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- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
you may not be able to learn anywhere else," says Alvin E. Roth, a professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets (NOM) Unit at HBS and a longtime champion of experimental economics. For example, to track how viewers watch View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For By: Butler, Timothy Abstract—Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007
response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's growing middle class, made up of younger consumers with more fashionable tastes. Like hypermarkets, Hualian Family Stores include both food... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
consumers to not only back teams to win, but also to lay odds for other punters to back. This business model allows punters to cut out the middleman of the bookmaker and leads to a much more efficient two-sided market. Betfair.com's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation By: Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Abstract—Why can some organizations innovate time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18
First, we review the evidence linking charitable behavior and happiness. We present research from a variety of samples (adults, children, and primates) and methods (correlational and experimental) demonstrating that happier people give... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
individual. This article offers a critical review of this rich yet disparate literature and guides research toward a multilevel theory of imprinting. We start with a definition that captures the general features of imprinting across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
Review Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation By: Ferguson, John-Paul, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Racial segregation between American workplaces is greater today than it was a generation ago. This increase has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
Evaluation success will come in doing deals, emulating winners, and not making the same mistakes more than two, three, or four times. Case Study AOL: The One That Got Away Frans Kok shares with us the story about his decision not to invest in America View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
Barasz’s new paper, “Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News,” which recently appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, documents this peculiar preference for worse-case scenarios in a variety of medical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
willing to bear to reopen the economy. No one can predict with any certainty how shopping patterns and consumer tastes will change. No one can be sure when people will feel safe enough to travel so that the hotels, airlines, restaurants,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19
the last decade, a variety of novel patent intermediaries have emerged. We discuss how several online platforms have started services for buying and selling patents but have failed to gain meaningful traction. And new intermediaries that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
that are paying careful attention to the hiring, training, and rewarding of store employees. Our favorite example of a retailer that has used labor successfully is the online retailer Zappos.com. The company pays very careful attention to... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008
the online social networking site Facebook faced a competitive challenge from Google as well as questions about how Facebook could monetize its surging traffic. In May 2007, Facebook had launched Facebook Platform, which enabled... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008
do to increase penetration? How can Montague overcome the reputation of folding bicycles as inferior performers and convince consumers, dealers, and others of its bicycle's quality? How can the firm get consumers to even notice the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
live online webinars-that allowed real estate professionals like brokers and agents to manage and market rental listings, communicate with clients, and complete transaction paperwork (e.g., tenant applications, credit screening, lease... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009
A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman Publication:Marketing Letters (in press) Abstract How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16
http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Analytics-Performance-Operations-Management/dp/0133039439/ Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right Authors:Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville Publication:Harvard Business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne