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- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
The founders wondered whether they should change the approach to growth: Should they slow it down temporarily or maintain the growth rate (and fix operational issues)? There was a high probability that BlackBuck's cash balances would fall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
team, and using that to build the marketing plan,” says Flatley. It helps that they are neighbors at the company’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, about 10 miles west of Chicago. “We yell over the walls,” says Cunningham. “I probably... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
every time you put a product in market, you’d probably want a lot of eyes on it, too. But it also means you don’t get Nest. Venkat offers the FirstBuild production approach as a counter: To make a device that produces “nugget ice”—a more... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
retailers’ margins and even increase conversion. We demonstrate using a simple theoretical framework that inducing consumers to inspect higher-priced items first may simultaneously increase the average price of items sold and the overall expected purchase View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
characteristics enhances investment performance, collaborating for affinity-based characteristics dramatically reduces the probability of investment success. A variety of tests show that the cost of affinity is not driven by selection... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
success, market reaction, and merger waves. Offer prices are biased towards the 52-week high, a highly salient but largely irrelevant past price, and the modal offer price is exactly that reference price. An offer's probability of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
people understand their role in the larger system. You cannot get that quality from a 30-second bite on FOX News. I think it is extremely important to note that the New York Times is a family business. The Times has benefited politically, financially, strategically,... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
order when should DVDs are rented before want DVDs. Specifically, a 1.3% increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
the recognition that no matter how much technology we have, how many PowerPoint slides we have, how many knowledge management systems we have, the fact of the matter is that people learn from experience. Simulation probably helps, but... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
quality that is special," he says. "It's part of the leader's job to discover the genius in each employee and create an environment in which that can flourish." photo by Rick Friedman Peter B. Vaill (MBA '60, DBA '64) "My HBS classmates would View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory constraints. As common in practice, the retailer does not know the consumer's purchase probability at each price and must learn the mean demand from sales data. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
toss—and the pressure of real-world negotiations probably makes our actual performance even worse. Sometimes we don't realize we're being conned; other times, we wrongly suspect people who are telling us nothing but the truth.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than the second film. Finally, we find that as the... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
national changes in migration flows across ethnic groups with pre-existing immigrants’ enclaves across U.S. cities, we find that immigration raised marriage rates and the probability of having children for young native men and women. We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
that the effect is predominantly driven by innovators located in the states passing the reforms. Tort laws have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
rented before want DVDs. Specifically, a 1.3% increase in the probability of a reversal in preferences (from a baseline rate of 12%) ensues if the first of two sequentially rented movies has more should and fewer want characteristics than... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
industry. Analysis of our data broadly supports our hypotheses. High levels of preexisting interorganizational trust increased the probability that a less formal, and thus less costly, mode of governance was chosen over a more formal one.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
cost of external finance shape both the probability of entering entrepreneurship and the characteristics of those who become entrepreneurs. As expected, differences-in-differences estimates show that the entry rates for individuals who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
the men. So in conditions of ambiguity when you're trying to fill in the blanks, the standard that the women are looking at is probably lower, on average, than the standard for the men. McGinn: I think another important factor is actually... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace