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  • 18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

both organizations and employees benefit by emphasizing newcomers' authentic best selves. Paper: http://www.francescagino.com/publications.html First-Party Content and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Daniel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

employers, Baxter and Abbott. For example, Termeer structured Genzyme, like Baxter, as a highly decentralized organization with many mini-general management positions; in fact, for several years, some Genzyme divisions were so autonomous,... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

  PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

and previous studies of decentralization in China, I discuss this work according to the theoretical approaches (institutional, ideational, and socio-historical) used to explain the origins of regional differences. I conclude by examining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Fair Trade

markets differed, but the belief in local autonomy and decentralized decision-making became a core value within the company .Meanwhile, the largest American consumer products company remained cautious about... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

Fritscher, and Martina Viarengo Abstract—We show how the decentralization of fiscal responsibility among Brazilian states between 1889 and 1930 promoted an unequal expansion of public schooling. We document how the variation in state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

2018 Independently published Unlocked: Keys to Improve Your Thinking By: Zaltman, Gerald Abstract—What’s the best way to change your life? Change how you think, says marketing guru Gerald Zaltman. While most of us are accustomed to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Impact Stories - Business & Environment

will be brought to market by a combination of pure start-ups and large multinational energy corporations." Charley Cummings MBA 2011 | Addressing Climate Change through Agriculture "The great thing is that in addition to making systems... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007

good. If the content provider sells its content outright and relinquishes control over its price, the content will tend to be exclusive unless there are sufficient market expansion effects. On the other hand, if the content provider... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

remarkably few of their citizens attended any school by the early 20th century. We present new, comparable data on school inputs and outputs for BRIC drawn from contemporary surveys and government documents. Recent studies emphasize the importance of political View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

bringing market forces to space is so important. It’s going to take decentralized creativity of people who know their businesses well and know what their customers need. I hope every business leader out... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace
  • 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

  Working PapersFixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India Authors:Shawn A. Cole Abstract This paper integrates theories of political budget cycles with theories of tactical electoral redistribution to test... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

explanations for entrepreneurial success in nascent markets but leaves a key imperative unexplored: the business model. By studying five ventures in the same nascent market, we develop a novel theoretical framework for understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

understand why some of the other top firms in the business, such as KKR and Apollo, have been tapping the public equity markets for their own funds, and whether they should do the same. They are also pondering how to monetize their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

the Market for Digital Information Goods," is among the first efforts to study the interactions of two entirely new and radical business models operating in the same market. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research this area... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Employees, the Head Office or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We examine whether centralized hiring (in this study, by the head office of a U.S. retail chain) or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11

resulting from correlated discount rate shocks has a much more muted effect on long-run portfolio risk and on the willingness of long horizon investors to hold risky assets. Correlated cash flow shocks imply that markets tend to move... View Details
  • 30 May 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

contingent on value-added communities [built around ideas] are self-defining, just about everything is decentralized ideas compete on an equal footing.” Again, not all of his case examples were drawn from the West Coast. But many of them... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

integrating global market and local technical knowledge. We refer to this type of firm as a Knowledge Integrator and discuss how its strategy supports the competitiveness of localized suppliers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

and French size and value portfolios, the market portfolio, bond portfolios, and the entire cross-section of stocks. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-060.pdf Testing a Purportedly More Learnable Auction Mechanism... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace