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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
vouchers for free contraceptives. Half received vouchers with their husbands present while the other half received them privately. A control group received no vouchers. The goal? To measure the influence of spousal pressure in a nation... View Details
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium and sports teams in Canada. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to others-can produce measurable benefits for employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007
Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness Harvard Business School Case 106-063 Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
Publications August 2013 Journal of the European Economic Association Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We construct measures of net private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to early adopters of technology. Read... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
being sold and measuring the effectiveness of an ad campaign. Improved technology promises to solve the age-old problem once stated by retailer John Wanamaker: Half of the money spent on advertising is... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
villages with nationalized bank branches grew more than twice as quickly than in villages with private branches over the 1980s. However, this additional credit had no effect on measured agricultural... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
increase performance while social comparison reduces it, especially for low-ability trainees. These effects appear when treatments are announced and persist through training. The findings are consistent with a model of optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
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
- 18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18
Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
compelled states without waiting-period laws to enact them. The stopgap measure was in effect from 1994 to 1998 until instant background-check laws were introduced. However, when the Brady Act went away, so... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
effects and consumers' discount factor of future applications. In addition, contrary to the popular belief that indirect network effects protect incumbents and are the source of market inefficiency, we find... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
though not impossible, since the data does include anonymous personal identifiers that are built off of social security numbers. The Holy Grail would be to cross-reference the database with information about immigration visa status in order to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016
measure of carbon embedded within their institutional clients’ assets under custody to help clients understand the climate risk in their portfolios. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51261 Finding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Christopher Stanton Abstract—Wage rigidity creates real and financial frictions, though the real-world drivers of rigidities remain largely unstudied. We use staggered commission reductions at a sales firm to estimate effects on worker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
toward other interests. Staying on mission and building an effective organization to carry out the mission requires a clear strategic focus and a well-developed strategy backed by well-aligned operations. This is the focus of our research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
economic policy (pdf) This report highlights the growing consensus among leaders that strategic industrial policies are essential for addressing key national challenges, offering insights on designing effective government actions that... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29
since the 1980s has coincided with a strong revival in interest in local traditions and practices, which is particularly noticeable in some of the fastest growing emerging markets such as China. Working Papers Do Measures of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
Business Review, Merton, a Nobel laureate, urges senior corporate executives and boards to view derivative applications not just as tactical measures but as strategic tools that convey competitive advantage. A first step is distinguishing... View Details