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- 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13
PublicationsRegulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Microdata Authors:Jonathan Haskel and Raffaella Sadun Publication:Economica (September 2011) Abstract We explore the effects of planning regulation on the UK retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006
forecasting, despite a number of characteristics that make it a challenge to fit to a dynamic supply chain environment, to be effective in that context. We further show that the forecasting process, together... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
believed their partner would be trustworthy while Democrats predicted 62 percent would. Both wildly underestimated. The actual reciprocation rate of Player B was 93 percent for Republicans and 85 percent for Democrats. Minor and Hernandez then did another View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25
Specifically, we test how individuals who have a responsibility to punish transgressions behave when confronted with the social norm of preferential treatment on people's birthdays. We first establish the existence of this social norm... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
out e-mail or making phone calls to remind patients of test and checkup dates. Another route is to offer a combined monitoring, tracking, and alert system. This method automatically lets the healthcare provider know if patients skip their tests or if a more intensive... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
noncognitive, interpersonal skills during adolescence. Long-run administrative data shows that negotiation training significantly improved educational outcomes over the next three years. The training had greater effects than two... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Doug J., Byungyeon Kim, and Byoung Park Abstract—We estimate a sales response model to evaluate the short- and long-term value of a sales representative’s detailing visit to different types of physicians. By understanding the dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
situations in classroom discussion. It's not a bad way to learn, but Coval and colleague Erik Stafford felt the need for a classroom tool that would more effectively communicate the dynamic nature of their... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
does not reinvent the wheel. We just want to make sure that it is rolled more effectively by both sides of the aisle. The calculations in this article are based upon our article in Health Affairs. About the Authors Regina E Herzlinger is... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
reforms have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not seem to affect the amount of new technologies of the highest and lowest quality. Our results underscore the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
been given.” To that end, Landles-Dowling’s first stop after HBS will be at The Boston Consulting Group in San Francisco, with an ultimate career focus in nonprofit management. “I hope my experience in consulting will prepare me to run a nonprofit View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
developed economies (N) tend to have large and persistent effects on developing countries (S). We study the transmission of business cycle fluctuations for developed to developing economies with a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
of the action. When participants do not "see" or feel responsible for the whole, a dynamic ecosystem can easily evolve into a state of dangerous instability, as in the financial crisis of 2008-09, or even collapse, as in the Internet bust... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog
executives, directors, shareholders, and other players in the corporate governance ecosystem, you will learn about the work boards do and the critical decisions they make; how boards select company leaders, shape strategy, and oversee performance; the complex View Details
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
and thereby improve human welfare. Most previous research has emphasized the use of for-profit firms. Such institutions cannot effectively address many environmental problems, however, because environmental problems often transcend firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
short-term increase in otherwise steady charitable-giving patterns among firms that are headquartered in the event's host city. Natural disasters also have a strong effect on firms' giving patterns, according to the study Punctuated... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
spend some or all of their bonuses on others—thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace—are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. Aurora Capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
partnership with the World Health Organization, and contributes tuberculosis treatments to developing countries. "That said," observes Vasella, "our entire industry has a problem, since we continue to be seen as a cost factor rather than... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
has developed a "three-dimensional" model that, in addition to utilizing two familiar and traditional aspects of negotiation, offers a third, multifaceted approach that has enormous potential to increase effective negotiation. According... View Details
Keywords: Anita M. Harris