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  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

908-068 In this case we look at the design and development of an unconventional market, where neither money nor traditional "goods" are exchanged. Kidney exchange is an idea pioneered by HBS professor and market designer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

one has long been the burning question for clients and their agencies," says Alvin J. Silk, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. "Hence the famous... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

the sector’s success, but to what extent have the loans meaningfully improved livelihoods? That question has been more difficult to track, say Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth. Both development economists and assistant professors at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

outfit walked across the screen carrying a sign that pitched a product. These almost literal translations of billboard and magazine ads did little more than set the previous forms in motion. Silk: Issues of privacy will come under increased scrutiny HBS View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

lot about additionality. In their mind, if they give a company $1 million equity investment, when nobody else was willing to do that, then that company has more capital and can do things that it couldn't otherwise do,” explains Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

Economists: A Market Design Perspective Authors:Peter A. Coles, John Cawley, Phillip B. Levine, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, and John J. Siegfried Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

Economics and Ethics (Zeitschrift fur Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik) 8, no. 1 (2007): 29-32 No abstract available. The Art of Designing Markets Author:Alvin E. Roth Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007):... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction Authors:Eyal Ert, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2 (2011)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

"ladder of engagement." Publisher's link: http://www.ieseinsight.com/review/articulo.aspx?doc=119397&seccion=6&idioma=2   Working Papers College Admissions as Non-Price Competition: The Case of South Korea By: Avery, Christopher, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?

If Mad Men advertising hotshot Don Draper was operating on Madison Avenue today, he would find competition coming from more than just other ad firms. A recent study by Harvard Business School professor emeritus View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Authors:Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Richard A. Posner, and Alvin E. Roth Periodical:University of Chicago Law Review (forthcoming) Abstract In the past, judges have often hired applicants for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 13, 2010

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-038.pdf The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis Authors:Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk Abstract We address a longstanding puzzle... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2010
  • Journal Article

A Choice Prediction Competition: Choices from Experience and from Description

By: Ido Erev, Eyal Ert, Alvin E. Roth, Ernan E. Haruvy, Stefan Herzog, Robin Hau, Ralph Hertwig, Terrence Steward, Robert West and Christian Lebiere
Erev, Ert, and Roth organized three choice prediction competitions focused on three related choice tasks: one-shot decisions from description (decisions under risk), one-shot decisions from experience, and repeated decisions from experience. Each competition was based... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Mathematical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition
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  • 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

influence from those valued for non-social reasons. The Effects of a Central Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices Authors:Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth Publication:In Studies of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2007
  • Article

The Art of Designing Markets

By: Alvin E. Roth
Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web
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  • 12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608119 Publications Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match Authors: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

Ert, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 1, no. 2 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/1/2/117/ The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

research. Learning and Equilibrium as Useful Approximations: Accuracy of Prediction on Randomly Selected Constant Sum Games Authors:Ido Erev, Alvin E. Roth, R. Slonim, and Greg Barron Periodical:Economic Theory (forthcoming). Special... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

continues. "There are different proposals on the table. But we will start talking with policymakers about what we can offer." Interestingly, Trichakis is not the only HBS professor playing a significant role in development of... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15

Stability and Incentives in Large Markets Authors:Fuhito Kojima, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract Accommodating couples has been a longstanding issue in the design of centralized labor market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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