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- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
research on the link between the personal disposition of an entrepreneurial firm's founder, the firm's strategic orientation, and its performance outcomes. Also, there is lack of cross-national research on entrepreneurial firms' strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016
drives wealthy and powerful people to white-collar crime? I draw from extensive personal interaction and correspondence with nearly fifty former executives as well as research in psychology, criminology, and economics to investigate how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23
Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Publication: Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract This article presents a dual interview based on a research study we conducted. Our study found that an artful dodger of questions was generally considered more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
treating platform systems and step processes as mutually exclusive architectures sets up a false dichotomy. Creating any good requires carrying out a technical recipe, i.e., performing a series of steps. Step processes in turn can be modularized (at the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13
census. We document a shift to smaller shops following a 1996 regulatory change that increased the costs of opening large stores. Our analysis suggests that total factor productivity (TFP) of multi-store retail chains fell after the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
KindredHarvard Business School Case 511-015 For Asian Agri and other Indonesian palm oil producers, the future promised rising demand from fast-growing Asian populations, but also intensifying criticism from environmental groups. With the highest yield and lowest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
and the development of incremental tradeoffs towards radical moves to create new business models, new forms of satisfying needs that drastically reduce costs and/or raise value perceived by customers. One important enabler of new business... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a reduction in individual exploration for novel answers) relative to independent problem solving. In contrast to prior work, which has focused on how the presence... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
flaunt what you're doing. Not all companies may want to make a visible statement of their involvement. But every company should know what kind of impact CSR is having." Rangan adds that it helps if CSR activities are headed by a person... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 30, 2007
worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
South Africa over its attempt to reduce the cost of HIV drugs through parallel importation (buying pharmaceuticals in countries with lower prices and then importing them) and compulsory licensing (requiring patent holders to allow others... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
hypothesis that perceived network benefits from the extant worldwide adoption of IFRS influences a country's shift away from local accounting standards. That is, as more jurisdictions with economic ties to a given country adopt IFRS, perceived benefits from lowering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
accommodations to protect the health and welfare of their employees. "Employers should maintain an open dialogue with all employees to accurately assess which workers are vulnerable and what accommodations would best suit their specific... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. Bazerman and colleagues explores the hidden cost when stretch goals... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
Michael Beer and Lynda St. ClairHarvard Business School Case 913-521 A new Dallas-based health and beauty spa aims to use a highly distinctive human resource system as the foundation of its competitive strategy. By encouraging employees... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006
Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation Harvard Business School Note 404-091 When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we are often drawn to explanations that rest on character. In simple terms, we conclude that virtuous behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
infringement and support small inventors. However, the model also shows that as NPEs become effective at bringing frivolous lawsuits, the resulting defense costs inefficiently crowd out firms that, absent NPEs, would produce... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Feb 2014
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Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
total value of tailored coupons that shoppers stand to lose if they go elsewhere. Store-switching costs created this way increase the spending and loyalty of shoppers. For retailers lacking the capability of using information about their... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14
bribes paid, including the bribe amount, the name of the corrupt official, and services rendered. The ipaidabribe.com portal then aggregates these data to create maps and charts of corrupt activities across Indian cities. The theory is that such data will build... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Beyond Beta-Delta: The Emerging Economics of Personal Plans By: Beshears, John, Katherine L. Milkman, and Joshua Schwartzstein Abstract—People make personal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne