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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
versus Posted Prices in Online Markets By: Einav, Liran, Chiara Farronato, Jonathan Levin, and Neel Sundaresan Abstract—Auctions were very popular in the early days of internet commerce, but today online sellers mostly use posted prices. We View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Development Elective, an innovative offering within the leadership curriculum of an international MBA, which gives participants the opportunity to work with a psychotherapist during the course. Our findings suggest that the interplay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
recognized as providing an important dimension in international business studies. Much of this historical work has focused on mapping historical growth patterns of multinationals and exploring the determinants of their growth. However,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
model that has found success elsewhere in the world to the MENA market. Circumventing obstacles presents opportunities for MENA entrepreneurs. Despite being one of the most connected regions in the world, with 88 percent of people online... View Details
- 27 Mar 2012
- News
One School at a Time
end of high school they’re scoring substantially below their international peers. We believe that if you really want students to learn, you need small class sizes, highly qualified instructors, and an experiential learning program.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
this past fall with an open challenge: choose an organization whose operating model will be significantly affected by climate change, and tell us what it should be doing to address it. Students posted responses to the prompt on HBS’s Open... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
counterparts in sectors that were hardest hit by the subsequent crisis. We present a model where higher turbulence benefits decentralized firms because the value of local information and urgent action increases. Since turbulence rises in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
consumer inertia is a big deal in your market, it could be the case that you are not pricing appropriately,” MacKay says. “You may want to reduce prices to attract repeat customers down the line.” Companies often internalize consumer... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
and send it to the company via a prepaid shipping box in exchange for cash. After that, Gazelle resells the tech to individuals, wholesalers, and international buyers. So far, so good: To date, Boston-based Gazelle has handed out $150... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others do not. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
technologies for greenhouse production through its incubator, Division Q. In these Dutch greenhouses, technology rules the roost—from cultivar selection to pest control and automation. We learned that these greenhouses record large streams of data to monitor the View Details
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
By: Kerr, William R., and Ufuk Akcigit Abstract—We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
worker. For this purpose, we use a standard version of the neoclassical growth model augmented to incorporate monopolistic competition among heterogeneous firms. For our preferred calibration, the model... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Mixing Risk And Reward The basic model that the biotechnology industry has followed for over twenty years is also changing, and for the better, according to panelists at a session titled "Will Equal Biotechnology-Pharma Partnerships... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
international awards. How could the company capitalize on this success? Should Grace expand its operations to multiple Chinese provinces? Should Grace continue as a premium boutique winery serving a growing but ultimately limited niche... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
ideas. For the projects I worked, I had to make lots of Excel models to clearly distill complex information. I applied the same principals I used as a programmer to make the models clean and succinct so that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
China, saw how social e-commerce operated there, and identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6 percent of the population buys online, and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
the footprint are outsourced—module boundaries are redrawn and interfaces designed for this purpose. The result is an invested capital advantage, which can be used to drive the returns of competitors below their cost of capital. We explain how this strategy works and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
money-maximizing evaluation procedure. Our findings are compatible with a behavioral model of information processing and with the System 1/System 2 distinction in behavioral decision research where people have two distinct modes of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne