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  • 16 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

program in El Salvador is giving unemployed youths the skills to work in the country’s growing service sector. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53719 2018 The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

learning-by-doing coupled with reflection. Further, we hypothesize and find that the effect of reflection on learning is mediated by greater perceived self-efficacy. Together, our results shed light on the role of reflection as a powerful... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

that if all songs are priced equally, those albums are a particularly "good deal" for consumers. But that is not what I found: The number of songs on an album does not really matter. “The labels did themselves a disservice by granting a player like Apple such... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

markets, which have had biosimilar competition since 2006. Using our own survey, we analyze how market features and public policies predict biosimilar entry, price, and penetration, finding significant heterogeneity across countries and products. Effective View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

targeted firms. These results suggest a need to check the power of NPEs through changes in U.S. IP policy, in particular to screen out trolling early in the litigation process. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

establishing the existence of equilibria and other useful properties in diverse settings such as matching, auctions, and exchange economies with indivisible goods. We extend earlier models’ definitions of substitutability to settings in which each agent can be both a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

settings in which each agent can be both a buyer in some transactions and a seller in others and show that all these definitions are equivalent. We then introduce a new class of substitutable preferences that allows us to model... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge over their rivals? In this book, drawing on my case studies and other research on the worlds of media and sports, I explain a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

Shine, Stern & Partners) and the buyer (MINI USA) and asks them to develop a sales strategy and a buying strategy for advertising services. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

stumbled into an even bigger market: precision tweezers for women's personal beauty care. It turned out there was a real need for a more sophisticated and specialized tweezers among the trade who served beauty-conscious women. Before long, the initial tentative... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products
  • 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007

who offer innovative products. Buyers who trust their current suppliers are less likely to seek information about the new product and they express less interest in purchasing it. Once the product becomes available, they do in fact make... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507082   PublicationsRealizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine Authors:Mara G. Aspinall and Richard G. Hamermesh Periodical:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007) Abstract Scientific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

double-edged sword because of the power such a client has over a young, struggling firm, the signal that the prestige of the client sends out is more valuable than any potential negative impact. Hence, entrepreneurs and managers should... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 08 Dec 2003
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Is That Really Your Best Offer?

behavior on an ongoing basis. Communication is a central part of that story. Negotiators can have good reasons for not saying everything they're thinking. Holding back information can be a simple matter of self-defense. If a seller reveals her bottom line, that may be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

  Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

their buyers are more sensitive to such exposure. At the program design level, suppliers improve more when the monitoring regime signals a cooperative approach, when auditors are highly trained, and especially when both of these elements... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006

ABC provides a simpler and more powerful method. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=106068 Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A) Harvard Business School Case 306-090 Dana Hall is a private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2002
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Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

different people. The power of measurement was to take the ambiguity out of words so that everyone had a clear, coherent picture of exactly what the strategy is.   Partnering With Employees Several forces highlight the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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