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  • 19 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

companies shouldn’t have policy notices—after all, given the choice, customers do seem to prefer them. The research does suggest, however, that companies might be better off setting them, and letting customers forget them. “I would... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

ensures that the information within it is correct. If the draft contains certain observations or data they prefer not to have mentioned, they let the researcher know. Then the company authorizes the case. A case is never published without... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

rapidly replicate improved business processes throughout an organization, thereby not only increasing productivity but also market share and market value. We then empirically document a substantial increase in turbulence starting in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

plants are a significant determinant of cross-country differences in income per worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous firms. For our View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2192460 Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks Authors:Ivashina, Victoria, David S. Scharfstein, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done by non-U.S. banks,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

total—were more likely to understate their earnings in the two quarters prior to the election. Such "downward earnings management," as it is known in accounting, seems to have been motivated by the desire of contributing firms to not taint View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

adopting a traditional business model. We show that the value of business model innovation may be so substantial that an incumbent may prefer to compete in a duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

performance of an under-performing company than on grooming leadership within the company. A famous CEO was preferred over a low-profile CEO, as the former was seen as a boost to public and investor confidence—and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

the future with great accuracy, they won't say what will cause an event or why. They'll tell you which magazine articles are likely to be shared on Twitter without explaining what motivates people to tweet about them, for instance. To... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk

these assessments more complex and add more classifications, we limit the first run-through to just two alternatives per dimension which then generate eight distinct profiles that we can use to help us assess what we want to do. Even if you View Details
Keywords: by Eileen C. Shapiro & Howard H. Stevenson
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

managers tend to track members of the top management teams of firms (CEOs, CFOs, Presidents, and Board Chairs) and tend to share educational and location-based commonalities with the specific insiders they choose to follow. Collectively,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 28

framework and focus on finding empirically testable strategies to mitigate unethical behavior.   Working Papers Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence by the government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

expression of mere preferences in brand. (See also the sidebar, ZMET and the Mind of the Market Lab.) Already, more than 1,400 people have been interviewed with ZMET for such diverse clients as General Motors, Christian Dior, Hewlett... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous firms. For our preferred calibration, the model explains 58% of the log variance of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share after going through intense negotiations with numerous firms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

https://hbr.org/2015/03/starbucks-race-together-campaign-and-the-upside-of-ceo-activism April 2015 Strong Brands, Strong Relationships Framing the Game: How Brands' Relationships with Their Competitors Affect Consumer Preference By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

benefits of digital transformation and platform plays, or deliver a differentiated end-to-end customer experience. Another challenge we’ve seen for managers is that if they want to attract and retain top talent, they need to make sure the work is meaningful. There has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

allowances, low bank share prices, and tight monetary policy. The bank-to-bond substitution can only be measured for firms with access to bond markets. However, we show that this substitution behavior has strong predictive power for bank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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