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- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
profitability, it’s natural to ask whether these new online shoppers will increase product returns. Based on their lack of familiarity with online apparel shopping, retailers might expect new customers to return items more often compared with existing customers. That... View Details
- 20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory constraints. As common in practice, the retailer does not know the consumer's purchase probability at each price and must learn the mean demand from sales data. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper traces the evolution of the literature on industrial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
fundamentally understand the business. And that means a fundamental rethinking of how boards operate. This going back to the drawing board, Lorsch and Carter conclude, includes reviewing the roles boards serve, how the work is structured,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
negotiating partners are privately thinking. In his classic book Getting Past No (revised ed., Bantam, 1993), William Ury counsels negotiators to "go to the balcony." This means being in two places psychologically at the same... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for participants to discriminate. But as listings began to include photos, names, and other... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City
conclusion that investing in Detroit is like investing in an emerging economy without political and currency risk.” Cummings has formed a new company to manage his Detroit projects: The Platform. The name has many meanings for him. A... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
particularly the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues related to corporate boards of directors. Montgomery is the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
develop a novel framework as a means to integrate and organize a wide range of theoretical insights and empirical findings on brokerage and brokering. The Changing Others’ Relationships (COR) framework captures the following ideas that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
Obviously it will have to get more users. A: Well, what do you mean by "success"? There are at least three different ways in which you can imagine Apple going forward; I'm sure Steve has more. One is to say they're going to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
when it could mean the end of his business as he knows it. “One of the biggest challenges is these institutional changes,” he says. “It’s going to take time.” Some days, the time required to create real change wears on Mawilmada. Yet... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
fascinating character to animate sometimes dry legalese.” Gleason’s quest for fair trade, or price protection, would not be easy. First off, the term “fair trade” in the 1930s had a different meaning than it does today when we use it to... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5
independent predictor of mental and physical health-such as decreased depression and doctor's visits-over and above mean levels of positive and negative emotion. These results remained robust after controlling for gender, age, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6
http://www.cambridge.org/US/academic/subjects/economics/economics-general-interest/democracy-and-its-elected-enemies-american-political-capture-and-economic-decline August 2013 Journal of Marketing Research Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations By: Anik,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2011
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monetize online access to content. Programming changes, new advertising strategies, and deals via online distribution platforms are presented as means to capture the value of online video consumption. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" in Düsseldorf. The article narrates how by means of various cooperative efforts growing out of a sense of paternal social engagement, which we would today call corporate social responsibility,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
growth,'" he says. But when you remove people from the core, "they lose the chance to grow with the customer. And it's the insights into your assets and markets that give you the new ideas." But that doesn't mean leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
great day!” What does this honor mean to you, personally and also professionally? Pradhan: “This really is a team award. On the personal side, it is an award that belongs to my wife, my parents, and my broader friends and family, who... View Details
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