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- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
end of the day, it’s the people that give me hope, that they’re there for the right reasons. Pharma nowadays gets a lot of negative press at pricing and things like that. It’s tough to say, but I don’t think that’s characteristic of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
its ties to the Soviet Union. Later that summer, a government plan to again dramatically increase the price of food and other basic commodities sparked large, violent protests in Warsaw and its suburbs. The unrest led to the formation of... View Details
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
initial pricing of those securities. The pricing of equity is largely determined by the long-term performance of the firm, whereas the pricing of debt is limited on the upside,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
are less likely to do so with increasing age and greater geographical scope. We also find a strong trend toward unbundling over time, a result that is partially explained by increases in media prices over time. Download the paper from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
in self-confidence, assessments of others, and behavior in a cooperative game. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55101 forthcoming Management Science Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
joint evaluation, making joint evaluation the money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
about relative advantage, you can achieve it several ways. You can provide more benefits for the same cost, the same benefits for less cost, or a lot more benefits for slightly more cost. Each of those has a different behavioral feel for... View Details
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
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
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
willingness to experiment. They’re seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical. And research suggests that these behaviors translate into better innovative performance. But despite the fact that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
failed to live up to the billing it is currently receiving from some inside and outside the tech communities. Worse yet, the price to be paid for progress in innovations such as artificial intelligence may be greater than the benefit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
research on complex organizations. Yet, the behaviors of top executives are frequently featured as an important determinant in historical treatments of strategic change inside large firms. Theories of organizational ecology,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
of newspapers and magazines. And yet, as print ads flee online for pennies on the dollar — and newsprint prices jump while circulation and newsstand sales slump — these enterprises have never seen their financial prospects dim so rapidly.... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Misconduct: The Effect of Gradual Degradation on the Failure to Notice Others' Unethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Four laboratory studies show that people are more likely to accept others' unethical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms will notice and imitate the behaviors of firms from the same prior industry; and third, that as firms gain experience with particular features, the influence of prior industry will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. "In an organization, all the employees already have some of this, in varying degrees." “Altruistic capital is the idea that every individual has within them an intrinsic desire... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help Us Reduce Short-Sighted Decision Making Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Although observers of human View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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