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  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

Abstract We study the interplay of inequality and trust in a dynamic game, where trust increases efficiency and thus allows higher growth of the experimental economy in the future. We find that trust is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

the dynamic introduced by companies like Netscape that have helped build the information infrastructure of the Internet age. Yoffie and Cusumano point out, for example, that one of Netscape's pioneering achievements was reducing the... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
  • 26 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

investment costs. The demand for rooms is always fluctuating, but it's not efficient for hotels to build enough capacity to satisfy the peaks, so they are challenged with finding the right middle ground. "When the pope comes to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel
  • 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using U.S. Census microdata on firm-level output, R&D, and patenting. The model provides a good fit to the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Emerging Into Singapore

venture offices to better understand the challenges on the ground, starting with a visit to Kuala Lumpur. What I’ve learned so far: The e-commerce industry is a very dynamic and agile space with growing competition, where every detail... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • 14 Mar 2007
  • Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

the efficiency of capital markets, the opaqueness of the groups' operations, and the abuse of inside information. It is hard not to feel that history is repeating itself. For not only is this investigation sure to fatten the profit pools... View Details
Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services
  • 11 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

genuine concern, as is the efficiency of using established distribution systems designed for inter-store delivery to also package and ship thousands of small orders to individual consumers. More important, the substantial losses these... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Back to the Future

to previous administrations,” he notes. “There is a huge opportunity to reframe the debate.” Part of that debate could argue that support for green technology might jump-start a dynamic new industry to help boost a moribund economy. Says... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

older children remains essentially unchanged. To our knowledge, this is the first rigorous demonstration that one need not succumb to temptation in order for it to detrimentally impact one's economic productivity. The Dynamics of Social... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6

  Publications August 2013 Cengage Learning Principles of Management. 1st ed By: Gulati, Ranjay, Anthony J. Mayo, and Nitin Nohria Abstract—Prepare your students, as managers, to confront today's challenges and opportunities that are more View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 17 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

intensity fuel of the future. Integrated Dynamics - Jake Sweed (MBA 2024), Henry Markarian, Niranjan Kulkarni - Turning food waste into green hydrogen using hyperthermophile archaea. Latent - Rourke Pattullo (MBA 2025), Tom Walkinshaw... View Details
  • 07 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

lead to sustainable operational improvements. By analyzing fleet data, they've developed strategies to optimize battery usage, unlock sustainable fast charging, and prolong life. Thereby, encouraging drivers to adopt behaviors that contribute to the longevity and View Details
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

Public School Districts Author:Stacey Childress Abstract This working paper offers concrete examples of improved productivity and efficiencies at the district level, drawing from the author's experience working with districts and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

exploit, enables a firm to adapt over time. In this paper we review and integrate these comparatively new research streams and identify a set of propositions that suggest how ambidexterity acts as a dynamic capability. We suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

http://or.journal.informs.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/60/5/1199.full.pdf+html Convergence of Position Auctions under Myopic Best-Response Dynamics Authors:Cary, Matthew, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

Why is it more difficult for nonprofit organizations than, say, retail chains, to run efficient multi-site operations? A recent Harvard Business Review story concluded that nonprofits waste $100 billion a year through inefficient... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Globalization Revisited

should become “global” by standardizing the production, distribution, and marketing of their products across all countries. Sameness meant efficiency and would be more profitable than difference. From economies of scale would flow... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

gain equal to between 0.6% and 1.5% of aggregate annual consumption, and it captures more than 60% of the gain from reform to the dynamic optimal policy. The gains are due to substantial increases in both View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

scenarios and with expert opinions on emerging risk issues. In order to explain the dynamics of these alternative plots, I show that risk experts engage in various kinds of boundary-work (Gieryn, 1983, 1999), sometimes to expand and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne