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  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

field research methods, this paper connects these achievements to bureaucratic norms, unwritten rules within the state that guide the behavior of public officials and structure their relations with civic agencies outside the state.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Letters to the Editor

further objective is to support economic growth, with “affordable” prices for energy and avoidance of supply interruptions. The conflicts among these are apparent. ANWR drilling (Alaska) would be economical and reduce foreign oil... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008

prices, the former implies convexity in the smaller of the two valuations, the latter linearity. In either case, the price is at least their average and hence spiteful. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

Felix Oberholzer-Gee: Companies can purchase almost every input they need: labor, office space, a great brand. But sometimes, the price system breaks down and there is no market. In my research, I have been interested in this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2022
  • Case

The Magic of Marks & Spencer Food

By: David E. Bell, Natalie Kindred and Damien McLoughlin
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Food; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Competition; Price; Inflation and Deflation; Trends; Growth and Development; Strategy; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

exploration and exploitation has drawn substantial interest from scholars studying phenomena such as organizational learning, knowledge management, innovation, organizational design, and strategic alliances. This framework has become an essential lens for interpreting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

of home buyers, investors, and regulators. Using the latest research in psychology and behavioral economics, they present a new theory of belief formation that explains why the financial crisis came as such a shock to so many people—and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

bags for free? The result would be more checked bags, more overhead bin space, faster boarding and deplaning, and probably more money. —Katherine Liu (MBA 2004) CARTY: The airlines are wrestling with this. Unbundling pricing and charging... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

  Working PapersEconomic Catastrophe Bonds Authors:Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 May 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

within the community to operate each plant , and nonprofit organizations aid in the underlying behavioral changes required to effectively collect more waste. Without the government’s regulatory framework, HUL’s investment and... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12

Behavior and Human Decision Processes Abstract The present research investigated the dual role of cognition as either an enabler of moral reasoning or self-interested motivated reasoning for endorsing sweatshop labor. Experiment 1A showed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2019
  • News

Lessons from the Ashes

subscriptions. So it was doing well, but there’d been friction within the family, as there often is in family businesses, over the last few decades. Kind of towards the end of my time at HBS, my dad died in January '87. And the stock View Details
  • 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10

Gino, F., and C. Mogilner Abstract—Money, a resource that absorbs much daily attention, seems to be present in much unethical behavior thereby suggesting that money itself may corrupt. This research examines a way to offset such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend toward fewer spatial boundaries... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

patients during visits, plus more accurate visit notes. However, clinicians’ well-being is unfortunately not always the top priority for hospital executives. Currently, most US hospitals generate revenue based on “fee-for-service" payment models, which pay health care... View Details
Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health
  • 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

serve significantly diverging customer bases. Such market-type dispersion is likely to compromise the headquarters' ability to control its local managers' behavior and satisfy the divergent needs of different types of customers. In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to create codes of fair competition... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

parameters, which must be learned from sales data. In the presence of these unknown demand parameters, the retailer faces a tradeoff commonly referred to as the exploration-exploitation tradeoff. Towards the beginning of the selling season, the retailer may offer... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

March 2015 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A Behavioral Model of the Popularity and Regulation of Demandable Liabilities By: Rotemberg, Julio J. Abstract—Overoptimism regarding one's ability to arrive early in a queue is shown... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne