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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53689 forthcoming Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature By: Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
explained by several potential alternative hypotheses, including differential changes to the preferences of American investors, differential changes in investment opportunities, differential time trends in investment or changed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Abstract Modern global trends are changing the face of teams. But we believe that much of today's teams' research focuses us on the present and the past while barely acknowledging the future. Much more radical changes exist in what is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
hosting and infrastructure. We explore trends in the concentration of the DNS space since at least 2011. In addition, we examine changes in domains’ tendency to “diversify” their pool of nameservers—how frequently domains employ DNS... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
the deeper meaning of work is part of a significant change occurring in the way work is being perceived and structured. As Peter Vaill notes, social and economic conditions in recent years have changed dramatically and altered the way... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
of shopping malls across the country; Amazon's aggressive expansion of its Prime service; and tough times ahead even for venerable retailer Walmart. In short, retail is at an inflection point, even though ecommerce still makes up a relatively small percentage of all... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
of culture, race, gender, and religion in historical developments. Economic historians, often in recent decades trained in economics, have done pioneering work in quantifying historical trends in the integration of world markets. However... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
Social Psychology Bulletin The Amount and Source of Millionaires' Wealth (Moderately) Predicts Their Happiness By: Donnelly, Grant Edward, Tianyi Zheng, Emily Haisley, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Two samples of more than 4,000... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
superior performance and competitive advantage at the individual, organizational, and social levels and 2) empowers the three virtue phenomena of morality, ethics, and legality. We also demonstrate that applying cost-benefit analysis to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10
decade. These secular trends have profound implications for our theories of innovation and organizations. Our extant theory and research is increasingly uncoupled from the phenomena. We would be well served to revisit the nature, locus,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
uniform and are typically assessed on final goods. However, trends in capital taxation are mixed, and capital income tax rates remain well above the zero level recommended by theory. Moreover, some of theory's more subtle prescriptions,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
trends in the market, the case prompts students to examine the future adoption of drug-eluting stents as well as to consider the potential marketing actions to be taken by Medtronic for ENDEAVOR—a newly approved stent that will hit the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
are less likely to do so with increasing age and greater geographical scope. We also find a strong trend toward unbundling over time, a result that is partially explained by increases in media prices over time. Download the paper from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
investigates dialog and objects in recurrent social practices. Drawing from both streams, this paper seeks to shed light on the complexity of cross-boundary teaming, while highlighting factors that may enhance its effectiveness. We... View Details
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
promote social equality. He pondered whether public policy could make a difference or whether the market and societal currents, responsible for these trends, were too strong for him and his government to try to contend with. Several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
knowledge about process and productivity improvements that lower costs while simultaneously maintaining or improving outcomes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51774 in press Journal of Personality and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
p<0.0001), and MVR+AVR (0.95, p=0.006) but not in CABG (HR=0.80, p=0.15), and a trend towards significance in MVR (HR=0.87, p=0.09). Conclusions: In cardiac surgery, not including CABG, surgeon experience is an important determinant of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
self-examination caused many to ask whether they were making all they could of their lives. Author Po Bronson struck a newly exposed nerve with the book What Should I Do with My Life? His message is about a good life measured by peace and fulfillment rather than scale... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson