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- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
heterogeneous preferences for work versus leisure. Evidence from six other countries reveals similar findings in economies at different stages of development. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
how the composition of patenting teams relates to both the scope of their patent applications and the speed of their patent approvals by examining the main View Details
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
distributed, what effect will this have on such things as democratization? Further, can the planet sustain the kind of growth that would be needed to foster moral societies around the world? Already, the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
deep conviction that Islamism could not provide an effective model of governance in the twentieth century and therefore would collapse of its own accord within months after the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
effect of variation in experience on performance. The problem is that variation in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base but also creates coordination challenges. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25
effect of greater rivalry dominates for less uncertain problems whereas the effect on the extreme value prevails for more uncertain problems. Adding competitors thus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
Costa Rican whose recent research has focused on Brazil and the possible side effects of competition for foreign direct investment. She notes that "people tend to think of... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- News
Paving the Way to College
navigate the college admissions process, including test prep, college visits, and working with admissions offices. In this interview, Frankel talks about the origins of the idea and what College Match has... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
Beware of competitors lying in the grass, says Harvard Business School professor Alvin E. Roth. His study of bidding practices on eBay suggest that those who wait until the last minute to bid—a practice... View Details
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
metric for measuring the doctor's work is a near perfect solution while the manager has to deliver the most effective outcome vis-à-vis original plans." One interesting comment about what managers can... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
But there's a growing consensus that ads don't work on mobile devices; consumers just don't like them. Instead of creating tiny banner ads, smart marketers will turn to apps to reach customers and engage them. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
needed in today’s global economy.” The GCPC addresses current business and management demands on Chinese CEOs, focusing on the effects of country differences on decision-making... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
transformation of the enterprise,” Bennet continues. “In many ways, the digital manifestation of the Atlantic was truer to the original heritage View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work relative value units (RVUs). Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
other party ” Questions of national economic interest, he continued, “should take a back seat to questions of individual interest when considering this issue.” Rick Mueller countered this argument. “IP... View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
of the future coming? What do you think? Original Column The decade of the 1980s saw widespread subscription to the notion that there were two “generic competitive strategies”... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016
solutions—and that doing so can open tremendous growth opportunities for their businesses and the country as a whole. Set in September 2015, this case provides a detailed look at Nigeria's poultry value chain and the complexities View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne