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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Francisco de Asís Martínez-Jerez, and Jason Douglas Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 1, no. 1 (February 2009): 53-74 Abstract We analyze geographic patterns of trade between individuals using transactions data from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
on four behavioral patterns through which they acquire information: (1) questioning; (2) observing; (3) experimenting; and (4) idea networking. We develop operational measures of each of these behaviors and find significant differences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
which are bonds whose proceeds are used for environmentally sensitive purposes. After an overview of the U.S. corporate and municipal green bonds markets, we study pricing and ownership patterns using a simple framework that incorporates... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
authors The I's Have It From Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations By Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Organizational conversation, in our use of the term, applies to the full range of patterns and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
tells us is that the findings regarding the differences in the patterns of trust in Chinese versus American networks are not due solely to Chinese managers having more kin or family members in their networks. Rather, Chinese managers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
took the form of new community bank creation by local bank professionals. Our results show that acquisitions in communities lead to new bank foundings, and that this pattern is particularly pronounced when the acquisitions are by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
“no” to enough things to ensure we have slack in the system? After all, the patterns of burnout are often predictable, and planned downtime is cheaper than unplanned downtime. Christina Wallace is a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
rebalancing in the financial portfolio of participants. These patterns conceal strong household-level evidence of active rebalancing, which on average offsets about one half of idiosyncratic passive variations in the risky asset share.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
businesses, were so momentous. [ ] There is no question, however, that small business intelligence will develop quickly on the coattails of other areas of big data and artificial intelligence. Combining data sources and using analytic techniques to understand View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer’s activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
advantages and firm-wide diversification; in contrast, a high net value of within-firm coordination is correlated with centralization. Variation across establishments within firms is widespread: most firms are neither fully centralized nor fully decentralized.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
the BCBS affiliate and its rivals increased premiums following conversions in markets where the converting affiliate had substantial market share. Medicaid enrollment rates also increased in these markets, a pattern consistent with "crowd... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are developed. This dynamic occurs because the organization's governance structures, problem solving routines, and communication View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
the socially constructed nature of helping behavior. That is, the parties must establish and maintain a helping frame for their interaction, especially when help-givers are high-status external leaders. Second, the model specifies that the rhythms of deep help—the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
patterns of action). The concepts introduced in this module provide the foundation for building effective management control systems. The Management Control Systems series forms a complete course on the techniques for using performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
observed variation in payout patterns over time than the traditional motives. The most recent evidence suggests that further insights can be gained from viewing payout decisions as an integral part of a firm's larger financial ecosystem,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
well-connected. From the empty BioValley complex in Malaysia to the repeated U.S. Small Business Innovation Research grants to Beltway "mills" that produce few real innovations, this pattern is depressingly familiar. Successful... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Negotiation Strategy: Pattern Recognition Game Harvard Business School Note 908-015 In negotiation, correctly identifying your counterpart's strategy is vital. Only then can you constructively influence their behavior—or adapt... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
consumers to producers, has dramatically influenced the calculus of production in a large number of industries. Our federal disaster relief policy, meanwhile, has likely affected housing patterns all over the country. In fact, the list... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
presumably based on its distinctive competence, rather than consciously serving the customer. Levitt thus argued that when companies fail, "it usually means that the product fails to adapt to the constantly changing patterns of... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat