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  • 28 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

information on sites such as Yelp, eBay, and TripAdvisor. The framework relies on an algorithm set up to tackle bias inherent in reviews by taking into account reviewers who vary in accuracy, stringency, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

flexible random coefficients aggregate discrete choice model that accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success, and an extensive set View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

inexperienced people, people outside the so-called Establishment. But I don't think that the Internet changes everything; and I certainly don't think that it changes our basic, underlying demand for the rule... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009
  • Supplement

Live Nation Faces the Music (B)

By: Stephen P. Bradley, Frank V. Cespedes and Kerry Herman
In 2008, concert producer and promoter Live Nation, faces a decision about its strategy in light of the tumultuous changes in the music industry and the increasing power of the major artists. As the music business once again recreates itself in response to new... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Transformation; Revenue; Framework; Five Forces Framework; Demand and Consumers; Industry Structures; Relationships; Opportunities; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Music Industry
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  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

outlet store use. Consumers who shop at outlet stores also do not differ significantly from those who shop at regular stores in terms of income. I use a structural demand model to show that consumers are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a matter of law, have any such obligation. Yet it's hard for them to resist View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

hiring and socialization policies. Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans Authors:Victoria Ivashina View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

time. And while the continued decline in costs for solar and wind will likely help keep overall costs down, the relative importance of these other so-called integration costs... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

firms. However, once a lawsuit-triggering event like an accounting restatement, missing management guidance, or a sharp stock price decline occurs, there is no difference in the litigation rates between a foreign and comparable U.S. firm.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

“suggesting that many businesses expect this to extend well beyond their current cash.” Survey respondents indicated that demand shocks and employee health concerns have been more disruptive than the View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

the model, we find that (i) the supply of long- relative to short-term bonds is positively related to the term spread, (ii) supply predicts positively long-term bonds' excess... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

resources or whether to attenuate that strategy to meet the demands of large foreign investors. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706052 Professors Sven... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

businesses have developed codes of conduct and monitoring systems to ensure that working conditions in their supply chain factories meet global labor standards. Many observers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

of capital within an economy. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus, as shaped by the demand for and supply View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

efficiency (how perfectly parallelized a given function is): Stata/MP is the version of Stata that is programmed to take full advantage of multicore and multiprocessor... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

stimulate private-sector demand for similar products and the supply of complementary inputs. Specifically, we measure the impact View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

  Working PapersLocal Dividend Clienteles Authors:Bo Becker, Zoran Ivkovich, and Scott WeisbennerNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15175, July 2009 Abstract We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

more cooperative activity among companies. Europe has spent billions of dollars sponsoring cooperative research with little to show for it. The U.S. initiated a range of R&D consortia View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
  • Background Note

The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details
Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Customers; Demographics; Age; Income; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Retention; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Operations; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Hardware; Health Industry; United States
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  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

Organization Tax Aversion in Labor Supply By: Kessler, Judd B., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor supply decreases more with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne