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  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

interdisciplinary, with economists and business historians joining together to confront theory with empirical evidence. Publisher's Link: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415532716/   Working PapersNo Margin, No Mission? A Field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

behavior. We examine the role of experience over time in the emergence of the Gambler's Fallacy in binary prediction tasks. Theories of the Gambler's Fallacy and models of binary prediction suggest that recency bias, elicited by... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

  Publications April 2015 Routledge Strong Brands, Strong Relationships By: Fournier, Susan, Michael Breazeale, and Jill Avery Abstract—From the editorial team of the groundbreaking Consumer-Brand Relationships: Theory and Practice comes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

purchases the same customers make when shopping without a coupon. The standard permanent income or lifecycle theory of consumption predicts that grocery spending will be unaffected by the use of a $10-off coupon, while a simple mental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

preferences. The second algorithm is more efficient, but applies only in the case when random utilities are logit. We show that the log-likelihood of the model has a particularly simple expression and we compute its derivatives. As an application, we View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

that helps businesses profit from making their buildings carbon neutral. (Not to put too fine a point on it, Teach For America was founded by a woman, and Carbon Lighthouse by two men.) The researchers then developed a five-point... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

and labor markets but find no evidence that product market efficiency affects the relative value of diversification. These results provide support for the theory of internal capital markets that argues that internal capital allocation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

collective research process. In particular we show that the process of creating breakthrough innovations of meanings partially mirrors the process of creating breakthrough technological innovations. Studies of design-driven innovation may therefore benefit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Light Years Ahead

departments. “The underlying logic of much of decision and control theory was similar to the underlying structure of how we at JPL would design trajectories and track and control a spacecraft,” says Light. “So intellectually, though this... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

trace the theory’s evolution from a technology-change framework—essentially descriptive and relatively limited in scope—to a more broadly explanatory causal theory of innovation and competitive response. This assessment reveals that our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

As executive director of Florida's aquarium project in Tampa from 1987 to 1993, for example, James M. Stuart (MBA '69) used spiritual practices to lead some 150 consultants and employees in the building of the aquarium against almost... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

organization, no matter what its age or size. Richard Hamermesh: The theory and concepts about entrepreneurship—the research and the knowledge—have been around HBS for a long time. I would give particular credit to Howard and Bill Sahlman... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

possibilities for expanding by building on the Clinic's platform of service delivery are investigated. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607013 Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

  Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

Spirit at Work

practices to lead some 150 consultants and employees in the building of the aquarium against almost impossible financial odds. "I started the early design meetings with a nondenominational prayer," says Stuart, an Episcopalian who also... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy. Second, One Report speaks with one voice to all stakeholders, who can even engage with the company via Web 2.0 tools and technologies. One Report is thus an essential element of demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

Abstract—Theories of status rarely address unearned status gain-an unexpected and unsolicited increase in relative standing, prestige, or worth, attained not through individual effort or achievement, but from a shift in organizationally valued characteristics. We View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

identify your core customers and build a scalable platform for growth around them. That's the message from Frank V. Cespedes, the MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; James P. Dougherty,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

typically build up around a geographic location where natural resources, an appropriately educated labor force, and a university or other research institution co-mingle. In recent years, some economists have argued that manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 16 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020

DID FLATIRON HELP YOU BUILD SKILLS? Paige Tsai: At a high level, I learned both the theory of data science and how to apply specific data science tools to large datasets to develop actionable insights.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries