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- 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27
Behavior & Organization What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews By: Dobrescu, Loretti I., Michael Luca, and Alberto Motta Abstract—This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w17902?ntw What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews Authors:Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca, and Alberto Motta Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
at your most important negotiations? First, during preparation for a key negotiation, consider hiring a true outsider, whether an expert within your firm, a consultant with unique expertise, or a trusted friend. When your deal is complex... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
from those “schooled” on the West or East Coasts. Fortunately, expert coaching was available to West Coast entrepreneurs. Names that have been mentioned frequently include Andy Grove, Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, and perhaps most famously... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
consumers in more-developed markets. There are few government bodies or independent publications, like Consumer Reports in the United States, that provide expert advice on the features and quality of products. Because of a lack of... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
such dismissal threatens advisors’ sense of self-worth, leading them to judge seekers more harshly. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to punish seekers who ignore their advice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
How can online advertising fraud be detected and prevented? What should we look at, where should we look, and what methods and tools should we use? These questions are relevant to anyone who buys online advertising. According to HBS professor Ben Edelman, an View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
consultant who comes in, assesses the situation, and offers expert advice. They're people who appeal to the mind more than the heart—that's where their talents lie, and that's what you need as Secretary of the Treasury. I don't think... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
patterns of behavior, not the other way around," writes Harvard Business School professor Marco Iansiti, an expert on innovation, entrepreneurship, and operations. “The planning process we describe is going to surprise many... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008
but is difficult when demand history is unavailable such as for new products. One method that can be applied in such cases uses dispersion among forecasting experts as a measure of demand uncertainty. This paper provides a test for this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
time. We examined a radical change in a recently acquired subsidiary of a U.S.-based global organization over a two-year period. With the aim to standardize communication across borders, the subsidiary changed its native working language from Spanish to English.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24
a variety of metrics, Trader Joe's ranked as one of the most successful grocers in the United States in 2013. Experts estimated that the company had the highest sales per square foot of any major grocery chain, even significantly high... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
an expert on the history of German savings institutions and has written on the German financial system more broadly. We are just beginning our planning for the project, which will look at savings institutions in the U.S., Great Britain,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
Price, Local Value Creation, Global Standard of Excellence, Dedicated Service Relationship and the Expert Knowledge designs. Students are asked to analyze the configurations used in each of these examples and then to apply the analyses to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007
success and (b) develop a set of instruments to assess RE risk factors and to design, evaluate, and apply effective measures to mitigate those risks. The data collection consists of interviews with RE experts and other experienced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
Retailing, supply chain experts Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman explain how to use analytics to better manage your inventory for faster turns, fewer discounted offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies of retailing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
result was a surprise to many and went against the advice of the vast majority of economic experts and business leaders. Two years later, and after a remarkable period in UK politics, key questions about the future relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Relative total shareholder return (rTSR) is increasingly used to incentivize and evaluate managers. Although compensation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53182 September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review The Surprising Power of Online Experiments: Getting the Most Out of A/B and Other Controlled Tests By: Kohavi, Ron, and Stefan H. Thomke Abstract—In the fast-moving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel