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  • 23 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

products. Invariably, this creates the need for substitutes (in the example with Frederick, repaired older cars are a substitute for new car purchases)—at least for some of the most essential products. “In an economic downturn, consumers... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

service requests to their city government. Users who viewed photos of city workers responding to their service requests were more likely to continue using the app over the ensuing 13 months, demonstrating that operational transparency led... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

determine the types of contracts that firms order and whether workers exert effort. Some workers become criminals, depending on their luck in the labor market, the expected punishment, and an individual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Alexander Westkamp Abstract—Various forms of substitutability are essential for establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

discusses the evidence that has been assembled to date in understanding the impact of high-skilled immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

and provocative, this book is an essential resource for all teams seeking to strengthen their innovative prowess. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008

Moreover, close to half of older workers do not know which type of pensions they have and the large majority of workers know little about the rules governing Social Security benefits. Notwithstanding the low... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

managers may be trying to categorize their firms as small firms when investors favor small firms. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13762 Allocating Marketing Resources Authors:Sunil Gupta and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Marketing is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

sales per worker does not support the higher returns for entrepreneurship rationale. Our evidence suggests that entrepreneurship is higher when fixed costs are lower and when there are more entrepreneurial people. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

forget: That business is, at heart, a profoundly human endeavor... which means that an essential requirement for any businessperson—in any market, in any economy—is an acute sensitivity to what makes us all spin. Order this Book:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms, a stronger understanding of these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

production and "customization" of materials. The engineering or applied science-based culture of many German firms kept power and authority closer to the factory or subsidiaries. Craft production meant skilled workers also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chinitz (1961). Abundant workers in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

yields—is a good proxy for the level of term premia. The nominal-real covariance has declined since the early 1980s, driving down term premia. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52370 October–November 2016 Harvard Business Review Let Your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are losing valuable knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55504 forthcoming Theoretical Economics Full Substitutability By: Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp Abstract— Various forms of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

transformations were homologically related to changes in the prevailing mode of governance in the American economy: business schools became essential sites for the development of tools and methods (e.g., input-output approaches, linear... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

list of the most eminent psychological scientists, provide a broad range of insightful perspectives. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and professionals interested in learning about the development of the biggest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

corporate archives to explore the fine details of how firms actually operated. It also includes work by those who have been influenced by evolutionary, transaction cost, and resource-based theories of the firm. The book will be an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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