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- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
up-and-coming areas that could improve even more with a little boost, as well as in stagnating areas that could use more investment. By picking up nuances on a street-by-street basis, the method could allow planners and developers to View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
the ones who are the real experts, you know?" In the eventual field experiment, researchers launched two recruitment campaigns. Each targeted half of 48 randomly selected rural districts across the country. In 24 districts, potential... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
since traditionally PE investing has not been associated with greater innovation. Taken as a whole, the findings show that PE firms can use digital transformation as a viable means of increasing the value of their portfolio companies.” Owners of View Details
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
Abstract—New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
these large businesses to succeed. (We're targeting Fortune 1000 companies.) That was the key decision we made—not to compete against them. No way do we want to compete against Dell. What we want to do is enable them. So in effect we're... View Details
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
stirred up and targets solving the preeminent problem that emerges as the mud settles. Disruptive leverage lies in the hands of an astute follower." Thornton Parker carried this line of thinking a bit further in commenting, "As... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
unknown but targeted wealthier districts when incomes were revealed. These results shed light on how income transparency shapes preferences for equity and redistribution. We discuss implications for policy makers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
likelihood of implementation, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to play a key role. In particular, the likelihood of implementation is increasing in the percentage of votes cast in favor of the proposal and in the ownership and influence of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
target school children most at risk for parasitic worm infection. One week after its launch, the program seemed to be going well, but Ndanyi and Levy knew that it still needed to be administered in almost 40 districts at thousands of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
response, Beijing Hualian developed a new "Family Store" format targeted at the nation's growing middle class, made up of younger consumers with more fashionable tastes. Like hypermarkets, Hualian Family Stores include both food... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Authors:Rotemberg, Julio J. Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A setting is considered where consumers keep track of the extent to which brands care about them, which is modeled as altruism of brands towards their target consumers.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
says. They studied prices and occupancy rates in 50 major US cities between 2011 and 2014, targeting markets with the largest number of hotels. During the study period, Airbnb made a relatively small dent in the overall short-term... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
conditions after the employee has accepted the contract-with no future employment) does lead to higher effort for the duration of the job. Targeted gifts are more efficient than hiring more workers. However, the mechanism makes this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
the probability of a borrowing firm becoming a target. We find that this effect is enhanced in cases where the target and acquirer have a relationship with the same bank and is robust to the inclusion of several firm characteristics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal policy makes heavy use of research subsidies as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment horizon of investors have small welfare costs. All other choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
River in identifying investments, performing due diligence, and working with portfolio companies and asks how Blue River should build itself into a top-tier private equity fund, particularly as more and more foreign firms target the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
anticipated challenge in a forthcoming election by the United Kingdom independence Party, has had an even worse outcome. The campaign to Leave descended, as might have been predicted, primarily into a populist campaign against foreign-born people living in Britain. The... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
participation, even when they do not specifically target their communities and concerns. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50666 Harvard Business School Case 916-414 Unilever's New Global Strategy:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
issues, dynamic pricing; and automated vehicles. Improving mass transit systems that connect to other forms of transportation. Making the US easier for foreign visitors to enter. An infrastructure bank to make targeted strategic... View Details