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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
hosts who have never had an African-American guest, suggesting only a subset of hosts discriminate. While rental markets have achieved significant reductions in discrimination in recent decades, our results suggest that Airbnb’s current design View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
and induces safer behavior that becomes the status quo for future choices (the initial history effect). While both effects operate indirectly through choice inertia, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
and raises questions facing key decision makers at the time. The cases ask readers to weigh choices and consequences View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute For Finding The Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
James says, "A lot of the personal development lessons we learned from professors, or among our peer groups and counselors, helped me look at my core motivations and make the right View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
highlight the prevalence of discrimination in online marketplaces, suggesting an important unintended consequence of a seemingly routine mechanism for building trust. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2377353 When to Sell... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
significant effect on firm value. This paper examines and replies to the Amihud-Stoyanov challenge. We question their methodological claims, study the consequences of following their suggestions, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)
Omowale Casselle What does your work involve? "My official title is director of product management, SAMPLEit, a new venture at redbox. In this role, I'm responsible for leveraging technology across our different product lines—kiosk,... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
innovation-driven economy. In Producing Prosperity, Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih show the disastrous consequences of years of poor sourcing decisions View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
when compared to defense and healthcare expenditures, not to mention the costs incurred recently rescuing failing banks and automakers, among others. But the picture changes when we consider the long-run... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
come first. The authors have identified six common barriers to change: (1) unclear direction on strategy and values, which often leads to conflicting priorities; (2) senior executives who don't work as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
mandated insurance coverage. Publisher's link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.10.042 February 2015 Journal of Law & Economics What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
categories are far from homogeneous and substantial variation exists between consumers in the same category. So tailor-made loyalty systems go way beyond these heterogeneous customer groupings by offering propositions at an individual... View Details
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
Sustainability, was among the first to take the stage. He spoke of the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the consequences for the Earth. “Our present moment,” he said, “is one of both climate... View Details
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
Interestingly, the actual changes in several of the 'omitted variables' such as life expectancy, hours worked, inflation and unemployment also contribute to happiness over this time period since life expectancy has risen View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
transactions and markets we see. When my colleagues and I have helped design markets and allocation procedures, we have often found that distaste for certain kinds of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Success Leads to Failure (and What to Do about It) by Michael E. Raynor (DBA ’00) (Doubleday Publishing) Managers make choices with far-reaching consequences based on assumptions about an uncertain future.... View Details