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  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve operational performance. This literature typically takes the perspective of a central planner who directs individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings, however, workers have View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

Behavioral Decision Making The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R. Abstract—The way a choice set is constructed can have a significant influence on how individuals perceive and evaluate their options... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

second set of tools concerns what you can do within a given legal environment. Students often don’t recognize how much discretion they have and what room there is for pushback. For example, in the San Bernardino case, it looked like Apple... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5

methods to further demonstrate causality and to consider the effects of potential moderators. These findings have implications for decisions related to product pricing, placement and assortment, store layout, and the choice of strategies... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

that the choices a VC makes when negotiating can contain important clues about her assessments and expectations. Above all, when you're negotiating with a VC, think not only about what will look good in a press release today but also... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

the two tendencies can be explained as a product of a contingent recency effect: although the estimations reflect negative recency, choice behavior reflects positive recency. A similar pattern is observed in the field study: immediately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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acknowledgment for participants who have satisfactorily demonstrated mastery of the Program material. The decision to award any such credential or other acknowledgment to a given participant will be solely within the discretion of Harvard... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

gives firms discretion to manage impairments. We test this argument in a sample of firms with market indications of impairment (firms with book goodwill and market-to-book ratio below one). We find that the frequency of non-impairment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

Kleindorfer and Yoram Wind. Wharton School Publishing, forthcoming Abstract Managers often must make decisions that depend on decisions in other parts of the organization. These interactions create a network of interdependent choices and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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policies. Harvard Business School Online may offer a credential or other acknowledgment for participants who have satisfactorily demonstrated mastery of the Program material. The decision to award any such credential or other acknowledgment to a given participant will... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979 is attributed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

paper explores the effects of monetary policy parameters and macroeconomic shocks on nominal bond risks, using a New Keynesian model with habit formation and discrete regime shifts in 1979 and 1997. The increase in bond risks after 1979... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

discrete version of our problem by reducing the problem to another combinatorial optimization problem known as Orienteering. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53414 November–December 2017 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

coefficients aggregate discrete choice model-which accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success-and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

then link our model to search engine market conditions: we derive comparative statics on consumer choice parameters, presenting relationships between market share, quality, and user welfare. We also analyze the prospect of joining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Present, Future Business, Government & the International Economy Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2024 Q2 1.5 Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Michael S. Kaufman , Andy Pforzheimer Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life View Details