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- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
valuation we place on products we build ourselves. The researchers discuss the implications of the IKEA Effect for marketing managers and organizations more generally. Key concepts include: Successful assembly of products—no matter how... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3
goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Publication:In The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
range of contexts, information costs approach zero. In this chapter, we discuss how sharply reduced information costs enable organizations to engage with communities of developers, professionals, and users for core innovative activities,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
growing component of many firms' retailing strategies, particularly in the fashion industry. Outlet stores offer attractive prices in locations far from central shopping districts. The main perspectives on why outlet stores exist can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008
contribute to understanding the contingent effects of policy on organizations and the rise of large corporations in the twentieth century. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-025.pdf Over-reaction to Demand Changes Due... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3
private firms (firms incorporated before 1985). Sectors dominated by state-owned and traditional private firms before 1988-1990, with assets, sales, and profits representing shares higher than 50%, generally remained so in 2005. The exception to this broad pattern is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11
outside opportunities in the labor market. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52495 March 2017 Review of Industrial Organization Challenges for Empirical Research on RPM By: MacKay, Alexander J., and David A.... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
of the Private Capital Research Institute By: Lerner, Josh, and Leslie Jeng Abstract—Private markets are becoming an increasingly important way of financing rapidly growing and mature firms, and private investors are reputed to have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
illustrates how the disclosure and wide dispersion of scientific problem information allows R&D organizations to access a broader range of scientific knowledge, and can help accelerate internal and proprietary research efforts. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14
Cross-Boundary Teaming for Innovation: Integrating Research on Teams and Knowledge in Organizations By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Cross-boundary teaming, within and across organizations, is an increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
The Brazil-USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests Author: Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication: Trade, Law and Development (summer 2012) Abstract The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
member, "depressing." Such pessimism seems more than a little counterintuitive. In a global economy, corporations have a seemingly insatiable need for good managers, one that will only grow in the years to come. To meet that... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007
Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Research has long shown that organizations shape members' identities. However, the possibility that these identities might also be desired and that members might benefit from this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
readily identifiable. I am more interested in isolating the opportunities that arise organically and will be developed through private initiatives. Here, I think it is critical to systematically identify what I would call "downturn... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
active on the site. The most rapidly growing demographic is people over forty. More than 300 million people spend at least one hour a day on Facebook. Approximately two hundred million people are active on Twitter in spite of—or because... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment By: Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott Lee Abstract—Organizations often use non-monetary awards to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
practices of these CEOs and financial performance. There is already ample evidence to support this. We wanted to understand what this model of leadership looks like close up. Q: One key to success is that these leaders align strategy and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
Silverthorne: What are market categories, and why are they important? Mukti Khaire: Categories are cognitive constructs meant to organize large amounts of information into manageable units. Goods classified as belonging to the same... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006
leaders from Harvard Business School who discuss theory with practices from the world's top corporations to show how businesses, NGOs and government organizations can use business solutions to add social value to the world's poorest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne