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  • 27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

transactions and vice versa. This paper estimates the effect of competition and service quality on mobile money demand. In this setting, service quality consists of service reliability (lower stockout and system downtime rates), pricing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009

including cashews, sesame, cocoa, and coffee. In mid-October 2008, Olam's stock price declined to $1 a share from a high of $3.71 in early 2007 as part of the global economic crisis. Verghese had to decide whether to change the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

January 2017 Review of Financial Studies Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns By: Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes Abstract—We present evidence consistent with markets failing to properly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

examine a class of dynamic decision-making processes that involve endogenous commitment. Our analysis is relevant to group decision-making settings as well as to hierarchical decision-making settings in which, for example, subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

measures reduce US dependence on supply chains linked to China? And what should we do with prices of imports from Vietnam and Mexico on the rise? Paper on Global Supply Chain Great Reallocation CASE STUDY Acquiring and Engaging Talent for... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

  Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high performance in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

were realized. What we label the CEO-specific Q and past return explains equity issuance, but it does not explain debt issuance, investment, or profitability. Two discontinuity analyses show that the specific share price that the current... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

governing player drafts, free agency, revenue sharing, salary caps, and even ticket prices. Tickets must be sold at face value under league rules, eliminating the unauthorized sales of tickets at higher prices by third parties. Other... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

levels of aid. We call these joint phenomena the political transfer problem and argue that the largest windfall of the 20th century, the period from 1973 to 1985 during which oil prices were at all-time highs, produced long-run political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

for advertising, targeting, and pricing decisions in his research, is more broadly interested in the “creator economy” ecosystem that includes influencers like Li; platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube; and the brands whose... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 07 Jul 2019
  • HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

to $10 in 2016 (it hit $11 per hour in early 2018). Yet in 2015, announcement of a wage increase resulted in a share price drop the following day of 10 percent, on news that the increase would cut earnings per share by 6 to 12 percent in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

may benefit from limited developer access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the structure of access View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

Research Using large language models to measure firms' climate solution products and services, we find that high-climate solution firms exhibit lower stock returns and higher market valuation multiples. Their stock prices respond... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has been studying the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bundle?

research that culminated in their paper The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy. Kumar and Derdenger studied the handheld video game market between 2001 and 2005, specifically Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and Game Boy Advance... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

for smart phones in the U.S. and the position of one player, Research In Motion (RIM), who manufactures the popular Blackberry line of products. Early in 2011, RIM is in trouble. Its stock price has plummeted, amidst poor business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

innovative delivery medical device research into accessible and effective clinical treatments. As a Tech Fellow, I can gain the strong foundation necessary to launch such ventures in a dynamic biotech environment alongside fellow builders... View Details
  • 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

management and continuous improvement, as well as the dynamics of service competition in a rapidly growing market. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-027... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

better understanding the role of Organization Studies in this academic community, we first present the key characteristics of North American academia. Second, relying on archival data spanning the first 29 years of Organization Studies (1980 to 2008, inclusive), we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace