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  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Letters to the Editor

untested, financial system,’ one that has proven to be unexpectedly fragile in a way that nobody really understood.” This is the Harvard Business School? If the basics of the financial system are not understood here, then perhaps the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

Abstract Behavioral economic-based interventions are emerging as powerful tools to help individuals accomplish their own goals, including weight loss. Deposit contract incentive systems give participants the opportunity to put their money... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

are (a) "strategic" mergers that are potentially used as mechanisms for competitor pre-emption, (b) systems effects of mergers including the impact of mergers on sector-wide diffusion of technologies, (c)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

impairment rules to convey private information on future cash flows; in contrast, agency theory predicts managers, on average, will use the discretion opportunistically. We test these hypotheses in a sample of firms with market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

clients may be served by separate organizational units that are under common control and/or ownership. Second, a family of hybrid conflict polices has evolved that feature elements of the split account system long practiced in Japan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

the design process and to approve the school's design. In the natural resources literature, commons theory predicts that, if a robust governance structure is created, this complex form of organizing gives claimants incentives to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53459 Winter 2017 Oxford Review of Economic Policy An Invitation to Market Design By: Kominers, Scott Duke, Alexander Teytelboym, and Vincent P. Crawford Abstract—Market design seeks to translate economic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term investment returns. Moreover, they analyze the forces at work in markets around the world, which are bringing into sharper focus the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

course provided valuable, real-world insights into how startups approach customer acquisition, growth strategies, and go-to-market execution. The course did an excellent job of blending theory with practical applications, featuring case... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

systems. The links between multinational firms form a distinct type of international system for the private sector—one that is simultaneously enmeshed in geopolitics and international markets even as it is also autonomous from them. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

raise menu prices—for everyone. Albeit indirectly, consumers pay for the intermediary services. "To me, this seems pretty screwed up," Edelman says. "The system encourages excessive consumption of OpenTable. As diners, we should leave... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

how recent increases in competition among raters led to "friendlier," poorer-quality ratings. As Becker explains, "The related theory goes back to the early 1980s (especially to an influential paper by economists Benjamin... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

Alan Morrison Abstract—Existing studies suggest that systemic crises may arise because banks either hold correlated assets or are connected by interbank lending. This paper shows that common regulation is also a conduit for interbank... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system than anyone else. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

temporarily.” Incredibly, McNamara says that the conventional wisdom about the domino theory and the question of whether U.S. troops could ever in fact prevent the loss of South Vietnam “were never debated at the government’s highest... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

mature organizations can sustain exploration by deliberately inducing perturbations in their own processes. Our theory yields testable hypotheses about the relationships between exploitation, perturbation, and exploration. We provide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

innovation. PDF not available. Intellectual Property Rights, Imitation, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence Authors:Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, C. Fritz Foley, and Kamal Saggi Abstract This paper theoretically and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407028 Embrapa Harvard Business School Case 507-019 Brazil's national agricultural research corporation, Embrapa, has developed an integrated crop and livestock production View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

bundled payments. The stakes are high, and the outcome will define the shape of the health care system for many years to come, for better or for worse. In this article, the authors argue that although capitation may deliver modest savings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne