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  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

mechanism, which we refer to as the "clamped second price auction mechanism," into the laboratory to determine whether it helps human subjects learn to play their optimal strategy faster than the standard second price auction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

case, “lost the initial ‘COVID-stress’ weight”). CEOs chose a variety of approaches—such as running, walking, yoga, “online Pilates,” or using newly bought “home gym equipment”—but almost all of them said they worked out regularly. Clearly, exercise provided not only... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

many tradeoffs Barge must make in balancing the benefits of the former organization with those of the new structure to achieve the firm's strategic goal of becoming more customer-solutions oriented. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et al., 2008), suggesting any... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

online discount vouchers, a new marketing tool that offers consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

labor-intensive manufacturing process and the high prices of Zotter chocolates limit the scalability of the company, even though the founder desires to grow. While the founder has many ideas for the firm, it is not clear which path would be View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

as pure profit maximizers, assuming that market forces alone will ensure that farmers benefit. Even when e-intermediation benefits farmers, it is insufficient to mitigate the negative effects of supply fragmentation, suggesting that for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

Who Will Benefit Senior Managers and Consultants Analysts Aspiring Finance Professionals Use financial tools and metrics to inform strategic decision-making and drive business performance. The program expertly leads you through... View Details
  • 14 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

"Understand that this vaccine that's being approved is not like other approved drugs." Expect side effects. That’s going to happen with this wave of drug approvals. They simply have higher risk. Now, are the benefits worth that risk? They... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 29 Feb 2016
  • HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

administrative support, all available via subscription through the cloud. A Chicago citizen enjoys the benefits of a Bigbelly trash compactor. Source: Kevin Zolkiewicz Getting to SaaS is complicated enough as a strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy
  • 07 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads

some of those consumer eyeballs. In "Moment-to-Moment Optimal Branding in TV Commercials: Preventing Avoidance by Pulsing," forthcoming in Marketing Science, Teixeira and coauthors Michel Wedel of the University of Maryland and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-080.pdf Turning Waste into By-Product (revised) Author:Deishin Lee Abstract We determine, in a competitive setting, the optimal operating regimes for a firm that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

local-currency-bond markets in emerging countries have increased dramatically over the past decade. In light of these trends, we revisit the question of the optimal exchange-rate regime when developing countries can borrow internationally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry

our communities on the benefits of electrification,” said BlocPower Co-Founder and General Manager Keith Kinch. In mid-February, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg added: “The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help us win the... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

early in a relationship. We show that certain kinds of exchange partners can systematically reap differential returns from a common history of interaction. Organizational similarity significantly enhances the ability of exchange partners to translate the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics that inhibit the sharing of ideas. Further, they can use practical management strategies to help organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

point increase in entrepreneurship, equivalent to a 4% increase in the number of entrepreneurs. New entrants were more likely to start businesses in sectors where they had no prior experience and were more likely to fail than those who did not View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

There is a mismatch between what many scholars assume is the purpose of taxes and what most people believe for themselves. That mismatch means that the advice experts offer to policymakers and citizens debating American tax policy can sometimes seem to miss the point.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

the right balance between the private benefits of integrated markets and the public value of civic engagement, evidence on the size of the positive spillovers from local media is needed. To date, such evidence is scant. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-124.pdf First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber Abstract We study the effect of two-sided platforms' ability to invest in first-party content on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne