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  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

product variety and inventory levels on store sales. Using four years of data from stores of a large retailer, we show that increases in product variety and inventory levels are both associated with higher sales. We also show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

fulfillment that uses centralized inventory management. We ask whether, and if so, how, showrooms benefit the two most basic retail objectives: demand generation and operational efficiency. Using quasi-experimental data on showroom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

influence facility managers' decisions. As a result, managers of facilities that are subjected to comparable institutional pressures adopt distinct sets of management practices that appease different external constituents. Using an original survey and archival View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

Authors:Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman Periodical:Social Science & Medicine (forthcoming) Abstract Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

compare each other, both the similarities and differences, especially of their business systems. So we set about using the convening power of the School to bring together the best scholars in business and economic history in both countries, and to generate compelling... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

invaluable for students aspiring to become leaders adept at navigating and leveraging diverse business landscapes for societal and economic benefit. Educational Objectives From cutting-edge robotics to technological art, from big data to... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

workers, the middle class, and the nonpolitical rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. The authors contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power and provide an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Nine out of 10 CEOs mentioned that their employees were worried about their job security and health, as well as their loved ones’ health, and their stress level was high. When asked to rate the stress of their employees on a scale of... View Details
Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

imposing costs on marginal ones. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52388 Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

from "real work." But when Google's people analytics team examined the value of managers, applying the same rigorous research methods the company uses in its operations, it proved the skeptics wrong. Mining data from employee... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

still a "toy for techies," the case is set in 1998 when Internet IPOs were red-hot. Internet Securities provides hard-to-find financial, business, economic, and political information on emerging markets. Information from over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

decade I believe the research agenda at business schools will be driven by the desire to apply management principles to addressing complex social problems (like balancing energy security with environmental sustainability), whose solutions... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

on clinician productivity in ambulatory settings. Study Design: We examined EHR use in primary care practices that implemented a web-based EHR from athenahealth (n = 42) over 3 years (695 practice-month observations). Practices were predominantly small and spread... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

were compliant (that is, 52.8% under treatment). Fifty-five (18%) had normal blood pressure readings (BP under control). The data also demonstrated higher prevalence (39%) of hypertension among tobacco users compared to non-users (28%)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

non-U.S. citizens may encounter delays or challenges securing a visa for certain Immersive Field Course countries due to more complex application procedures, additional consular security, or documentation requirements. The application... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2021
  • News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

club notes, has touched the lives of more than half a million people in India and has also exported medicines to many other hard-hit countries in Asia and Africa. Dr. Natarajan founded the Pune Platform for COVID Response (PPCR), which raised more than $15 million and... View Details
  • 28 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

gas flow into the can and explode. (While all of the data that I am using about the Walmart stories are from publicly available sources, it should be noted that I served as an expert witness in the case of Melvin v. Walmart, Inc.) This... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail
  • 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

  Working PapersTesting Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24 Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan Abstract We analyze balanced scorecard data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

on industry-level targeting to analyze quality FDI based on the subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace