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- 27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27
laboratory two prominent mechanisms that are employed in school choice programs to assign students to public schools. We study how individual behavior is influenced by preference intensities and risk aversion. Our main results show that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
for their unique capabilities and operating in a coordinated manner. This collaborative model demands that firms develop different skills, yet despite this need, there is little guidance on how to develop these abilities. Based on a recent study, this article describes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
(admittedly a bit of a novelty, given my Midwest upbringing). Also, I enjoyed the chance to do a lot of traveling.” Wiegele: “Often playing on the same intramural team as Sierra! Also travelling. My partner and I also did a lot of exploring in and around Boston,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
Jamaica, and Zimbabwe. Some have worked in cities like Baghdad, Phnom Penh, Monrovia, Tokyo, and Madrid. But none of the students in our group has been to Santa Ana del Valle, a village of just under 2,000 inhabitants, where rug weaving and farming are the View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
chairman and CFO, BankBoston, Cumberland Foreside, Maine As context, I come from a family dedicated to public service. After graduating from HBS, I spent 20 years at a (then) large bank (25,000 employees, strong international presence,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
each complementing the other. Government Advertising and Media Coverage of Corruption Scandals Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ignacio Franceschelli Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (forthcoming) Abstract : We construct measures of the extent to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
product development, customer support, and “Eastern Labs”—a new office enclosed by glass walls and located in the middle of Eastern's main lobby. Rivers provides Labs with $4 million annually—1% of gross revenues—to develop new banking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School Opened February 2021 Online Exhibition This online... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
empirical research estimates the average effects of these actions across firms. This paper promotes Random Coefficients Models (RCMs) as an ideal empirical methodology to study firm heterogeneity in Strategy research. Specifically, we highlight and illustrate three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015
and women alike rated power as one of the main consequences of professional advancement. Our findings reveal that men and women have different perceptions of what the experience of holding a high-level position will be like, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
vehicles were far more likely to be offered by larger and North America–based buyout funds. The average performance of these alternative vehicles lagged that of the GPs’ corresponding main funds. The best LP performance was among... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016
over time. Two lab studies replicate our main findings and show that behavioral biases due to differences in perceptions of expertise drive the effect. Our research contributes not only to operations research, but also to the practice of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, we present two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
Under founding director Dr. Aristotle Alip's leadership, CARD has become one of the top microfinance institutions in the world. More recently, larger commercial and financial institutions are seeking a slice of the microfinance market. The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
the fact that a large portion of new businesses is created in the informal sector. The authors identify the main obstacle to this area as the country's insufficient access to credit for small entrepreneurs. The chapter is devoted to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Maine. His work at two of Common Good's partner organizations — Stone Soup Foods and East End Kids Katering, both in Portland, Maine — focused on evaluating new business opportunities and developing marketing plans to maximize each... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One of his View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
how the composition of patenting teams relates to both the scope of their patent applications and the speed of their patent approvals by examining the main effects of team members’ intra-organizational diversity (based on affiliations... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
information that experts provide consists of cold, hard facts and not panaceas to placate a frightened public. In addition, having experts as the main face of the country’s communications, offering sound advice on “what to do” and “what... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016
main organizations. They initially integrate with their corporate parents to ensure resource flows, but then differentiate themselves to develop their own strategic profile. We contribute to the ambidexterity literature by unpacking the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne