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  • 04 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 4

outcome can be replicated by a licensing scheme in which innovators sell complete patent rights, and (2) they are dynamically unstable. We find that none of the above regimes can reach first or second best. Finally, we consider patents of finite duration and determine... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

and Josh Lerner Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-099.pdf Why Do We Redistribute So Much but Tag So Little? The Principle of Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

Citigroup appear to be. One survey of human resource directors of large corporations indicated that 60 percent lacked CEO succession planning. This situation is hardly optimal — not when global competition and technical change, in the... View Details
Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • Web

3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

well as specialized companies like Videa Health, Metaphysic and Instadeep that are applying AI to more specific problems (Dentistry, Movie/TV production, Route optimization etc.) We also look at the power of... View Details
  • 15 Feb 2017
  • Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

than building the whole route with public funds—rather than pencil in a prohibitively high toll. This successful project reduces congestion in the capital, facilitates business investment in the region, and helps to move the center of... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Case Study: Inside Story

route and find existing communities in which mothers are already congregating—in churches, through schools, on Facebook groups—and incentivize intensive word-of-mouth. “When people love the product, they recommend it to others in their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

sharing. While we believe that the "feel good" explanation might be part of the reason why p2p networks exist, we find it hard to justify that peers will develop altruistic emotions in a setting with anonymous transactions. We decided to take a different... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

Transfers usefully move resources from lowest- to highest-valuation networks, but transfers tend to cause socially costly growth in the Internet's routing table. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive trading and comes close to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a sustainable business model that also generates superior financial performance. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=4538 An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

which the instruments of accountability are at least as likely to reproduce relationships of inequality as they are to overturn them. Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Author:Benjamin Edelman... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

times of day compared to optimal times of day. It seems that conscious thought sometimes gets in the way of making good decisions. Q: You and your colleagues also study sleep and creative performance, as you write in an article in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

approaches. And it is well understood that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for leaders is doing both, simultaneously. How do you meet... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

  Working PapersDeterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

sensors in the units report when the cans are full, enabling cities to optimize pickup routes and save money. Even with initial growth, however, the company wondered why it wasn’t selling even more trash... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

different types of physicians. By understanding the dynamic effect of sales calls across heterogeneous physicians, we provide guidance on the design of optimal call patterns for route sales. The findings... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52079 January–February 2017 Harvard Business Review Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship By: Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff Abstract—An increasingly popular route to success as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2020
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

company of his fellow climbers, including Mark Seaton, Andy Kirkpatrick, and Stephen Venables, and to appreciate the splendor of his surroundings. On classic routes like the North Face of the Eiger and the Nose on El Capitan, it is hard... View Details
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

connected to the Internet. Transfers usefully move resources from lowest- to highest-valuation networks, but transfers tend to cause socially costly growth in the Internet's routing table. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne