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- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
and limited to a short window of time. Consistent with theories of status, however, the effect of the prize is significantly larger when there is uncertainty about scientist and article quality. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-049.pdf Who View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
May 2017 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We build on the analysis in Akcigit, Grigsby, and Nicholas (2017) by using U.S. patent and census View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly influenced the lives of most people on the planet. It has changed daily activities; something as simple as a walk in the park is perceived very differently now. The same is true for businesses. Many... View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
customer purchasing decisions based on layouts that change from store to store. “It’s around us now, and it’s growing.” "If something is very novel, there is little data around it to use." Thomke first explored the phenomenon in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
only have to use more data in their selling activities, but there's more cross-functional coordination required. "Improving sales productivity ... affects growth, civic discourse, and the lives of millions... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
firm." In order to test whether this was true, the researchers enlisted 94 CEOs of major Italian corporations who agreed to put their lives under the microscope for a period of a week at a time. The CEO's personal assistant was asked... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
odds of surviving a heart attack—almost eliminated the regional performance differences of hospitals. "Why are Black and white patients who live in the same ZIP code, who are both covered by Medicare and can go anywhere, being treated at... View Details
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
Chaturvedi of the School’s India Research Center. “These products have really grown in the last 15 to 20 years, and I was interested in looking at how they have been marketed,” says Deshpandé, who says the case generated a lively debate... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
A&M Vice Chairman Steve Berman, Live Nation's global touring CEO Arthur Fogel, William Morris Endeavor agent Marc Geiger, and producer Vincent Herbert. Go Big or Go Home? In the autumn of 2009, Lady Gaga was set to go on the road with... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
specific data and econometric approach used (Rodriguez/Rodrik, 2000; Median-Smith, 2001). There are also questions as to whether the relationship between specific trade policy instruments such as tariffs and growth has not been stable... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 02 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize
during the pandemic in each of the 51 countries from a variety of sources, including reports in the New York Times and the European Commission’s database, Eurostat. They compared that data to figures from the same months for the past... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Review of Economics and Statistics The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-being Data By: De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, George Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert Van Landeghem,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
information is delivered." One possible line would include information about a company's strategy. Brad Keller commented that "It takes more than just sharing financials or performance review data It is really a matter of being... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
source of criticism from those preferring research based on large data bases of quantitative information and advanced analytic techniques. "It can be a living hell for some distinguished CEOs returning to... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
Midwesterner raised on a dairy farm, and Roy Whitcomb Riley, a Black Southerner, settled in Los Angeles shortly before their son’s birth, in 1981, after traveling the world for 18 years. They lived in Mid City, whose economic and racial... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
fifth. The global agriculture system was undergoing major changes and the standard of living in China was increasing, changing the food consumption and dietary habits of the nation's 1.3 billion people. COFCO's management needed to decide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
accessible, friendly man. He was always willing to talk about business, share anecdotes, and exchange ideas. He never stopped. He was a living compendium of information about the history of business. I once had a 2-hour conversation with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
entitled, Super Bowl Storytelling. I'm your host, Brian Kenny, and you're listening to Cold Call, recorded live at the 2019 Evanta CMO Executive Summit. Shelle Santana is an expert in consumer behavior, particularly in relation to... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and the socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the transactions of field-constituents with the new industry constructed the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly
why it might be taking so long. Researching Drugs Versus Devices She started with three decades of data from FDA databases on the approvals of all new drugs and high-risk medical devices between 1977 and 2007, measuring how long those... View Details