Decision Authority - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

strength of the country, is increasingly failing to provide stable policy decisions addressing the issues Sweden is facing. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53584 October 2017 Review of Economics and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

exception. Yet providers and payers continue to try to stymie competition. Many are actively pursuing consolidation, buying up market share, and increasing their bargaining power. In this article, the authors argue that health care payers... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (John Wiley & Sons). Roger Thompson: How does the government figure out which financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

destroyed by Katrina and abandoned. © futurewalk Every charter school operates under a five-year performance contract with its authorizer (usually the state department of education or a university). The school is subject to the same state... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

there in sufficient numbers that they’re not all alone and cringing in the face of a dominant figure who can control their fate,” says Kanter, author of Men and Women of the Corporation, a book about corporate power, particularly as it... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

individuals' publications. Using a unique electronic mail dataset, we find that researchers within the firm who author publications are much better connected to external (to the company) members of the scientific community. This result... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

management control systems. It examines organizations that have authorized their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, organizations that have enabled only managers in a few units to experiment with different inputs and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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