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
and profanity than other participants. Participants using deception by omission used fewer words and a lower percentage of causation words than other participants. Support was found for the "Pinocchio effect": liars generally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
participation in OS arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (2) OS and P firms may (or may not) coexist in equilibrium. Firms decide their type and investment in R&D and sell packages composed of a primary good... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different-to pay it forward? In five experiments, participants received greedy, equal, or generous divisions of money or labor from an anonymous person, and then divided additional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
officers, cabinet ministers, and unskilled workers-to their ideals for what those wages should be. We show that ideal pay gaps between skilled and unskilled workers are significantly smaller than estimated pay gaps, and that there is consensus across countries,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
comparison concerns a central activity of citizenship, which is participation in the political and legislative processes. Publisher's link: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15241.html August 2013 Journal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
virtually mandates changes to contracts as requirements are added or changed; and financial incentives that reward lowball contractor bids and provide negative sanctions for failing to spend all the allocated funds." It doesn't help that these built-in features... View Details