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- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
Co.—a company more than five times its size—in 2007, then moved to acquire the U.S.'s fourth and fifth largest beef producers in 2008. The new JBS Swift slashed costs and restructured, turning around a quarterly loss of $99 million to a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
typically treat their costs as tightly guarded secrets. In six studies, we tested the effect of firm disclosure of the costs to produce a product (i.e., cost transparency) on purchase interest. We began with a natural field experiment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25
NPEs become effective at bringing frivolous lawsuits, the resulting defense costs inefficiently crowd out firms that, absent NPEs, would produce welfare-enhancing innovations without engaging in infringement. Our empirical analysis shows... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
want. The authors plot on a matrix where various organizations fall along these two dimensions. Employees represented in the lower-left quadrant of the model, for example, disagree strongly both about what they want and on what actions will View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
purposeful vulnerability produced deeper, more intimate coworker relationships in which they could express a broader repertoire of personal qualities—qualities that were responsive to the dictates of their work rather than to the dictates... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
produce healthcare together. If the patient does not participate, it limits what the doctor can accomplish. We are moving to a system where the individual must be engaged, or face the consequences. More employers are asking employees to... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
productivity: 15.6% higher h-indices, 11.7% more coauthors, 12.7% more research articles, and 25.1% more citations per scientist. Moreover, using natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the set of research abstracts produced among... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
worthy and also less unethical, and these judgments led them to act more unethically themselves. These vicarious effects were moderated by whether the miscreant was identified with a photograph and by the type of behavior. Psychological closeness also View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
MaterialsGoldwind USA: Chinese Wind in the Americas Regina M. Abrami, and Iacob Koch-WeserHarvard Business School Case 912-416 Many Chinese firms have struggled in the United States. Renewable energy is a fledgling, high-risk market. Can Goldwind USA, a leading View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
Estimates produced using this instrument indicate that 10% greater foreign investment is associated with 2.6% greater domestic investment, and 10% greater foreign employee compensation is associated with 3.7% greater domestic employee... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
own partners. The case explores whether these initiatives will lead to a long-term competitive advantage. The firm believes what really will produce competitive advantage is its "Me-To-You-Mindset" initiative that encourages... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-101.pdf Does Public Ownership of Equity Improve Earnings Quality? Authors:Dan Givoly, Carla Hayn, and Sharon P. Katz Abstract We compare the quality of accounting numbers produced by two types of public... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace