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- 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
versus Posted Prices in Online Markets By: Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan Abstract—Auctions were very popular in the early days of internet commerce, but today online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22
environment of higher education, the Director of Strategic Communications at the U.S. Military Academy is faced with a decision on whether or not to invest resources in a rebranding effort. Over the course of the school's history, several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
Working PapersCPC/CPA Hybrid Bidding in a Second Price Auction Authors:Benjamin Edelman and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We develop a model of online advertising in which each advertiser chooses from multiple advertising measurement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
enterprises, this account of managerial responsibility is also meant to address debates about the role and purpose of business firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50371 forthcoming Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
tolerance, can have substantial welfare costs. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13966 I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
account, we present six studies, conducted in the field and in the lab. A pre-registered field experiment indicated that diners were 21.1% more likely to buy a bowl of chicken noodle soup when a sign revealing its ingredients also included the cafeteria’s costs to make... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
U.S., KP is facing an enormous potential liability from future costs of obesity and diabetes. Given low turnover in health plan membership, how should they respond to this crisis? How should they invest in the health of their covered population, their employees, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
“steeped-in-tradition” background that Willis, hired by Wimbledon in 2012 and promoted to Head of Digital and Content in 2015, had to figure out the proper role for digital and social media at Wimbledon. The motivation behind the push into digital was one of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
Clinic had been consistently ranked No. 1 by US News & World Report for heart surgery survival rates, her father opted to go to the No. 2 ranked Mayo Clinic. The reason for his choice: doctors at the Cleveland Clinic had a reputation for View Details
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54476 Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace By: Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu Abstract—As an intermediary improves trust between two sides of its market to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
label Prada, and jeweler Bulgari. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/how-brand-tourists-can-grow-sales/ar/1 Forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) Risk, Information, and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing By: Edelman,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
partnership with the online review platform Yelp helped the researchers evaluate consumers’ interest in dining at restaurants as well as ordering food for delivery and takeout. The team found that: People across the US had largely stopped... View Details
- 27 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)
incentive ended up generating $4,200 for four charities; the receipts were posted online afterward for the participants to see. Almost every respondent admitted to having engaged in at least one of these practices, but it's important to... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
benefit from revealing unit cost information to consumers. A natural field experiment conducted with an online retailer suggests that cost transparency boosts sales. Six subsequent controlled lab experiments replicate this basic effect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19
the last decade, a variety of novel patent intermediaries have emerged. We discuss how several online platforms have started services for buying and selling patents but have failed to gain meaningful traction. And new intermediaries that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global organizations communicate and negotiate linguistic and cultural differences. Bringing together 650 interviews conducted across Rakuten’s locations in Brazil,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
and from electronic communication servers—the effect of open office architectures on employees' face-to-face, email, and instant messaging (IM) interaction patterns. Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Kristin, and Tolga Sınmazdemir Abstract— Finding suitable settlements to civil wars, then proceeding to reconcile and reintegrate civilian communities to realize such settlements and avoid future conflict, poses many seemingly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman