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- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
for which content will be exclusive despite foreclosing itself from selling to a portion of the market. In addition, we show that contrary to standard results on double marginalization and pricing of complementary goods, a platform that already has exclusive access to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
few researchers have looked to see whether firms that adopt it have subsequently seen increased revenues or share prices. But there's almost no research that examines whether this quality standard actually helps firms improve quality.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
think of the role of advertising as providing primes that are psychological in nature as a means of persuasion, you can take something that exists in society—a consumer preference for fair skin—and leverage it for good or for bad.”... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W18242 When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice? Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Hałaburda Abstract We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences Authors:Zoë Chance and Michael I. Norton An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-018.pdf The Financing of R&D and Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should focus their relaunch in four key areas. Revisit your shared purpose. A relaunch ensures that every team member understands and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
We all enjoy sharing jokes with friends, hoping a witty one might elicit a smile—or maybe even a belly laugh. Here’s one for you: A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when, suddenly, a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Current working papers
Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
and projects as you refine your pitch and develop more confidence. 7. For major solicitations, you should prepare a detailed call report shortly after the visit. Prospective donors have quirks and preferences that are really important for... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
2010 terms, as a share of national income) were scheduled to revert to Colombian ownership in that year. The money to buy them for the new canal effort, then, would have gone to Bogotá instead of the shareholders in the moribund French... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
algorithm will show me the comedy picture. Someone else might see the action picture if they like action movies. The algorithm might introduce a little randomness, too, and depending on our reactions, it will learn about our preferences... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
use of power is the objective, they ask, why is it that the wrong people often possess power? They point to several reasons. Power-seekers self-select. They appear to want the job more. They also impress us—“many of us are disposed to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear functions of income and consumption, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Abstract—Ethics research developed partly in response to calls from organizations to understand and solve unethical behavior. We examine two approaches to mitigating unethical behavior: (1) values-oriented approaches that broadly appeal to individuals' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
than predicted in equilibrium. Because talk is preference revealing, it may effectively frame bargaining around a logic of fairness or competition, moving parties on a path toward or away from equal-division agreements. These endogenous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
in others and show that all these definitions are equivalent. We then introduce a new class of substitutable preferences that allows us to model intermediaries with production capacity. We also prove that substitutability is preserved... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
leverages shared user relationships. We build upon the traditional view of bundling for economies of scope and price discrimination and extend this view to include the strategic management of a firm's user network. Envelopers capture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
framework allows for wage rate uncertainly, variable labor supply, social security benefits, and portfolio choice over safe bonds and risky equities. Our analysis reinforces prior findings that equities are the preferred asset for young... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
Science The Belief in a Favorable Future By: Rogers, Todd, Don A. Moore, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—People believe that future others’ preferences and beliefs will change to align with their own. People holding a particular view... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
with Britain which made the operation of a British and colonial share register easier. Conversely, some merchant firms from the colonies relocated to London in order to access the markets for capital and information. David Sassoon moved... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones