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- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
New World are becoming much more knowledgeable about wines. At the same time, I think that New World wineries in countries such as Australia have learned to sell to consumers in the U.S. much more effectively than French vineyards, for... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
sure it fits the traditional definition of a "radical" innovation. For instance, it is unlikely the Apple Watch will have the same transformative effect on society as other life-changing innovations throughout history—think about the... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
also dramatically reduces the number of layers between the CEO and first-line staff. I know many extremely effective executives, including Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy and Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak, who have more than 18 direct reports... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016
2013 elections in Kenya, the Electoral Commission sent 11 million nonpartisan text messages to registered voters in an effort to boost electoral participation. The messages had a positive effect on turnout but also decreased trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
entrepreneur; your Airbnb host is an entrepreneur; your Etsy craftsperson is an entrepreneur. Because of technology, individuals don’t need to work for a company, and the cost of entry is just plain easier. “Number two: Everything at the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music
favorite songs.” Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, who does much of her business research on the entertainment industry, looked at the clash between bundles and digital distribution, and the effect on media and... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016
neglect the unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized hiring to centralized hiring at our research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16
effects on citation rates. Our findings suggest that subfields can increase the impact they have on the broader intellectual discourse by situating their phenomena in rich contexts that illuminate the connections between their findings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 17, 2007
system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering costs. Forecasting ARIMA time series requires tracking forecast errors (interpolations) and using these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006
highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
effectively allocated resources in the economy. I still think that our approach is a good one, but maybe not as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
learn Kahn’s study on the effect of managerial quality on baseball team performance and Belichick’s example in practice offer valuable lessons that support the hype generated when coaches are hired. First, all other things being equal,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
Working PapersContracting in the Self-reporting Economy (revised) Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the effect of accounting on the use of intellectual property. We analyze the licensing of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
but costly Olympic Games come to an end, significant maintenance and operating costs for publicly owned large Olympic venues, which were constructed or renovated for the Games, continue to burden host cities and states for a long time... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
Approximately 5 percent of the sample chose to respond online. The overall response rate was 53 percent. Q: What was the overall reaction to DTCA from physicians in your sample? Weissman: Quite mixed! Overall, 40 percent felt that DTCA had a positive View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5
and threats to organizations and conclude with a research agenda that more fully accounts for the potential of community forms to be a creator (and a possible destroyer) of value for organizations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-131.pdf Network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
more effective teachers. “There’s a big opportunity to really upscale and certify them,” Gupta says. At the same time, Rocket provides educational tools and content that teachers can share with parents to reinforce foundational skills at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
continue to focus only on small and midsized cities. The company seems likely to confront winner-take-all competitive dynamics at the city level, because network effects are strong—more diners will attract more hosts, and vice versa—and... View Details