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- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to be used for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
assumptions that countries can accumulate reserves and borrow internationally using their own currency. As opposed to traditional sovereign-debt models, asset-valuation effects occasioned by currency fluctuations act to absorb global... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
Simons says. “They control this narrow slice, but their jobs are tied to things like revenue growth and profitability. The missing piece is the support they are given to accomplish their goals.” When using the tool, a job can be evaluated View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
difficult tasks. Second, overestimation of ability by both men and women varies across categories. To understand these patterns, we develop a model that separates gender stereotypes from misestimation of ability related to the difficulty... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
interrelationships between three distinct parties: payers, providers, and consumers. Each group has its own perspective accompanied by a set of unique incentives, which complicate the adoption of a value-based health care system. To... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
company in January 2001. In the late 1990s, the company increased prices and lost many consumers to less expensive soup brands. Rather than bring prices back down, to maintain earnings Campbell cut costs by reducing advertising and laying... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. Predation leads to profits of about 25 basis points over ten days and increases the liquidation costs for the distressed fund by 40%. These results suggest a broker’s role... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
implications of these relationships for start-up innovation and performance. Value creation in such relationships occurs when assets are exchanged by the parties involved: collaboration allows for passive knowledge flows and active... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
that hold back progress in resource mobilization research. We then propose a path ahead for future research guided by two overarching goals. First, we advocate for a process perspective, focusing attention on how an individual actor’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
their advice because such dismissal threatens advisors’ sense of self-worth, leading them to judge seekers more harshly. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to punish seekers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
when a company attempts to move in on its market share, perhaps by offering price discounts. Since this strategy is viewed as more threatening, the competitor can be expected to retaliate with prejudice—often View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
psychological consequences of serving in an advisor role to develop a more comprehensive perspective on the psychology of advising. By connecting this work, which spans various methodologies and theoretical foundations, it advances... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
nudges and behavioral economics aren’t going to fix everything and need to be part of a broader approach to problem solving within organizations. About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer for Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
capital and demonstrates how technology—novel data sources, artificial intelligence, machine learning—will transform the small business lending market. This market has been plagued by frictions: it is hard for a lender to determine which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
ideation and idea evaluation. Perceptions of insufficient experimentation with new ways of working also predicted participation. Conclusion: The contest enabled frontline staff to share input and assess input shared by other staff. Our... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much suspicion by so many people around the globe. Changing societal expectations and scientific and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
other outputs by autonomous machines. I argue that organizational researchers of creativity and innovation should invest significant energy in studying artificial intelligence and computer-assisted human intelligence, the ways in which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman