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- 05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5
decision score. This allows us to observe the local effect of samples in which we drop the best recipients and the worst non-recipients. Our results suggest that while receiving the grant does bring an injection of funding that alleviates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
has been little empirical evidence on the propensity with which core-periphery structures are observed in practice, the factors that explain differences in the design of such structures, or the manner in which these structures evolve over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
serves the good of society, but if it’s used as a tool to deny the FBI its right to obtain access to critical information, it’s ridiculous.” Taking a more pragmatic tack, Mark observed “this phone was issued to the guy--and therefore... View Details
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
customer behavior can change. The burst will be when we will observe that consumer patterns are changing." On the other hand, some believed that things that have changed since the 2000 bubble may make another one less likely. Ofer... View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
leadership observation Part of that guidance needs to be providing coaching and mentoring to the more dominant members of the team and most importantly knowing when and how to step in (to) provide guidance or intervention." Yadeed Lobo... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
sample company invested in marketing, ex ante, at levels close to those that would have maximized returns, observed ex post. Managing Creativity in Small Worlds Authors:Lee Fleming and Matt Marx Periodical:California Management Review 48,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
American managerial capitalism, the Japanese cultural heritage fostered a form of management Chandler called "group capitalism." As many observers have noted, the homogeneity of Japanese society, its isolationism during the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
and observable stability using reduced form regressions. The other is an institutional economics conception of how to measure performance. It is focused on understanding whether foreign entry gave rise to difficult-to-reverse changes in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
decisions of whether to submit a job application, comparing the actions of those observing the badges with those who didn’t. The researchers found that exposure to information that a startup is backed by top VC investors increased job... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
predatory behavior to obtain donations, it did not attract less educated or less affluent donors, the researchers observe in the paper. There was a higher instance of donors who died from cancer, however, which raises the question of... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
viable alternative. Original Article Several months ago, the General Electric Company announced that it had closed a deal with Boeing that specified that only GE aircraft engines would be installed on the newest version of 777 aircraft built and sold by Boeing. This... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21
observed variation in payout patterns over time than the traditional motives. The most recent evidence suggests that further insights can be gained from viewing payout decisions as an integral part of a firm's larger financial ecosystem,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
time. Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
a prop, or exhibited nudity, drinking, or drug use. As to the impact on observers of the posts, the temporary-sharers were characterized as having worse judgment than those who shared in permanent mediums. That belief was underscored... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
cases be greater than the benefits? Thomas Davenport and Laurence Prusak suggest in their book, Working Knowledge, that such costs may exist, particularly in organizations relying heavily on the transfer of tacit knowledge — knowledge that is "not teachable, not... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and business. My plan is to compare internationally the legal and regulatory limits countries put on the ability to commercialize health information and what this tells us about the prospects for global health-care businesses. I have been View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
this paper. A final general observation is that the decisions that most challenge consumers involve other parties. Rather than reiterating Bagozzi's (2000) discussion of the number of people in the decision-making unit, I am emphasizing... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
shocks and within-/cross-category spillovers. Multiple equilibria are addressed by estimating a selection function from the observed data. The Bayesian approach that combines decision-making with parameter inference, as well as multiple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
fertility is characterized by moral hazard due to the fact that most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives alone or with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21
of such historical accounts but observing that they can (1) bring to light complex realities and subtleties that parsimonious analytic models may neglect; (2) suggest overlooked, non-obvious aspects of the process that merit deeper, more... View Details