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17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

stylized facts: (i) shocks to N have a large effect on S, (ii) business cycles in N lead over medium-term fluctuations in S, (iii) the outputs in S and N co-move more than their consumption, and (iv) interest View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

approaches. And it is well understood that creating a new business and optimizing an already existing one are two fundamentally different management challenges. The real problem for leaders is doing both, simultaneously. How do you meet... View Details

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily unwilling to maintain stable View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

that will risk closing their doors without our aid. Because COVID-19 affects the entire economy, to triage this way requires donors to urgently look in an unfamiliar place: for-profit models delivering high-impact interventions. To... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

individual. Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be learned." “Our... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

Office must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate, and so forth. Considers the risks and benefits of a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

need? What is the optimal setting and context in which they should be delivering care? What processes should they use? There are all sorts of operating managerial and strategic decisions that we haven't even talked about at a policy level and national level. Yet at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

simply, channel stewardship is the ability of a given participant in a distribution channel—a steward—to craft a go-to-market strategy that simultaneously addresses customers' best interests and drives profits for all channel partners. A... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

other prime locations in Chicago Downtown, and high interest rates suggested he should think long and hard before committing the company's resources to this speculative undertaking. Purchase the case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of 82,235 customers exploits the varying competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

receiving only a dispenser, (2) these effects persist after monitoring or incentives are removed, and (3) the anticipation of monitoring increases handwashing rates significantly, implying that individuals internalize the habitual nature... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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