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- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
satisfied, invested in, and committed to their relationships than couples who don't bother with them, according to an April article in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, Rituals and Nuptials: The Emotional and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
establish associations with the correct partners in the absence of signaling. Several types of biological symbioses are good candidates for screening, including bobtail squid, ant-plants, gut microbiomes, and many animal and plant species... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
local tax rates are associated with net trade credit positions that are 1.4% higher as a fraction of sales. The use of trade credit to get capital out of low-tax, low-return environments is also illustrated by reactions of U.S. firms to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Self-environment relationship and its effect on decisions under risk and uncertainty
My research seek to better understand the main cognitive and social abilities that guide our judgments, and the ways they interact with aspects of the situation to shape humans' decisions. It is currently comprised of three related... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11
study sample, 557 (98%) passed the exam. Higher levels of peer interaction were associated with a higher score ( , 0.91, 95% CI 0.31-1.52) and higher likelihood of passing the exam (OR 2.58, 95% CI,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Feb 2011
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Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers Author:Michel Anteby Publication:Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 4 (2010) Abstract This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
efficiency benefits of market transactions Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-091.pdf Leveraging Waste: Implications for Competition and Welfare (revised) Author:Deishin Lee Abstract We study the competitive and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2014
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Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data on operations, targets, and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 10
Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
on clinician productivity in ambulatory settings. Study Design: We examined EHR use in primary care practices that implemented a web-based EHR from athenahealth (n = 42) over 3 years (695 practice-month observations). Practices were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
cases. The wide geographical coverage includes not only the United States and Europe but also less studied settings, including Chile, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Japan. The book serves as a warning against facile beliefs in the potential... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
McCulloch HBS 1917–1918 Clarksville, TX Harvard College, 1917 An alumnus of Andover Academy and Harvard College, Samuel McCulloch spent a year studying at HBS upon completion of his undergraduate degree. His career trajectory took him... View Details
- 20 Feb 2017
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Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
is. But such an approach is risky, too. Do you really want to position your brand on the side of telling people to work too much? Keinan, an associate professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School, explores the phenomenon in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18
engage in self-creation and the utility that they derive from such activities. We propose that creating products fulfills consumers' psychological need to signal competence to themselves and to others, and that feelings of competence View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
established companies lament the disruption they’re facing at the hand of technologically savvy startups. But Teixeira, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, argues that these newcomers simply spotted and served... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015
the tumultuous path to publication that begins for many of us with trying to publish our dissertation. We invited Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan—the 2013 and 2015 recipients of the International Association for Conflict Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
most vital things for any company or start-up to understand. Randy Nguyen Explore what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur and determine whether starting a business, or working for a startup, is the right path for you. I loved the case View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
their handsets. The GSM Association predicts that by 2012, nearly 300 million of the previously "unbanked" will be using some form of mobile banking. “The mistake a lot of us make is to look at the folks at the base of the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
references to scientific studies and other patents. When companies apply for patents, they must cite all of the past technology, research, and products that underpin their proposed inventions. Applications that directly referred to at... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman