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- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
suddenly came under common ownership. In addition, mergers between advertisers could be a source of conflict-of-interest problems: for example, when the ad agency of an acquired company also provided services to a firm that competed with the client in another product... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
Moskowitz, and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen Abstract We provide new evidence on the success of long-run risks in asset pricing by focusing on the risks borne by stockholders. Exploiting micro-level household consumption data, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7
value. This uproar calls attention to the fact that the literature on intermediaries has carefully analyzed their incentives, but that we know little about the broader strategic dimensions of this market. The paper explores three related... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence By: Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer Abstract— People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher average solution quality due to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
Cases & Course MaterialsBMW's Project Switch (A): Importers vs. National Sales Companies Harvard Business School Case 509-023 BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case highlights BMW's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
commercialization and adoption. Emerging opportunities must be nurtured, and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
What was the objective of the new product launch, would it succeed, and how would this new business affect the Group’s core business of selling natural (mined) diamonds? This case is intended to be used in conjunction with and to follow a related HBS case: “The De... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
strategy, which exploits tax variation across neighboring counties in different states. We find that taxes matter for innovation: higher personal and corporate income taxes negatively affect the quantity, quality, and location of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
analysis of 82,235 customers exploits the varying competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25
(shortest expected processing time). Moreover, they exercise more discretion as they accumulate experience. Exploiting random assignment of tasks to doctors’ queues, instrumental variable models reveal that these deviations erode... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
practices, and bad actors can undermine even the most successful platforms. The book concludes with an exploration of platform battles of the future, including voice wars (Alexa vs. Hey Google View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
punch of earlier generations: video sales generally decrease over time across all quantiles of the sales distribution, but this effect is most pronounced among best-selling titles. Our findings have important implications for entertainment companies. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4
activists (e.g., social movement organizations vs. religious groups and activist investors) rely on dissimilar tactics (e.g., boycotts and protests vs. lawsuits and proxy votes). Further, we show how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a conceptual model and provide convergent evidence from seven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006
empresarios y en las causas de su dilatada irresolución. Legal Origin vs. the Politics of Creditor Rights: Bond Markets in Brazil, 1850-2002 Author:Aldo Musacchio Publication:Chap. 2 in The Politics of Financial Development, edited by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
explores a method of value creation through exploiting synergies that exist in an environment where there is diversity. The context of the case is a farm where biodiversity is leveraged to create value. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50057 November 2015 Negotiation and Conflict Management Research Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan By: Kopelman, Shirli, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
regularly explore together: (1) Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your company to deliver maximum value to that customer? (2) How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees, and customers? Is everyone in your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Benjamin Abstract—I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 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