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- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets
study of multi-sided markets such a young science? Are they a relatively new phenomenon? What is driving their growth? A: Multi-sided markets in general are not new at all: They have been around for ages—think of the dating clubs!... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Socioeconomic Network Heterogeneity and Pandemic Policy Response
By: Abhishek Nagaraj, Mohammad Akbarpour, Cody Cook, Aude Marzuoli, Simon Mongey, Matteo Saccarola, Pietro Tebaldi, Shoshana Vasserman and Hanbin Yang
We develop and implement a heterogeneous-agents network-based empirical model to analyze alternative policies during a pandemic outbreak. We combine several data sources, including information on individuals’ mobility and encounters across metropolitan areas,... View Details
Nagaraj, Abhishek, Mohammad Akbarpour, Cody Cook, Aude Marzuoli, Simon Mongey, Matteo Saccarola, Pietro Tebaldi, Shoshana Vasserman, and Hanbin Yang. "Socioeconomic Network Heterogeneity and Pandemic Policy Response." Working Paper, June 2020.
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
governance (ESG) information in China, Denmark, Malaysia, and South Africa using differences-in-differences estimation with propensity score matched samples. We find that relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
stability. In light of this goal, reforms should reduce the ex-ante incentives for MMFs to take excessive risk and increase the ex post resilience of MMFs to system-wide runs. Our analysis suggests that requiring MMFs to have subordinated... View Details
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demand about as much as one's own recent payout experience. Third, the spillover effect decays as time passes while the effect of one's own experience does not. We discuss implications of this analysis for commercial sustainability of... View Details
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
graduated. “Here’s the good news: They got everything they wanted,” Brooks said. “Here’s the bad news: They wanted the wrong thing. The result is that they’re not as happy as they could be. We need to teach a class on happiness,” Brooks concluded. A social scientist... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
the three-year analysis he conducted with coauthors Hongyu Xiao and Jaeho Kim, both of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. The results provide an important lesson for companies: “If firms want to make sure their best... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
low (-0.16 and 0.006) and decrease over time as network effects become increasingly important. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-035.pdf The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers Author:Robert S. Kaplan Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
powerful positions at work, and who had taken the initiative to enroll in advanced leadership courses. Even among these women who were actively climbing the corporate ladder, there was a relatively larger negative association with power... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
propose a general mechanism of partner choice, "screening," that is similar to the economic theory of mechanism design. Imposing the appropriate costs and rewards may induce the informed individuals to screen themselves... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?
out an email. He and four colleagues . had seen Larry’s note on the wall . (Dean’s email) included a detailed analysis of why the problem was occurring, described a solution, included a link to a prototype 9 implementation of the solution... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings illuminate a continuum of open systems to closed systems phenomenological assumptions revealed in this microprocess research. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Develop effective pricing strategies Benchmark costs compared to competitors through relative... View Details
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Compute Cluster and Data Storage - Research Computing Services
resources to enable HBS researchers to scale up effectively and efficiently conduct statistical analysis and programming. Quick Start and Logging In Requesting an Account Copying and Transferring Files Running Jobs Software Tools Scaling... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
in the world where factor costs are favorable. This paper re-examines this assumption and suggests that not all manufacturing is highly mobile. We suggest that manufacturing sectors should be viewed along a continuum from highly mobile to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Working PapersUser, and Open Collaborative Innovation: Ascendent Economic Models Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
management, accepting the reality of the situation and taking big actions relatively quickly." Carnival’s success has been due in part to investors’ faith in the company’s ability to right itself, but corporate leaders also made some... View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
depend on the circumstances and, if so, how?” Drawing on 138 interviews with FBI officials and an analysis of 45 congressional testimonies from 2001 to 2013, the paper details the ways in which design change and identity change interacted... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel