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- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
for hiring, the concept of a slot is absent from virtually all of economics. Macroeconomic studies of vacancies and search come closest, but the implications of slot-based hiring for individual worker outcomes has not been analyzed in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
Business Review 84, no. 12 (December 2006) Abstract Countries, organizations, and individuals around the globe spend aggressively to solve social problems, but these efforts often fail to deliver. Misdirected investment is the primary... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
plumbing a career of extraordinary effectiveness, we have sought to learn as much as possible, extracting useful insights into the art and science of negotiation from Kissinger’s dealmaking at the highest level. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We implement the methodology in a field experiment in Zambia using... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
the unit level." Saravanan introduced the old/new, product-market 2X2 matrix to argue that top-down resource allocation is most appropriate when both products and markets are new. But he reminded us that "The decision on the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
and less constrained groups. Finally, the primary merchant uses of refunds are to pay for necessities (grocery stores, gas stations, etc.), and the fraction of the refund spending devoted to these necessities is higher for those with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
government has the resources necessary to address the magnitude of the market imbalance that exists." Gould, who was the director of two homeless shelters before enrolling at HBS, was vividly reminded of that imbalance at the recent... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective By: Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim Abstract—In this paper, we present the two primary functions of corporate reporting (information and transformation) and why currently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
outside directors implementing MV shareholder proposals reap the benefits of their responsiveness in the directors market through a higher likelihood of retaining their Board seat and a higher increase (or lower decrease) in the number of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
spend more than $800 billion annually on those efforts. Sales compensation plans are at the center of all this activity, the primary tool managers use to motivate and incentivize salespeople. Sales reps feed on two forms of compensation:... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
populations they were trying to help” In the wake of this evolution over the past decade, more organizations have adopted a hybrid business model in which a social mission is the primary goal, but they still aim to generate enough... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
that reason, the Executive Board was created to oversee the operations and aid allocations. For its part, the Board of Executive Directors is the decision-making body of the World Bank's two primary component institutions: the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
respectively, I find that the identity of a new industry is in fact the result of an interaction between contexts and entrepreneurial agency. With the help of oral histories, magazine primary sources, and other databases I show that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
opacity and agility. Clients find it very difficult to judge a firm's performance in advance, because they are usually hiring it for specialized knowledge and capability that they themselves lack. Price becomes a proxy for quality. And the top consulting (or law) firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
internationally acclaimed experts, have curated this timely volume to help newcomers and seasoned researchers alike to rapidly comprehend a diverse set of thrusts and tools in this rapidly growing cross-disciplinary field. The Handbook covers a wide range of macro-,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
sufficient for firms to be operationally effective," continues Crane. "Now strategy is much more customer driven, and a firm's brand is more important than ever." Marketing that brand, in fact, has become so essential that most startups... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
influence the companies being rated. We focus on corporate environmental ratings, the primary purpose of which is to help investors select "socially responsible" and avoid "socially irresponsible" companies. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in which business leaders in... View Details