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  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to good agents. I apply the model to online advertising View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

authors hail from various world regions and are themselves leading global historians. Collectively, they provide an unprecedented survey of what today is the most dynamic field in the discipline of history. As one of the first books to systematically discuss the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

embedded in the local network while also having access to global markets. It bridges the two worlds, helping the cluster maintain its competitive advantage. In one Brenta firm, skilled workers translate international designers' sketches... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

markets froze. To make matters worse, PIC cancelled the joint venture with Dow in December 2008. As a result, Dow was hurt on three fronts: first, it lost an important funding source for the proposed acquisition; second, Dow's financial... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

Andrei, and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract—In markets with network effects, users must form expectations about the total number of users who join a given platform. In this paper, we distinguish two ways in which rational expectations can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

2017 CA: BVT Publishing Global Marketing Management: A Casebook By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—During the last quarter century, international business was shaken by a revolution in global competition unlike... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

Sandra J., and Matthew Preble Abstract—The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

List: Ratings Pioneer Turns 20 In 1995, before people “googled” or “yelped,” Angela Hicks (HBS, 2000) was establishing her Angie’s List as a pioneer in the accumulation and dissemination of consumer rating information. Hicks focused on the home repair and maintenance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

exercise that helps them refine their elevator pitches and better understand several key marketing principles. Leads to an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

in trying to improve the measured dimensions of performance and so has a narrow span of accountability. By contrast, a manager responsible for market share or business profit can make many trade-offs and thus has a relatively wide span of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

manufacturing components and processes change, and IT security becomes the job of every function. Companies need different skills and expertise, which creates new imperatives for HR. In the marketing function, the ability to track a... View Details
  • 29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn’t—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

keep close watch over them. In 2015, Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, highlighted the problem. “A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency,” she wrote in a statement.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
  • 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
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

turnover is largely determined by two factors: whether the turnover is forced or natural, and whether an internal or external candidate is selected as the successor. CEO searches, as currently practiced, are likely to exclude many... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment
  • 24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal Incorporating Journal of Global Competitiveness 18, nos. 1/2 (2008): 104-130 Abstract Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2016
  • HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

competitive with someone who is personally advising you, and at a fraction of the cost,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. Viceira explores... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=799015   PublicationsOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Publication:Journal of International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

HBS Working Knowledge readers want it all, judging by our all-time most popular articles. Here you'll find stories on everything from maintaining a professional image to writing a business plan, from how to market on social media to why... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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