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- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
away from petty, small disputes and think about embracing the broad idea of Europe writ large. That would help in the search for a sustainable solution to this agonizing, destabilizing, and never-ending Greek crisis. While notable... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20667 Multi-Sided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—We study the economic tradeoffs that drive organizations to position themselves closer to or further away from a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trends. Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We study adaptation to income and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
can make a difference to the organization. Employees come to work with energy, creativity, and initiative, searching to find new and better ways by which they can help the organization succeed. New... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
Leadership Initiative was organized to be a catalyst for research on leaders and leadership, and to design effective leadership development programs that are relevant for the 21st century. The goal of the Initiative is to support Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Publications August 2013 pub Cannibalization and Option Value Effects of Secondary Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Concert Industry By: Bennett, Victor Manuel, Robert Seamans, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how reducing search... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
Business School Exercise 408-076 Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) brought together decision makers in search of hard-to-find answers with specialized experts in nearly every imaginable field. Over time, GLG developed software to help minimize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
reimagine the regional ecosystems in which they participate. They should search for systemic, multisector opportunities; mobilize complementary partners; and obtain seed and scale-up financing from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
some policy implications for regulators designing third-party monitoring regimes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51917 The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
Performance of Indian Manufacturing By: Ghani, Ejaz, Arti Grover Goswami, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
Most organizations already have at least some of these processes in place, but they rarely develop and manage them in a coherent, consistent way. Here are eight things that your company should be working on. Identify your company's... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
quality products when they use a tying strategy. In this paper, we empirically explore this question by examining Google’s decision to tie its new reviews product to its search engine. We experimentally vary the content displayed above... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
office. An executive search professional refuses the headaches associated with leading a practice area. Information technology consultants resist management assignments, for fear they'll become "administrators." Aggressive... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
different and many SOEs have learned the lessons of the past. Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making Authors:Jan Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow Publication:In The Network Challenge: Strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
Historically, assembling a dataset might involve delving through annual reports or archives that had not previously been organized into a format ready for research: in some cases, surveying stores, factories, consumers, or workers, or in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
variety of sources. It is organized into three sections: (1) "The Big Picture" explores macroeconomic indicators, as well as those associated with the opportunities and constraints of the business environment; (2) "Regional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4
weeks or days. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/03/manage-your-work-manage-your-life/ar/1 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Search Diversion and Platform Competition By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Facebook’s Future
organize the future. But this will change as Facebook becomes a prospective medium—a dynamic, real-time driver that will automatically gather current and future information that wearable devices will automatically broadcast about us,... View Details
Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski