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- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
variable labor supply, social security benefits and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young households, with the optimal share of equities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Norton Abstract—We identify and document a novel construct—pettiness, or intentional attentiveness to trivial details—and examine its (negative) implications in interpersonal relationships and social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
being in second place, it’s a pretty good place to be.” Consumers end up paying more To study how pricing algorithms affect competition, MacKay and Brown collected detailed... View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
PublicationsBlind Spots Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel Publication:The Montréal Review (September 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Blind-Spots-Bazerman-and-Tenbrunsel.php KFC's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
and they want to matter. They no longer want to be the objects of commerce. Instead, they want corporations to bend to their needs. They want... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will... View Details
- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
however, attached conditions to this course of action, typically involving some kind of financial penalty. For example, Walter Blass suggested "a negotiated skipping of his bonus, or stock options... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
manufacturer (ODM)? Tung Lung Metal Industries Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese maker of door lock hardware that is faced with the question of whether to continue to focus on its ODM business or start View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
be used to forecast product life cycles at scale. In two empirical studies, one of search interest in social networks and the other of new computer sales, we demonstrate that our model outperforms leading... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
than ever before, says Paine. And boards now have the responsibility of continuously monitoring the culture and staying ahead of problems. “If you’re on a board, you should be asking: ‘Do we have adequate mechanisms in place View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
social sector, and it can guide businesses in bringing together the various actors in their ecosystems to help remedy some of the world's most urgent problems. In the process, companies will find economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
prioritize social benefits over shareholder reward. CEOs adding their signature to the pledge included Apple's Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, IBM's Ginni Rometty, and GM's Mary... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14
ED. We propose that the dedicated queuing system yielded shorter throughput times because it provided physicians with greater ability and incentive to manage their patients' flow through the ED from arrival View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008
small firms, not-for-profits, and social enterprises have successfully leveraged deep metaphors to solve a wide variety of marketing problems. Marketing Metaphoria should convince you that everything... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
there were strong financial returns to technological development. Finally, we document an inverted-U shaped relationship between inequality and innovation but also show that innovative places tended View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
they can adapt and adopt institutional practices already legitimized by counterpart industries in other parts of the world. The paper builds on existing community ecology and social movement perspectives on industry emergence and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
promote social equality. He pondered whether public policy could make a difference or whether the market and societal currents, responsible for these trends, were too strong for him and his government to try... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
parties than reliance on financial incentives alone. In particular, many individuals place high value on such character virtues as honesty and integrity for their own sake and are more than willing to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
fight to place his five director nominees on the board. Target won the proxy fight, but still faced questions about whether it had a strategy that could work in both good times and bad. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
produces slower learning in human subjects than the standard second price auction mechanism. Our results also serve to highlight differences in behavior between simulated agents and human bidders that mechanism designers should take into... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace