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A Choice Prediction Competition for Market Entry Games: An Introduction

By: Ido Erev, Eyal Ert and Alvin E. Roth

A choice prediction competition is organized that focuses on decisions from experience in market entry games (http://sites.google.com/site/gpredcomp/ and http://www.mdpi.com/si/games/predict-behavior/). The competition is based on two experiments: An estimation... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Learning; Market Entry and Exit; Game Theory; Behavior; Competition

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29 Jan 2019
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2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical success and future opportunities for voluntary business actions to advance sustainability. Roadblocks include misaligned incentives, missing institutions,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 May 2012
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Learning by Supplying

Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Joanne Oxley

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Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

Know when and how to take advantage of financial restructuring and private equity Overcome inertia and pivot the organization Create plans for addressing current and prospective obstacles Infuse the organization with a sense of purpose... View Details

26 Mar 2014
HBS Seminar

Brian Kahin, MIT

02 Nov 2016
Blog Post

The Benefits of a Residential Campus

increased inertia not to go outside (or really move ) on cold days. The tunnels on campus connect the dorms to the classrooms and other buildings, and you will learn to love them through the winter. In short, I think it’s worth returning... View Details

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Charlotte MacDonald

treadmill, inertia would take its course." Pursuing the MBA would represent an opportunity to step out in many directions at once. "I wanted to take time to experience a ton of different industries, different people, as fodder... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

the more familiar lean technique of value stream mapping (VSM) to identify and decrease wasted time and effort throughout the software development process. Improving From The Bottom Up While most organizations struggle with implementing a new system, fighting the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

the central bank and public markets in order to examine whether such a policy is actually ideal. They find that, in the case that such a mutual exchange is present, the observed degree of policy inertia is not optimal from an ex-ante... View Details

13 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

changes, allowing the new owners to standardize human resources functions, such as hiring, and introduce stronger diversity programs. For the company that’s been acquired, Zhang says, the purchase can shake the inertia of “the way it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

lot of institutional inertia that makes it hard to actually to do that,” Nagle says. “This is one more piece of evidence that we should be encouraging that on a person level as well as a project level.” In business, where innovating... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

system united. Sibling systems have the hardest time working out who should have what leadership role and power. “The one-leader model still dominates everywhere and at all stages” With those few exceptions, the one-leader model still dominates everywhere and at all... View Details

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act

threats, Sull reminds the readers. Change also comes in the form of shifts in regulation, consumer preferences, and overall competitive dynamics. "Managers often equate inertia with inaction—a passive phenomenon in which... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2012
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Faculty Books

Wells (Jossey-Bass) In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt their strategies to remain at the top. But many firms fail to do so. Instead, they succumb to inertia and stick to their old strategies until it is too late. Why... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

courses within either subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 6 Modules, 30-35 Hours Download full syllabus 5-6 hrs Module 1 Challenge of Dynamic Capabilities Examine the cause of organizational View Details

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Jen Wu

resource I have to offer this world. And now, that time flows with purpose, its direction informed by more than inertia and whim. There are still only twenty-four hours in a day, but I’ve discovered something powerful. I can make time. I... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

He also suggests several promising new paths for more research on the problems of inertia in organizations. Sull's paper, in a slightly condensed version, was recently selected for publication in the Academy of Management Best Paper... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

01 Sep 2007
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Faculty Research Online

rationally? HBS professors Malcolm Baker, Joshua Coval, and Harvard University professor Jeremy Stein don’t think humans are such cold calculators. One proof: Individual and even institutional investors often give in to inertia and retain... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2008
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Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team

models, conclusion); Daniel Yergin (conservation, oil, energy wars, conclusion). Related Links Back to the Future Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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Jennifer DeWhitt

intentional with my decisions, rather than let inertia take me wherever. I can't optimize around other people's metrics." In her current role, Jennifer supports Bain's private-equity group with investment landscape analyses and... View Details

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