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By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
- 07 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 7
operates. Through text narrative, cases, and readings, the authors skillfully examine the development of strategy, organizational capabilities, and management challenges for operating in the global economy. Preview the book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12
study the dynamics of multi-round position auctions, considering both the case of exogenous click-through rates and the case in which click-through rates are determined by an endogenous consumer search process. In both contexts, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007
rationality; and that permits organizations to change, but within realistic limits. Our perspective employs the variable time to frame the question of strategy's origins in a distinctive way. Over time, the cognitive and physical elements... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
of joining the platform relative to low-quality users. The net effect of these two parameters depends on whether they have a stronger impact on the gains from exclusion (higher average quality) or on its costs (lower quantity). Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_microfinance_clients_must_come_first/ Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change Authors:Sarah Kaplan and Mary Tripsas Periodical:Research Policy (forthcoming).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
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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 organizations with a mission to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808087 Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model Harvard Business School Case 408-103 Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-070.pdf Search Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Applying a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27
Working Papers Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets? (revised) Authors: Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial services low in emerging markets? One view argues that limited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
chain. However, companies that weren’t born as platform businesses rarely realize that they can—at least partially—turn their offerings into one, say the authors. And even if they do realize it, they often wander in the dark searching for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
workers with heterogeneous human capital interface with machine learning, relative to the older Boolean search technology. We randomly assign individuals with and without computer science and engineering (CS&E) knowledge bases to each... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
are incompatible mediated the relationship between ambient cultural disharmony and creativity. Alternative mechanisms such as negative affect and cognitive disruption were not viable mediators. Although ambient cultural disharmony... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
in designing and assessing policy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54968 Large-Scale Demand Estimation with Search Data By: Amano, Tomomichi, Andrew Rhodes, and Stephan Seiler Abstract—Many online... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23
control over whether and when identities are co-activated. We also argue that compatibility arises from cognitive routines which emerge from active and passive adaptation to situations in which co-activation of identities occurs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
lengths—60, 30, and 10 seconds—and in 10-second silent videos and 10-second audio clips. We find that perceptions of collective properties of groups, including cohesion, affective trust, and cognitive trust partially mediate perceivers’... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
opportunity—and how they cognitively and emotionally reframe investment risk into a compelling narrative that transcends avoidance behavior and leads investors to invest. These findings expand our overall understanding of the complex ways... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008
has arrived. Thanks to 50 years of research by judgment and decision-making scholars, psychologists have developed a detailed picture of the ways in which human judgment is bounded. This paper argues that the time has come to focus attention on the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
the nascent smart cities industry and find that firm leaders engaged in a set of legitimation activities intended to help external stakeholders understand and appreciate the firm and its industry. Our analysis uncovers three unintended View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
the firm's culture and performance. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208020 PublicationsHow Actions Create—Not Just Reveal—Preferences Authors:Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton Periodical:Trends in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace