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  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

insulate consumers from cost sharing, thereby undermining insurers’ ability to influence drug utilization. We study the impact of copay coupons on branded drugs first facing generic entry between 2007 and 2010. To overcome endogeneity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

because of cannibalization and endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

tend to focus on “ghost towns” on the one hand or urbanization as China’s silver bullet to growth and reform on the other. In this paper, we detail what China calls its “New Urbanization Policy.” While these plans aim to formalize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

competition can impede the reputational mechanism. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Scale without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

determined by and paid for by the studio. After accounting for the endogenous nature of property-right allocations, we find that studio-financed films receive superior marketing investments compared to independent films and that these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

cases, films are produced independently and distributed by studios under revenue sharing agreements, which give studios 30% to 40% of the revenue stream. Under either regime, the studio determines and pays for the allocation of scarce marketing resources. After... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new comprehensive industry-level data set of 29 countries between 1985 and 2000,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The U.S. has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that intensively use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

other way round. We investigate as well how factors such as different platform production costs, exclusive content, and endogenized royalty rates affect compatibility incentives. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Agenda Setting Authors: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao Abstract We examine a multi-issue dynamic decision-making process that involves endogenous commitment. Our primary focus is on actions that impact delay, an extreme form of lack of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

more anti-inflationary stance, while the more recent decrease in bond risks after 1997 is attributed primarily to a renewed emphasis on output stabilization and an increase in the persistence of monetary policy. Endogenous responses of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53561 Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

stock prices had been reached. Despite Fisher's poor prediction on that occasion, he played a neglected, but significant role in the growth of the forecasting industry and in the rise of a class of early business analysts. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

production workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control. By contrast, communication technologies (like data networks) decrease autonomy for both workers and plant managers. Treating technology as endogenous using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and demonstrate that these investments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace