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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
individual-level data from an Indian software services firm to examine the effects of team familiarity and variation in market experience on multiple measures of performance for over 1,100 software development projects. Consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
statistical analysis of consumer populations. In each period, reformers sought to extend methods for uncovering side effects from the clinic to the market, yet a fundamental lack of consensus on how to determine the scope and magnitude of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
wealth of data it provides about agents' behavior and about the Bitcoin system itself. This article presents the platform's design principles and properties for a non-technical audience; reviews its past, present, and future uses; and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces By: Shore, Jesse, Ethan Bernstein, and David Lazer Abstract—Using data from a novel laboratory experiment on complex problem solving in which we varied the network structure of 16-person... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
published? Kash Rangan: A lot has changed since the research was first published over ten years ago. With the proliferation of computing power and availability of powerful software, much of what we called the Order Management Cycle has been easier to track. In other... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
data on the CEO dismissals of large U.S. corporations during 1994-2007. Our findings are most consistent with a beneficent effect of weak governance on CEO dismissal decisions, suggesting that insulation from shareholder pressure may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
examine whether multi-location firms increase internal ties when they face appropriability risks from direct competitors. Our empirical analysis of the global semiconductor industry shows that when leading firms co-locate with direct... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
doctors treating the woman. Watson had already ingested millions of oncology papers and volumes of leukemia data from research institutes around the world. Now, the doctors in Tokyo fed Watson the woman’s genetic information, hoping it... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
level data set of 29 countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. August 2013 Harvard Business Review Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption By: Christensen,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015
that improved player development. In 2014 Hopp, who had personally invested 300 million in the club, built a “footbonaut,” an automated training environment that collected data on players’ skills and strengths. The tool, one of three in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
Researchers compared the pass/fail records of similar vehicles in both densely populated areas and sparsely populated areas, paying close attention to older vehicles with high mileage—that is, those more likely to need repairs in order to meet emissions standards. The... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals appear to focus more on their work than on alternate outdoor activities. We investigate the proposed relationship between worse weather and higher productivity through four studies: (1) field View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
development. Detailed historical economic and social data allow an evaluation of policy results. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706497 Inniskillin and the Globalization of Icewine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
dispute and a trend analysis of over 400 total WTO disputes, I find that the WTO dispute settlement process is helping to legitimize the institution of free trade through its public display of rational authority and neutral expertise. At... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In this paper, we use detailed View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
water purification solution. We find that higher prices screen out those who use the product less. By contrast, we find no consistent evidence of sunk-cost effects. Welfare Payments and Crime Author:C. Fritz Foley Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
its pipeline, Moderna had refined its development process—which begins with an analysis of a virus’s messenger RNA (mRNA)—and it had improved its production capabilities. Two months earlier, when he'd met NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
simulations that allowed for longer chain segments and used actual patient data from the Alliance for Paired Donation. When chain segments of 4-6 are allowed in the simulations, NEAD chains produce more transplants than DPD. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
a vocal advocate for data protection and privacy rights. He thinks of the benefits of technology and its consequences on people. And even while leading a company filled with highly educated scientists and engineers, he has created a... View Details