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- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
"That's not great protection, but at least it's some coverage. But for really devastating kinds of large losses, the coverage levels actually fall from there. They should continue to increase, but don't—and even fall for the most devastating events." View Details
- 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50648 2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
Working PapersLetting Misconduct Slide: The Acceptability of Gradual Erosion in Others' Unethical Behavior (revised) Authors:Francesca Gino and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Previously titled "Slippery Slopes and Misconduct: The Effect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006
Patenting Behavior: Demographics or Opportunities? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Waverly Ding, and Toby Stuart Periodical:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the individual, contextual, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
entire supply chain, from purchasing thread to delivering finished goods complete with price tags to individual stores. William Fung (MBA 1972) and his older brother, Victor (PhD 1971), who taught at HBS for four years, are the third... View Details
- January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
- Background Note
A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers
Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Price Bubble; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Behavior; Competition
Eisenmann, Thomas R. "A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-103, January 2003. (Revised September 2007.)
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
Ert, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 1, no. 2 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/1/2/117/ The Counterfeit Self: The Deceptive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
industry consider peer-to-peer services as marketing tools rather than the enemy? Should online pricing be different from in-store pricing? What happens when broadband makes it as easy to illegally download an entire CD as an individual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
million shares raising $5.47 billion. “In addition to the financial analysis there’s a lot of judgment involved in deciding where to price an offering. You may have an oversubscribed deal, but how far should you push it? It’s not a simple... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Incentives and Operational Excellence
on the retailer’s shelf, however, is less than $3. Demand for an individual movie is highly uncertain and usually declines rapidly after the first few weeks, Narayanan said. One contracting solution to bridge the divide between studios and stores was for the studios to... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Simplification and Saving By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—The daunting complexity of important financial decisions can lead to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
for download. Fair (and Not So Fair) Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Drawbacks of existing procedures are illustrated and a method of efficient fair division is proposed that avoids them. Given additive participants' utilities, each item is View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
savings, or fertility behavior in African nations. However we do find weak evidence that AIDS has lead to a slow-down in education gains, as measured by youth literacy, and a rise in poverty, as measured by malnutrition. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
points. Pseudo-set framing changes gambling choices (Study 1), effort (Studies 2 and 3), giving behavior (Field Data and Study 4), and purchase decisions (Study 5). These effects persist in the absence of any reward, when a cost must be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
behavior that have not been considered in previous research. First, customers who monitor product prices after purchase may initiate opportunistic returns because of price... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
conflict and enhancement within people on two crucial aspects of resolving problems with others: integrative behavior and openness. The results of two studies support the hypotheses that multiple identity conflict is negatively related to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
interests, and then reserve their spot. Hosts set the price of their meals, and Bookalokal earns a commission on each meal. Soon after launching the site, however, Bookalokal's market expanded. It turns out that local diners—especially... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
challenge for all advertising is to connect the dots all the way to sales. Sales are a function of advertising but also price and the quality of a product, so you can’t blame or credit advertising for everything. And how do you ever... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
party — a government or an insurance company — not only sets the prices but goes so far as to specify procedures and even the kinds of patients to be covered. Lately, payers are even telling doctors how to practice medicine, and those who... View Details