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- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
principles and practices. Quelch and Jocz lay out the six fundamental characteristics that marketing and democracy share: (1) exchange of value, such as goods, services, and promises, (2) consumption of goods and services, (3) choice in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
understand how leaders become, and remain, authentic. Their interviews showed that you do not have to be born with any particular characteristics or traits to lead. You also do not have to be at the top of your organization. Anyone can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
that as we connect the dots between the world’s entrepreneurial ecosystems, we keep what’s unique about each of them. Like we discussed in episode 1, Silicon Valley gave rise to the Silicon Valley model because of distinct characteristics... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States. Black inflows and the induced white outflows ("white flight") are both instrumented for using, respectively, pre-migration settlements and their interaction with MSA geographic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
help sustain superior profits in the long run. We conclude with an exploration of ways in which a firm's business model may impact negotiation outcomes. Several of the proposed pathways work intuitively through the intrinsic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
little different for supposedly constrained and unconstrained firms, even though we find important differences in their characteristics and sources of financing. On the other hand, privately held firms (particularly small ones) and public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
origins and evolution of the idea of the individual, finishing with the modern-day ideas of political theory and public policy. By identifying the key characteristics governments should either adopt or avoid to enable their citizens to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
race, one culture, one people is superior to another.” Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318053 Harvard Business School Case 318-090 HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B) This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
order when should DVDs are rented before want DVDs. Specifically, a 1.3% increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
internalizing what's being taught. What do we need to know in a corporate setting about how we evaluate the people we're trying to teach, and evaluate the teacher as well? DL: I think it's very difficult to evaluate for some of the softer View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Amram Migdal
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 416-031, 416-032, 416-033, 416-034, 416-035, and 416-036. View Details
Keywords: Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Management Skills; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Groups and Teams; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Emotions; Perception; Personal Characteristics; Perspective; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Satisfaction; Trust
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
beliefs about a group depend on the characteristics of the reference group. Because stereotypes emphasize differences, they cause belief distortions, particularly when groups are similar. In line with our predictions, beliefs in the lab... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
and patenting data for 1,315 employees at the Indian R&D center of a Fortune 500 technology firm, I exploit a natural experiment where the assignment of managers for newly hired college graduates is mandated by rigid HR rules and is uncorrelated to observable View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
Handbook for Banking and Governance, edited by James Barth, Chen Lin, and Clas Wihlborg. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming Abstract In this chapter, we examine the characteristics of acquisition of private firms by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
outline other factors such as local ethnic and religious heterogeneity, the institutional legacies of colonialism and serfdom, and, especially, the characteristics of the political and economic elite that help explain the low achievement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
argue that the considerable moral hazard of private regulatory enforcement can be mitigated by the scope of organizations' product/service portfolios and by private governance mechanisms. These organizational characteristics affect the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
energizing, and that this energy is manifested in employees’ behaviors at work. Our theorizing draws on a review of the work engagement literature, in which we identify three core characteristics of work engagement: (a) a positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
their willingness to pay for two product characteristics and marginal costs are increasing with the quality level chosen on each attribute. We show that while firms seek to manage competition through product positioning, their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne