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  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

(revised) Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman, and Hoan Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest in using small ad platforms. When... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

(Frank) Li, and Dylan B. Minor Abstract—We link the corporate governance literature in financial economics to the agency cost perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to derive theoretical predictions about the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

for our tax system. For example, we might want to split the costs of government equally among all taxpayers, letting each of us keep whatever income we earn above our fair share. Or, we might want our tax system to reinforce social and political values, such as equal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2004
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What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation

but also to clean vegetables. By making a few minor modifications to the washers they manufactured, Haier was able to market the machines as versatile enough to wash both clothing and vegetables, and rapidly became the market leader in... View Details
Keywords: by Donald N. Sull, Alejandro Ruelas-Gossi & Martin Escobari
  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to acquire new product lines and exploitation R&D to improve their existing product lines. We View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

Ewens, Michael, Ramana Nanda, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—We study how technological shocks to the cost of starting new businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2008
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The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

model to which the rest of the world is marching as a result of the imperatives of technology and markets. Over the last two decades, as the boundaries of firms became much more fluid and as non-U.S. players became much more important, it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

increased resource utilization (i.e., longer average length of stay) for both minor and major teaching hospitals, relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find limited evidence of negative effects on quality as measured... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Luis M. Viceira Publication: American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 98 (May 2008): 297-303 Abstract We investigate optimal consumption, asset accumulation and portfolio decisions in a realistically calibrated life-cycle View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

adopt integrated reporting? A: The experience of the German chemical company BASF provides an excellent model to follow. Understand stakeholder information needs—that is, answer the questions, What information do stakeholders need? What... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

theme of the book. In addition to the company-centered chapters, there are two overview chapters: one on women and minorities in business, the other on the financial system, including an analysis of the events that led to the meltdown of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

people he knows, but can he persuade Congress to act? If he’s a good communicator and good negotiator and good creator of shared value, he’ll figure out something that works for House Speaker Paul Ryan and for Senate Minority Leader Chuck... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Timothy Clark. Oxford University Press, forthcoming. Abstract This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

the shortlist of America's most admired businesspeople, along with Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates. Brilliant, brave, and willing to defy conventional wisdom, Grove is, according to Harvard Business School professor Richard S. Tedlow, "the best View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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