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- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
data from a large law firm, we examine the influence of demographic match with workgroup superiors and workgroup peers on attorneys' likelihood of turnover and promotion. Survival analyses reveal that higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
marketplaces sought to match suppliers of assets for rent, physical products, or services with customers demanding them. Among the most notable two-sided platforms in terms of their tremendous early growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
as it expands from China into the United States. To meet a very aggressive cost target, management is faced with the alternatives of fulfilling the contract from its new Ohio factory, which can only produce... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
about the popularity of songs and romantic matches (Experiments 1B and 1C). Yet, researchers predicted the opposite result (Experiment 1D). Algorithm appreciation persisted when advice appeared jointly or separately (Experiment 2).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
School. True professions have codes, and the meaning and consequences of those codes are taught as part of the formal education required of their members. Through these codes, professional institutions forge an implicit social contract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
have profoundly shaped the scope and range of organizational scholarship devoted to sexual minorities by showing that scholars using such contrasted frames have been drawn to very different research questions with respect to sexual... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model with Monopsony Author: Julio J. Rotemberg Publication: Supplement. Journal of Monetary Economics 55 (October 2008): 97-110 Abstract A monopsony model View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23
Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion Zeynep TonHarvard Business School Case 610-051 This case illustrates the challenges associated with matching staffing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10
the economy to organize production and innovation. We study individual contestant-level data from 2,796 contestants in 774 software algorithm design contests with random assignment. Precisely conforming to theory predictions, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2007 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
ISS A/S (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose
Provides the opportunity to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders, and to develop an enhanced understanding of the challenges in managing contractual obligations, and circumstances under which business leaders might agree to... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Bonds; Contracts; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Privatization; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Borrowing and Debt; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Europe
Rose, Clayton S. "ISS A/S (A)." Harvard Business School Case 308-054, November 2007. (Revised June 2011.)
- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
manufacturer of metal parts for the telecommunications industry, is being pushed by its large equipment vendor customers to establish a manufacturing operation in China. CEO Reinhold Hesse is debating several options: establishing a joint venture, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
almost all other products and services. This was a match of ambition with capability that can be replicated in other fast growing, semi-informal cities in the developing world. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
attentional focus improves perceivers’ ability to judge group effectiveness. Finally, we find that perceivers with higher levels of social sensitivity are more accurate at judging group effectiveness. We discuss the implications of these... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5
contract with the Iraqi government. In addition, the executives in London and Beijing needed to decide whether it made sense to exercise the option they had just purchased. Would they be throwing good money... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
with matching funds. In the third case, participants were entered in a lottery that had a 5 percent chance of winning $100—but they would only win if they had met their weight loss goal for the month. This... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
accountability. But partners are not paid until after their work is complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture these relationships in a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007
research and discuss his contributions to management and economics. We look at three distinct bodies of work. In the first, Clark (in conjunction with Robert Hayes and Steven Wheelwright) argued that the abandonment by U.S. managers of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
purchase and marketing contracts. Noble also worked with customers to secure supply contracts. Noble had a portfolio of 12,000 commodity contracts by the end of 2014. The View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
retailer, we found 65% to be inaccurate. That is, the recorded inventory quantity of an item fails to match the quantity found in the store. We identify factors associated with this inaccuracy that are stock... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016
behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51072 forthcoming Games and Economic Behavior Contract Design and Stability in Many-to-Many Matching By: Hatfield, John William, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne