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- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45849 Do Interactions with Candidates Increase Voter Support and Participation? Experimental Evidence from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
preferences across issues, often with little introductory discussion. Procedural acts are scarce. The parties go straight to the issues and discuss all of them simultaneously from the onset of the interaction. Building-a-relationship... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
movie actor. You can still deliver a great performance but in a different way. DL: I just think that there are preferences that people have that would drive them, one way or the other, whether online or in the classroom. SS: You said that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
or it’s a bad air-quality day and my child really shouldn’t be outdoors, I’m going to keep them home from school. As a normal working adult, I don’t have money to hire a service, so I’m going to miss a day of work. Fifty percent of women who have left the workforce and... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
methods unquestioningly. While Americans pioneered the multidivisional firm (divisions within one legal entity), for instance, Germans still preferred Konzerne (multisubsidiary operations). The fact that they were subsidiaries also kept... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
these assessments more complex and add more classifications, we limit the first run-through to just two alternatives per dimension which then generate eight distinct profiles that we can use to help us assess what we want to do. Even if you View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Harvard Business School Case 515-024 Conjoint Analysis: A Do It Yourself Guide Conjoint Analysis has become one of the most commonly used quantitative market research methods. It has been successfully employed across a wide variety of industries to quantify consumer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction Authors:Eyal Ert, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2 (2011) Abstract Two independent, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2
unethical. In four experiments, participants wore purportedly fake or authentically branded sunglasses. Those wearing fake sunglasses cheated more across multiple tasks than did participants wearing authentic sunglasses, both when they believed they had a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10
confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by providing both enough time... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
research. The first reaction is very cynical, kind of "You've got to be kidding me, why would you even care about this? Religion is divisive, why would you do that?" My answer to that is, "If you have any kind of personal spirituality or faith, think to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
products were designed to work with IBM systems and with those of other high-end systems suppliers, as well as those of Xerox. This compatibility with such systems was inconsistent with Xerox's preferred strategy to develop and sell... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
Psychology Preferences for Experienced Versus Remembered Happiness By: Mogilner, Cassie, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Consider two types of happiness: one experienced on a moment-to-moment basis, the other a reflective evaluation where... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Abstract—Ethics research developed partly in response to calls from organizations to understand and solve unethical behavior. We examine two approaches to mitigating unethical behavior: (1) values-oriented approaches that broadly appeal to individuals' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29
complete. The local was never entirely subsumed by the global. Convergence and homogenization were stronger in aspirations than in preferences for particular products and scents, which remained more persistently local despite the spread... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24
By: Gil, Nuno, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—We argue that a design commons can be an advantageous organizational form under two salient conditions: 1) high "subtractability" because different claimants have mutually exclusive beliefs or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional business model. We also show that the value of business model innovation may be so substantial that an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
Becker, Zoran Ivkovic, and Scott Weisbenner Publication:Journal of Finance 66, no. 2 (April 2011) Abstract : We exploit demographic variation to identify the effect of dividend demand on corporate payout policy. Retail investors tend to hold local stocks, and older... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
sufficient to fuel international expansion. The author presents advice on overcoming the paradox but warns it can be a lengthy process. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2010/12/why-you-arent-buying-venezuelan-chocolate/ar/1# Bringing Ethics into Focus: How Regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne