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  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

Abstract—The prominent but unproven intuition that preference heterogeneity reduces redistribution in a standard optimal tax model is shown to hold under the plausible condition that the distribution of preferences for consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

earlier case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/americhem-the-gaylord-division-a-1/an/314011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-433 Intuit QuickBooks: From Product to Platform This case focuses on the challenges and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

average, consistent with the Bayesian intuition that the market inferred their work was mediocre all along. We then investigate whether the eminence of the retracted author and the cause of the retraction (fraud vs. mistake) shape the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

have documented the modest (though reliable) link between household income and well-being, we examined the accuracy of laypeople's intuitions about this relationship by asking people from across the income spectrum to report their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

should manage their corporate brands. The idea is that a significant part of the value of MNC brands comes from the inferences that consumers draw from their global reach. This idea makes intuitive sense to managers but has never been... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 02 Feb 2023
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Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

for a long time, but we need to do more. Intuition would tell us that would be the easiest way to do it, because you have a concentrated source of the molecules you're trying to gather. DM: But not all carbon dioxide can be easily... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2018
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January 30, 2018

insights and discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to positive vs. negative values of concealment. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49531 The Long-Run Dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

individuals are prompted to consider the question "What could I do?" in place of their intuitive approach of considering "What should I do?" Together, these studies point toward a theory of moral insight and important... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

feather flock together." In a series of simulations, we show that latent space coordinates significantly reduce bias in the estimate of social influence. The intuition is that latent coordinates act as proxy variables for hidden... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of these intuitive theoretical arguments rely on special... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2014
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Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

organizational context, with the right leadership, a group can amplify the diverse talents and ideas of its individual members. Leaders Foster Discovery-driven Learning Innovation usually arises from an often lengthy period of conscious experimentation and repeated... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

system of expense allocation, and anti-inversion legislation—reflect the intuition that building "strong fences" around the United States advances American interests. This paper examines the interaction of a strong fences policy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

we show that when consumers are forward-looking, the value of concealment is context-dependent; we present insights and discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to a positive vs. negative value of concealment.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

effects and direct competitive effects on the producer side. We show that this can sometimes make proprietary platforms more socially desirable than open platforms, which runs against the common intuition that open platforms are more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four experiments examine the moral psychology of indirect agency. Experiments 1A, 1B, and 1C reveal effects of indirect agency under conditions favoring... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

to join a syndicate that will fulfill the contract. We model syndicated markets as a repeated extensive form game and show that standard intuitions from industrial organization can be reversed: collusion may become easier as market... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616032-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-048 Intuit: Turbo Tax Personal Pro—A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs The case tells the story of a product manager within Intuit who develops an idea... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

  Working PapersFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior Authors:Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract While lay intuitions and pop psychology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

process at every level happens in ways that are not always intuitive to people who think about strategy as a top-down planning process. For example, customers can capture what gets considered in a formal budgeting meeting because the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

political spectrum, are likely to see at least some intuitive appeal to the principle of Equal Sacrifice. It says that the goal of tax policy is to spread the costs of public goods so that each individual's "sacrifice" from paying taxes,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services