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  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

value by converting a waste stream into a useful and saleable by-product (i.e., implementing by-product synergy [BPS]). We show that BPS creates an operational synergy between two products that are jointly produced. In essence, BPS is a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

what the researchers found after testing all three methods: Participants in the self-help peer group deposited 3.5 times more often into the savings account, and their savings balance was almost twice that... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

high-beta stocks. An Empirical Analysis of Innovation Contests: Strategic Incentives, Problem Uncertainty and Independent Experimentation along Parallel Paths Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

privacy online, and their property as well. So even though the technology may change, it doesn't necessarily bring everything in society along with it. Q: Is there anything about the Internet that is different from past View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

so that customers end up with the combination of price and service that works best for them." Companies, too, attempt to find the right balance between service level and... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

Summing Up Platform leadership, the process by which base technologies are developed and on which innovations created by many entrepreneurs can be based, may be characteristic of the knowledge economy. But... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

balance between the efficiency of a global entity and the speed of local businesses. What would be the best strategy for Bunge to respond to the external changes imposed by high energy prices View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

on the 45 weekly SKUs went from 98.24 percent to 99.96 percent. Sales for the 45 SKUs increased by 32 percent, even while sales for the control SKUs fell by 10 percent. Why did sales rise by 32 percent rather than 1.72 percent, the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto
  • 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

  Publications Forthcoming National Bureau of Economic Research Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 16 By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

own childhood leads people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the experimenter with a supplementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

engaged citizens and the potential for new innovations from the private sector. Potential drawbacks of open access including security and privacy issues are illustrated. Issues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 22

U.S. firms and foreign firms from strong rule of law countries show a positive association between restatement frequency and internal control weaknesses. Firms from weak rule... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

Tower). Even controlling for factors including perceived quality and location, the researchers found that listings with nonblack hosts earned roughly 12 percent more than those with black hosts for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising
  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

describes the efforts of Beiersdorf, a worldwide leader in the cosmetics and skin care industries, to generate and commercialize new R&D through open innovation using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four audit firm, and have a higher percentage of independent directors. Controlling for these effects, we find that firms with abnormally low... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

made-in-Japan products and concepts to Godiva’s other markets. How could Chouchan keep the momentum and sustain Godiva Japan’s top-line and bottom-line growth going forward?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

literacy may slow adoption of these products. This article reports on a field experiment that offered an innovative new financial product, rainfall insurance, to 600 small-scale farmers in India. A customized financial literacy View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806201 Vignette: Bombay Tyre Manufacturing Ltd Harvard Business School Case 806-207 Presents a U.S.-based investor who had taken a minority position in a publicly owned manufacturer in India. The company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

They are eager to go to a global market by buying a global brand because they have the cash sitting on their balance sheet. So it was interesting to hear that Ranjan Kapur was on the same wavelength about brand building. Q: Digital is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 08 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

manager changes his or her hours, it can upset a delicate balance of work schedules, family commitments, and child care, which in turn can derail increasingly fragile family budgets. In a survey of Wal-Mart... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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