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  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

Daniel Kahneman, 217-247. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Abstract We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

and social science research is specialist, peer-reviewed journals. Second, much research takes the form of case studies and is often qualitative rather than quantitative. In disciplines where standardized social science methodology,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2017
  • News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

MORE Behind IBM's High-Risk Decision to Put Watson on Jeopardy MORE Behind IBM's High-Risk Decision to Put Watson on Jeopardy One day not long ago, a Japanese woman in her 60s walked into a hospital in Tokyo, worried she might have cancer. Doctors ran View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

models and policies are incomplete without taking into account the bargaining process and, in particular, the way in which this process interacts with underlying control structures in the household. Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

mission interrupts his search. Fighting unjust forces, Joe is swept into an evil plot that neither can elude. Their struggles against machines, men, and nature test the resilience of the human spirit. Set in a richly imagined near future,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

classroom. They might learn more and actually give back more to the company than they would with a standard teaching method. People who really like the classroomand the interaction in the classroom are less likely, I think, to enjoy the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Trade Secrets Protection and Antitakeover Provisions By: Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White Abstract—We examine whether and why managers strengthen antitakeover provisions when facing an increased threat of being... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

technology, but these results are driven almost entirely by heterogeneous effects by those with and without computer science and engineering (CS&E) backgrounds. Specifically, tests of underlying mechanisms reveal that unlocking... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

communications strategies and our standardized solutions address key challenges that are faced by the 4,300 postsecondary education institutions tasked with serving over 40 million alumni nationwide. Extend Fertility, INC. Christina... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

create informed, online test prep through Khan Academy. Free, accessible coaching, Khan reasons, will help “level the playing field”—giving every student, everywhere access to elite-level SAT coaching. J.R. Simplot’s White Russet is... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

of the most successful and insightful leaders of our time, the CEOs from companies as diverse as Standard Chartered Bank, Infosys, Nokia, Cummins, IKEA, Tata, and Campbell's Soup. The authors reveal how these leaders from around the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

multinational firms requires a similar fortitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-107.pdf Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Abstract We test for evidence of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

the sustainable sourcing pillar, with its work on farming standards and supplier code as well as its support for local sourcing programs in the growing African market. HEINEKEN's management finds that marketing its achievements in these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Mar 2013
  • News

The Accidental Innovator

through software, and I “write” on it as the lesson develops. Actually, my cousins have told me they like this “virtual Sal” better than the real-life me. They can start and stop and repeat me at will. How does Khan Academy change the View Details
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

Sole Mates

forced business closings due to contentious negotiations between the unions and the state and other employers. A real black swan. This has worsened an economy already weakened by the global financial crisis. Such conditions test the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product which can be easily stockpiled by end-consumers as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

stronger. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers (revised) Authors:David I. Levine and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Europe. European IFRS adoption represented a major milestone towards financial reporting convergence yet spurred controversy reaching the highest levels of government. We find a more positive reaction for... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract Abstract We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices. The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuations on low-price firms, managers will maintain share prices at lower levels,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

  Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical electoral redistribution to test... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace