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- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
improvements in outcomes such as productivity and longevity, and that good nuts-and-bolts management at individual firms shapes national performance. At 14 textile manufacturers in India, for example, an intervention-involving free,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
their products and downplay risks, fearing that any negative sentiment might hurt demand. But research led by Ryan W. Buell, a professor in the HBS Technology and Operations Management Unit, and doctoral student MoonSoo Choi found that... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
in a way that is economically important, has impact on ex ante capital structure choices, and affects welfare. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-070.pdf How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
negative productivity effects of WFA, due to a lack of learning from co-located peers and increased coordination costs. We study the effects of WFA on productivity at the United States Patent and Trademark... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Thinkers50 list—a list of the world's most influential management thinkers. Michael L. Tushman : The Academy of Management Annals (AMA) recognizes particularly impactful papers with the "Decade Award' which is an award for the paper with... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
The analysis finds no impact of financial incentives on learning but significant effects of both goal setting and counseling on real financial outcomes. These results identify important complements to financial education that can bridge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
Michael Norton Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We show that people non-normatively infer event causes from event consequences. For example, people inferred that a product failure (computer crash) had a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
the investment behavior of firms. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes, we show that this prediction holds well. Payout taxes have a large impact on the dynamics of corporate investment and growth. Investment is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
future others will share their view than to believe that future others will have an opposing view (e.g., opposition to President Trump). Six studies demonstrated this belief in a favorable future (BFF) for political views, scientific beliefs, and entertainment and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
switching costs, multihoming is hard, which makes it complicated for firms or individual users to switch from one platform to another. The next criterion we identify is relatively homogenous products and a lack of identifiable niches. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
achieve better outcomes in competitive contexts. Working PapersAre There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production Authors:Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam Abstract We present a model that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
the Practical Relevance of Research, forthcoming in Production and Operations Management. “This is my soapbox message to academics: be more relevant,” says Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and faculty... View Details
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
Rory McDonald, Dan Wang, and Benjamin Hallen Abstract—This paper investigates the impact of early relationships on innovation at entrepreneurial firms. Prior research has largely focused on the benefits of network ties, documenting the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Person Page
Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
helped create this situation. Or as Calvin Young (MBA 2015), a Baltimore native and 2016 mayoral candidate who now works at the private equity firm Green Street Impact Partners, puts it, “there was real intentionality around the policies... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
was substantial. We also show that immigrant inventors were more productive than native born inventors; however, they received significantly lower levels of labor income. The immigrant inventor wage gap cannot be explained by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
School's investment in its doctoral programs creates intellectual capital with widespread effects. After receiving their degrees, most graduates of the DBA and Ph.D. programs go on to influential faculty positions at HBS and other top business schools.What they have... View Details