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    Taking Innovation to the Streets: Microgeography, Physical Structure, and Innovation

    In this paper, I analyze how the physical layout of cities affects innovation by influencing the organization of knowledge exchange. I exploit a novel data set covering all census block groups in the contiguous United States with information on innovation outcomes,... View Details

      Price Anchors and Mergers and Acquisitions

      Prior stock price peaks of targets affect several aspects of merger and acquisition activity. Offer prices are biased toward recent peak prices although they are economically unremarkable. An offer's probability of acceptance jumps discontinuously when it exceeds a... View Details

        Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: Transforming Resources into Performance

        In knowledge-based environments, teams must develop a systematic approach to integrating knowledge resources throughout the course of projects in order to perform effectively. Yet, many teams fail to do so. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we examine... View Details

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        ESG Integration in Investment Management: Myths and Realities

        By: Sakis Kotsantonis, Christopher Pinney and George Serafeim
        The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread misconceptions about this rapidly growing set of principles and methods. Myth Number 1:... View Details
        Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Investment Management; Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance
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        Negotiation Complexity

        By: Michael A. Wheeler
        Michael Wheeler's research focuses on negotiation as a dynamic process, one in which the capacity to learn and adapt is essential. Even in seemingly simple cases, people's interests, options, and relationships can change significantly. As a result, effective... View Details
        • October 2024
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        On Why Women-owned Businesses Take More Time to Secure Microloans

        By: Goran Calic, Moren Lévesque and Anton Shevchenko
        Examining gender differences in business financing reveals important dimensions on which women- and men-owned businesses differ. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding gender differences in mobilizing resources, the role of time in business... View Details
        Keywords: Microfinance; Gender; Financing and Loans; Equality and Inequality; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship
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        • March 2013
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        The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning

        By: Josh Baron and Marion McCollom Hampton
        The article discusses the challenges of passing down family businesses across generations, highlighting complexities in executive succession and estate planning. It emphasizes how emotional factors, complicated family dynamics, and unintended consequences influence... View Details
        Keywords: Estate Planning; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; Fashion Industry
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        • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
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        Pratham 2.0: Sustaining Innovation

        By: Brian Trelstad, Samantha Webster and Malini Sen
        Pratham is a Mumbai-based nonprofit, which focuses on high-quality, low-cost, and replicable interventions to address gaps in India’s education system. From inception, it has pioneered innovation, from early childhood learning centers to adaptive literacy programs, to... View Details
        Keywords: Nonprofit; Talent Management; Innovation; Early Childhood Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Literacy; Leadership Development; Value Creation; Education Industry; Asia; Africa; India
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        • 2010
        • Working Paper

        Preference Intensities and Risk Aversion in School Choice: A Laboratory Experiment

        By: Flip Klijn, Joana Pais and Marc Vorsatz
        We experimentally investigate in the laboratory two prominent mechanisms that are employed in school choice programs to assign students to public schools. We study how individual behavior is influenced by preference intensities and risk aversion. Our main results show... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Education; Marketplace Matching; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Personal Characteristics
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        • October 2009
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        A Decision-making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future

        By: Chia-Jung Tsay and Max Bazerman
        Through the decision-analytic approach to negotiations, the past quarter century has seen the development of a better dialog between the descriptive and the prescriptive, as well as a burgeoning interest in the field for both academics and practitioners. Researchers... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Making; Negotiation; Perspective; Ethics; Emotions; Perception; Relationships; Management Practices and Processes; Training; Behavior
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        • 03 Mar 2015
        • News

        Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company’s Bottom Line?

        • 22 Dec 2014
        • News

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        Overview

        By: John Beshears
        In his research, Professor Beshears shows how managers can influence the behavior of customers and employees by changing the decision-making environment to call attention to a decision, to use psychological framing to shape assessments of options, or to help... View Details
        Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Consumer Finance; Household Finance; Health Care; Organizational Economics; Decision Making; Economics; Negotiation; Behavioral Finance
        • 20 Aug 2007
        • Research & Ideas

        HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

        management discussions. Going forward, MacLeod imagined this information could also influence BP's strategic decisions. When we talked to his BP colleagues, we clearly saw a consensus on how useful the "outside" voice was for... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
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        Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

        CENTURY ZEITGEIST Six contextual factors deeply influenced the opportunities available to 20th century business leaders: Demographics Technology Social Mores Government Labor Global the 20 th Century Zeitgeist Demographics Demographics... View Details
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        The Economics of Enterprise IT

        By: Shane M. Greenstein

        Why do some organizations adopt new information systems while others do not? Why do some face high costs while others do not? Professor Greenstein has been pursuing this stream of research throughout his career, analyzing the factors shaping the costs of acquiring... View Details

        • May 2018
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        The Economics of Patient-Centered Care

        By: Guy David, Philip Saynisch and Aaron Smith-McLallen
        The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a widely-implemented model for improving primary care, emphasizing care coordination, information technology, and process improvements. However, its treatment as an undifferentiated intervention in policy evaluation obscures... View Details
        Keywords: Primary Care; Accreditation; Patient-centered Medical Home; Health Care and Treatment; Economics
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        • 2013
        • Working Paper

        Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

        By: Sonia Bhalotra, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer
        This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency... View Details
        Keywords: Politician Identity; Infant Mortality; Primary Education; India; Muslim; Fairness; Religion; Government and Politics; India
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        Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

        By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
        We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)... View Details
        Keywords: Market Intermediation; Search; Two-Sided Markets; Platform Design; Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
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        • 2008
        • Text Book

        Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases

        By: Robert D. Austin, Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
        The 8th edition of Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines how information... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Making; Management; Business Strategy; Information Technology
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