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- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
Philosophers have talked by turns about both the "wisdom" and "madness" of crowds. But when it comes to assessing and funding the arts, just how wise are crowds—and how does their wisdom compare to that of art experts? HBS Associate... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. In general, distributed innovation is made possible by the modularity of the underlying product or process. But despite the documented technical benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that creativity can be mandated or... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
the Panama Canal to make use of both conventional historical methods and the tools of quantitative analysis, The Big Ditch examines the impact of the Panama Canal on the Republic of Panama, the United States, and the world. Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu deftly chronicle... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
borrowers in the London market, we challenge the traditional view that gold-standard adherence worked as a credible commitment mechanism that was rewarded by financial markets with lower borrowing costs. We demonstrate that in the poor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
which English is spreading is unprecedented and staggering” A: Lingua francas have existed for centuries. English has become the global business language mostly in the last 30 years. Linguists believe it's the fastest spreading language in human View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
levels of related expertise; (ii) subsidiaries exhibit significant heterogeneity in this expertise; and (iii) the subsidiaries are more diversified and less concentrated. We examine the efforts to diffuse pollution prevent practices exhibited View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
an increase in the P/E ratios in the year after the investment. By way of contrast, funds with politicians involved invest in higher P/E industries, which have a negative valuation change in the year after the investment. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Examining mechanisms, we demonstrate that cognitive ability increases participation; however, and in contrast to previous research, financial literacy education does not affect decisions. We conclude by discussing how education may affect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
whether, when, and for which type of customer the introduction of a new channel helps and hurts sales in existing channels. Our framework separates short- and long-run effects by analyzing underlying channel capabilities. It suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Speculations, edited by M. Anson. London: The Business Archives Council, 2008 Abstract Among the most longstanding criticisms of business history as an academic discipline is the bias caused towards studying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
oneself and to engage in moral compensation by behaving prosocially. We established the role that impurity played in these effects through mediation and moderation. We found that inauthenticity-induced cleansing and compensatory helping... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
are significantly different to the inter-industry vertical FDI visible at the two-digit level. These subsidiaries are not readily explained by the comparative advantage considerations in traditional models, where firms locate their low... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 9
evidenced by the transmission of patenting behavior, but they do not match on this dimension. We demonstrate this in two-stage models that adjust for the endogeneity of the matching process, using a modification of propensity score... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
I find that government-owned bank lending tracks the electoral cycle, with agricultural credit increasing by 5-10 percentage points in an election year. There is significant cross-sectional targeting, with large increases in districts in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic motivations to give by corrupting a purely social act with economic considerations. Purchase the Book: http://www.psypress.com/the-science-of-giving-9781848728851 Americans Do I.T. Better: U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008
suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace