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- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
term for these relationships: guanxi. Guanxi literally means connections or relations, but also refers to the socio-emotional bond that ties people who do business together. Guanxi networks tend to have significant overlap between... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
effects of competition have an advantage within their markets, says Alexander J. MacKay, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study Consumer Inertia and Market Power with Marc... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the potential effects of a temporary 2 percent tax on corporations' "excess" cash... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 07 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization
this breakout session, panelists shared insights, informed by history, of the convergence that globalization promotes. Each focused on convergence from a different reference point: institutional convergence (in financial systems), policy... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
do some sophisticated talent arbitrage” In order to gauge the effect on executive pay, the researchers obtained a data set from a large global headhunting company, one of many consulting firms that act as intermediaries between companies... View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
may be less effective at motivating employees than the literature suggests. Our quasi-experimental setting shows that two types of unintended consequences limit gains from the reward program. First, employees strategically game the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
“receivers,” Kominers and Shapiro observed that moderators need to be aware of information that enables a receiver to create false beliefs or harm others. “The existence of two different categories of information is one of the core discoveries of our project,” says... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
style game of asking yes-or-no questions about a group of faces pictured, half white and half African-American. The authors suggest that people's discomfort and avoidance of referring to race imposes costs in terms of information... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?
course, How Star Women Succeed: Leading Effective Careers and Organizations. "There is a big difference between diversity and inclusiveness," Groysberg says. "Diversity is about counting the numbers; inclusiveness is about making the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
Abstract Key to the effective use of big data are the analytical professionals known as "data scientists," who can both manipulate large and unstructured data sources and create insights from them. Data scientists are difficult... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
considered novices. We can only speculate with regards to the types of people who might be most susceptible to the effects of competitive arousal. For example, those who are highly emotional, highly competitive, or highly impulsive might... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
be subtle, but real. —Professor James Hesket Changes in organizations, according to respondents, will be subtle, but real. Perhaps the most interesting opinions on this topic were set forth by Niklas Arvidsson: "What will be the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
the key descriptor is not simply a difference in size but rather in kind. We are not referring to every small company, but only to those that have become social icons because an integral part of their distinctiveness and success is rooted... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
growth comes from three sources—marketing actions (price and advertising), direct network effects (e.g., buyer to buyer effects), and indirect network effects (e.g., buyer to seller effects). Using this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
about the increasing severity of the patent system's problems, and the negative effects that they were having on firms. While these issues had been widely recognized by practitioners, and had been the subject of weighty, footnote-laden... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
decision-making, a higher sensitivity to risk, and a more empathic communication style, all of which have contributed to more effective leadership by women leaders. Know when leadership requires ‘tightness’ and ‘looseness’ van Vugt:... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
price of competing products, pose new challenges on translating the demand forecasts into a pricing policy. We develop an algorithm to efficiently solve the subsequent multi-product price optimization that incorporates reference price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
two organizations jointly filed a lawsuit against the SEC, arguing that the rule violated the Administrative Procedure Act and that the SEC failed to properly assess the rule's effects on "efficiency, competition and capital... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
research: How do you help experts help novices?” Researchers refer to the problem as the "curse of knowledge." Zhang is on a mission to break the curse. In her research on the psychology of rediscovery, she's looking into how experts can... View Details