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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
that the system is today less popular than it once was. There are other reasons, as well, that could be covered in a different, longer speech. But we should all keep in mind that the benefits of capitalism are not so obviously and directly View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
that sees something that others don’t see. You have to be convinced that three other people with the same idea in Silicon Valley or Bangalore, India, would not be able to out-execute this team. Passion, tenacity, and a magnet-like ability to draw talent, supporters,... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
Chen Abstract—Quantifying the gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to domestic firms. An alternative,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
Encourage team members to speak up and listen to what they say. Overcommunicate. Even without economic turmoil remote workers can develop negative attribution tendencies, such as assuming they were left off an email chain because they are... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
Encourage team members to speak up and listen to what they say. Overcommunicate. Even without economic turmoil remote workers can develop negative attribution tendencies, such as assuming they were left off an email chain because they are... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
characteristics enhances investment performance, collaborating for affinity-based characteristics dramatically reduces the probability of investment success. A variety of tests show that the cost of affinity is not driven by selection into inferior deals; the effect is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen Abstract—Assessing productivity gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research and policy debate. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased transparency. Using a large cross-section of firms, we find that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Heterogeneity and Redistribution Authors:Benjamin Lockwood and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Preferences over consumption and leisure play no role in the standard optimal tax model, which attributes all variation in earnings to differences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
circle, so you have to do a little magic to make it happen.” After creating a structure, Singer says, he delves down into character. It’s a creative process he attributes in part to HBS, where the teaching method has continued relevance... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
knowledgeable individuals can be attributed to ignorance. The less knowledgeable also report that their debt loads are excessive or that they are unable to judge their debt position. Download the working paper from SSRN ($5):... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Roslyn Braeman Payne (MBA 1970), president, Jackson Street Partners, San Francisco, California A well-known saying attributed to Confucius identifies the essence of life's journey: By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
be attributed to donor firms' concerns about the potentially negative consequences of scrutiny over outsourcing for themselves and for their affiliated candidates. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-103.pdf Cases... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
commercial product. Wanberg and his team narrowed down the relevant market to three main segments: creative professionals, working professionals, and students. However, these segments were seemingly at odds with each other in terms of which product View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
and economics. A focal attribute of communication is miscommunication. We model this key characteristic as a noise in the messages communicated, so that the sender of a message is uncertain about its perception by the receiver, and then... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman Abstract The long-standing argument that focused operations outperform others stands in contrast to claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
everything from R&D and manufacturing to marketing (the company also owns a small plant in South Hadley, Massachusetts). That vision, which Wilcox attributes to MIT professor Joe Jacobson, was nothing less than the ability to hold all of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
partnerships, particularly between and among Leonardo, Christie's auction house, the sellers, the experts who attributed the painting to Leonardo, and the celebrities used to market it, are dissected to understand how brand meaning and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
can be attributed to donor firms' concerns about the potentially negative consequences of scrutiny over outsourcing for themselves and for their affiliated candidates. Fair Pricing Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:Journal of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
dimension of prior experience is whether the outcome was successful or unsuccessful. While empirical studies have investigated the effects of success and failure in organizational learning, to date the phenomenon has received little attention at the individual level.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne