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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
Washington State) and by participants with responsibility to enforce rules in an experimental lab setting. We also show that this effect is driven by psychological reactance. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
end." Christoph Vaagt had an interesting view: "If the value of a firm being sold depends on the people who work for it A retention bonus is a sure sign of a bad deal." Others questioned the effectiveness of retention... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Dharmapala Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
able to bridge science and business,” says HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. “We aim to provide graduates of this new program with tools to understand the most modern biomedical science issues, as well as knowledge of scientific methodologies and time frames, so they can be View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
resources. It exposes the fact we need to think about effective pooling mechanisms that would allow for these supplies to be held regionally. In a well-functioning system, one would hope not that each hospital tries to build massive... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
In contrast, we find no increase in crimes against men or gender-neutral crimes. We also examine the effectiveness of alternative forms of political representation: large-scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
progress they've made with their ventures. These include Abigail Falik's (MBA 2008) Global Citizen Year (pictured above), which she founded after she discovered, as a recent high school graduate, that the Peace Corps was effectively... View Details
Keywords: summary
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
that his or her followers accord the organization, including its values, its charter, and those charged with serving as stewards of these critical aspects. We have yet to see Mr. Trump evidence such respect or incite it among his fellow Americans. Anyone we would say... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
institutional pressures. In this chapter, we present current research arguing that such firms adopt heterogeneous sets of environmental management practices despite facing common institutional pressures because organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Jobs were not born as great strategists: Jobs almost bankrupted the company during his first stint with Apple .It was their ability to learn—about strategy, execution, and new domains within their own businesses—that made them such View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
global share have been dispersed across an increasing number of competitors—deconcentrating effects that the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions has barely begun to reverse. Yet more than one large automaker seems to have engaged in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract In their seminal 1985 paper, Katz and Shapiro study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct network effects. We consider systems compatibility when competing platforms are two-sided and there are indirect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
information aggregation treatments do not affect total equity investment when we make the investment environment more realistic than in prior experiments. Previously documented aggregation effects are not... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
Cagé, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build an endogenous growth model to analyze the relationships between taxation, corruption, and economic growth. Entrepreneurs lie at the center of the model and face disincentive effects from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Influences on Megachurch Pastors is an early-stage paper that looks at how leaders maintain the values of their institutions even as their industries rapidly change around them. Using the example of pastors who oversee enormous churches, the authors report that leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
not fully understand the importance of complying with all aspects of their recommended treatments, which eventually leads to deteriorating health and higher treatment costs. In this study, the authors analyze historical data of dialysis... View Details
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
findings suggest that restricting the entry of large stores does not necessarily lead to a world with fewer stores, but one with different stores, with uncertain competitive effects on independent retailers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
4Deserts adventure marathon series in Atacama, Chile; Gobi Desert, Mongolia; Sahara Desert, Egypt; and Antarctica. How can a small company in Hong Kong continue to effectively coordinate such a far-flung, complex, global operation?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace