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- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
personal information because the additional revenues generated in the process exceed the consumer disutility incurred. Clearly, personal consumer information is a valuable asset in the marketplace. To better understand the implications of consumer information for... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to the formal banking system. In the period 2000 through 2005, there were approximately 30 million checking accounts reportedly closed for excessive overdrafting.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
everything I might have wanted, but the legislative process seldom produces that. Certain elements of this reform are positive and helpful, including the creation of a formal resolution authority and a systemic risk regulator; provisions... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
and we also present a detailed case study on Tomogorō Ono, a key developer of salt production technology who used attorneys in connection with his patenting work at a time when Japan was still in the process of formally institutionalizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
change in directions that favor new sets of interests (for a review, see Battilana, 2010). A second factor that contributes to institutional change is determining whether the processes are endogenous to the everyday functioning of institutions, such as the loose... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
how the composition of patenting teams relates to both the scope of their patent applications and the speed of their patent approvals by examining the main effects of team members’ intra-organizational diversity (based on affiliations with View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
with the utmost respect. Kanter believes a formal complaint process might not be effective if the victim feels vulnerable and exposed. She might question if it’s even worth reporting, doubting that the complaint will be investigated... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
come up with quick policy advice, but to actually try to deepen understanding of those problems through rigorous academic research, which ultimately can lead to new remedies.” Outside of formal hearings, get-togethers between researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
of risk talk the CRO can enable the real work of risk management to take place not in his own function but in the business. In both cases, facilitation involved a significant degree of humility on the part of the CRO, manifest in limited View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
shocks, i.e., they must buy or sell at the same time. Two assets are "co-fragile" if their owners have correlated trading needs, even if the holdings of these owners do not directly overlap. We formalize this idea and apply it... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
other hand, the Bank has no required procedures for developing policy, and no clear minimum standards for soliciting or incorporating public inputs in its lending operations. As a result, public participation is usually ad hoc and discretionary, and the Bank generally... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
Financial Literacy, Financial Decisions, and the Demand for Financial Services: Evidence from India and Indonesia Authors:Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson, and Bilal Zia Abstract Why is demand for formal financial services low in emerging... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
to soup, to fast-casual restaurants. His businesses activities are divided among three separate entities—Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Wolfgang Puck Catering, and Wolfgang Puck Worldwide—that share some formal and informal linkages.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
long-term vision for partnerships and innovation. The case portrays key questions concerning how the partnership process was formalized through the development of the ORP, and what innovations these new partnerships would bring to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of modularity on IP protection by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
American Democrats, their beliefs and values suggest that Peronists are the Argentine equivalent of the Republicans. Third, given that these beliefs are non-standard (for economists) we present a model formalizing some of their key... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
theory of) or 2) as being and action are actually experienced "on the court," specifically as these are actually lived (real-time first-person experience of). As a formal discipline, the "on the court" method of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
"l" Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:British Medical Journal, January 27, 2010 Abstract What exactly do we mean by leadership in health care? Does it mean to take formal positions in senior leadership teams in hospitals,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
countries within the next 12 months. The CEO and Director of Business Development met to discuss the feasibility of accelerating the timeline, potential bottlenecks in the product development process, resource management, and the potential need for a more View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
Both of these factors change as the venture grows. As more people are hired and the founder begins sharing control with non-founders, and as the venture develops and formalizes systems and processes that make it less dependent on the... View Details