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      • 2007
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      A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption

      By: Anita Elberse
      Because online retailers are often able to provide products in a more cost-efficient manner than bricks-and-mortar stores, online channels are characterized by a vast assortment of products. Proponents of the "long tail" principle recently argued that the demand for... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Distribution Channels; Product; Renting or Rental; Online Technology; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Music Industry; Retail Industry
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      Elberse, Anita. "A Taste For Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-008, August 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the Game

      By: John Hillas, Elon Kohlberg and John W. Pratt
      Noncooperative games are examined from the point of view of an outside observer who believes that the players are rational and that they know at least as much as the observer. The observer is assumed to be able to observe many instances of the play of the game; these... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Game Theory; Cooperation
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      Hillas, John, Elon Kohlberg, and John W. Pratt. "Correlated Equilibrium and Nash Equilibrium as an Observer's Assessment of the Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-005, July 2007.
      • May 2007
      • Article

      Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
      Anyone in management knows that employees have their good days and their bad days and that, for the most part, the reasons for their ups and downs are unknown. Most managers simply shrug their shoulders at this fact of work life. But does it matter, in terms of... View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Practice
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data

      By: Laura Alfaro and Faisal Ahmed
      We use highly disaggregated data on trade in capital goods to study differences in the price of capital across countries. This strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment from a small number of industrialized countries.... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Goods and Commodities; Trade
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Faisal Ahmed. "The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-073, April 2007. (Revised March 2010.)
      • September 2006
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      The Speed of Learning in Noisy Games: Partial Reinforcement and the Sustainability of Cooperation

      By: Yoella Bereby-Meyer and Alvin E. Roth
      In an experiment, players ability to learn to cooperate in the repeated prisoners dilemma was substantially diminished when the payoffs were noisy, even though players could monitor one anothers past actions perfectly. In contrast, in one-time play against a succession... View Details
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      Bereby-Meyer, Yoella, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Speed of Learning in Noisy Games: Partial Reinforcement and the Sustainability of Cooperation." American Economic Review 96, no. 4 (September 2006): 1029–1042.
      • August 2006
      • Article

      Predicting Returns with Managerial Decision Variables: Is There a Small-Sample Bias?

      By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Jeffrey Wurgler
      Many studies find that aggregate managerial decision variables, such as aggregate equity issuance, predict stock or bond market returns. Recent research argues that these findings may be driven by an aggregate time-series version of Schultz's (2003, Journal of Finance... View Details
      Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Fairness; Managerial Roles; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Equity; Bonds; Financial Markets; Investment; Capital Markets; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return
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      Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Predicting Returns with Managerial Decision Variables: Is There a Small-Sample Bias?" Journal of Finance 61, no. 4 (August 2006): 1711–1730. (Section V of "Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions, NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10823, contains additional analyses.)
      • June 2006 (Revised April 2024)
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      Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone

      By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
      The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly debated topic, especially after the success of Elliot Associates in converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million... View Details
      Keywords: Vulture Funds; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Government and Politics; Contracts; Business and Government Relations; Peru
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone." Harvard Business School Case 706-057, June 2006. (Revised April 2024.)
      • winter 2006
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      Observations on Innovation in Pension Fund Management in the Impending Future

      By: Robert C. Merton
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      Merton, Robert C. "Observations on Innovation in Pension Fund Management in the Impending Future." PREA Quarterly (winter 2006): 61–67.
      • 2006
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      On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture)

      By: Eric J. Van den Steen

      This paper shows why members of an organization often share similar beliefs. I argue that there are two mechanisms. First, when performance depends on making correct decisions, people prefer to work with others who share their beliefs and assumptions, since such... View Details

      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Values and Beliefs; Mathematical Methods
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      Van den Steen, Eric J. "On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture)." Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 4553-05, January 2006. (Available at SSRN.)
      • June 2005 (Revised October 2007)
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      The Law of One Price

      By: Joshua D. Coval, Erik Stafford, Rodrigo Osmo, John Jernigan, Zack Page and Paulo Passoni
      Demonstrates the Law of One Price in practice. Using synthetic securities, students should observe opportunities to earn profits when spreads emerge between portfolios that offer identical payoffs. Uses separate uptick financial simulation software. View Details
      Keywords: Price
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      Coval, Joshua D., Erik Stafford, Rodrigo Osmo, John Jernigan, Zack Page, and Paulo Passoni. "The Law of One Price." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-079, June 2005. (Revised October 2007.)
      • March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
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      Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
      • December 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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      Extend Fertility

      By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper
      Focuses on the search for opportunity, the generation and evaluation of business concepts, creation of a business plan, and the start-up process. Follows experienced entrepreneur Christy Jones as she combines her business skills and personal experience to generate new... View Details
      Keywords: Opportunities; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Business Startups; Biotechnology Industry
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      Hart, Myra M., and Sylvia Sensiper. "Extend Fertility." Harvard Business School Case 805-065, December 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
      • September 2004
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      Trust in Agency

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
      Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the... View Details
      Keywords: Trust; Agency Theory; Relationships; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Contracts; Business Model; Emotions; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Trust in Agency." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 13, no. 3 (September 2004): 375–404.
      • March 2004
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      Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
      An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, all Jewish institutions received police protection. Thus, this hideous event... View Details
      Keywords: Law Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Resource Allocation; National Security
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack." American Economic Review 94, no. 1 (March 2004): 115–33.
      • February 2004 (Revised March 2010)
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      Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      In October 2002, Brazilians elected a left-wing president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the first time in that country's history. As markets faltered in response, Lula sought to reaffirm his commitment to fiscal discipline, a floating exchange rate, and inflation... View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Money; Borrowing and Debt; Policy; Emerging Markets; Brazil
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Brazil 2003: Inflation Targeting and Debt Dynamics." Harvard Business School Case 704-028, February 2004. (Revised March 2010.)
      • January 2004
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      Beyond the IT Monolith

      By: Marco Iansiti and Gregg Rotenberg
      Leading companies are employing a radical new approach to IT--an approach that points the way to a new model of software architecture and deployment. These companies' successes seem to indicate that the problems IT critics have correctly identified are not, in fact,... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Business Processes; Change
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      Iansiti, Marco, and Gregg Rotenberg. "Beyond the IT Monolith." Harvard Business School Background Note 604-070, January 2004.
      • January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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      Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)

      By: James E. Austin and James Quinn
      When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he made community involvement an integral part of the company's strategy. Under Swartz's leadership, Timberland formed a close partnership with City Year, the national corps of... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Austin, James E., and James Quinn. "Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)." Harvard Business School Case 304-086, January 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
      • October 2003 (Revised April 2005)
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      Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron

      By: Malcolm S. Salter
      Presents an historical overview of Enron's rise and fall and summarizes what is currently known about (1) the evolution of Enron's business model, (2) the organizational processes Enron officials relied on to drive and monitor the business, (3) emergent behavior... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Behavior; Governing and Advisory Boards; Success; Transformation; Failure; Business Processes; Energy Industry; United States
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      Salter, Malcolm S. "Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron." Harvard Business School Case 904-036, October 2003. (Revised April 2005.)
      • June 2003
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      Peabody Elementary School (A)

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
      A new principal, Marty Pettigrew, has just joined this inner-city optional school--which offers special programs in international studies to attract children from all over the city. Entering mid-way through the school year, he observes a number of areas of concern,... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Early Childhood Education; Education Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Kevin Morris. "Peabody Elementary School (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-134, June 2003.
      • 2003
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      Capital Market Intermediaries: Summary Observations on a Workshop Held at Harvard Business School

      By: D. B. Crane, J. O. Light, K. G. Palepu and A. F. Perold
      Keywords: Capital Markets
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      Crane, D. B., J. O. Light, K. G. Palepu, and A. F. Perold. "Capital Market Intermediaries: Summary Observations on a Workshop Held at Harvard Business School." May 2003.
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