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  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

value on average quality and less value on total quantity. With competing platforms, the effect of user preferences for quantity is reversed. Furthermore, exclusion incentives depend in a non-trivial way on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate market demand for "green" products and services is often... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 12 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

empowerment. The preference for the precise mix of these elements differs from consumer to consumer, depending on patients’ individual needs. “It probably also differs according to the situation, if it’s an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

outperform others stands in contrast to theory and evidence supporting a broader scope for organizations. The literature on related diversification at the level of the firm provides some reconciliation of these conflicting observations by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

defeated by a less reformist coalition. Stock prices of government-controlled companies that had been slated for definite privatization by the BJP dropped by 3.5 percent relative to private firms. Surprisingly, government-controlled... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing out that it serves many... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 14 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

to revert back to the old status quo of office life, but it could be a mistake to impose a pre-pandemic mentality on a post-pandemic reality, says Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley. She has been studying remote, virtual, and global work View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

profits than the two-sided platform mode when the chicken-and-egg problem due to indirect network effects for the two-sided platform mode is more severe and when the degree of complementarity/substitutability among sellers' products is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

cost of leisure is lower. We interpret these results as evidence of differences in preferences for leisure across CEOs rather than optimal responses to organizational differences correlated with ownership.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

demand for auditing by the licensor. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit strategy choice by the licensor. We show when the owner prefers to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18242 When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract We present a theory for why it might be rational for a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

responsibility for formulating the energy strategy-and thus the Russia policy-for essentially all of Europe? The resolutions of these two puzzles are, I show, interlinked; they also demand theoretical innovation. With several case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6

Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw and Matthew C. Weinzierl Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract Should the income tax include a credit View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Career Coach

Peggy Yu

Peggy (Northwestern '02, HBS '07) loves working with students and alumni interested in working at startups as well as those interested in launching their own venture. Formerly the Interim Director and Associate Director at the Rock Center View Details
Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

“IN A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE NO RECOGNITION PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES WHATSOEVER, SO EMPLOYERS NEED TO CATCH UP.” People may prefer non-cash gifts because they often spend cash bonuses on basic... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

and desire for it. Consistent with this conceptual account, we demonstrate that this brand flirting effect is mediated by excitement. Moreover, the brand flirting effect is most likely to emerge under conditions that facilitate arousal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

savings from the loans to lower taxes. "This action is consistent with politicians seeking reelection by catering to taxpayers' preference for low taxes, which represents a likely channel View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 23 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 23

intervention.   Working PapersWhen Smaller Menus Are Better: Variability in Menu-Setting Ability Authors:David Goldreich and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract Are large menus better than small menus? Recent literature argues that individuals' apparent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008

variables. The results suggest that individuals bring to the workplace specific, measurable beliefs about speaking up, and that these implicit theories operate largely independently of current leader behaviors and other current work experiences. Overall, this research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne