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- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
geographically specific reason, the researchers compared the major drought years of 1930, 1934, and 1936 with non-drought years, 1931 and 1935, in the same geographical areas. They looked at firm-level unionization data from the US... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
29 percent, and customer satisfaction scores actually improved when compared to conventionally managed stores. The effort stalled only when the planned strategy was scaled down and Martin's successor halted further expansion of the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
were published in the paper, Financial vs. Strategic Buyers. The research team first scoured data of private equity firms in the United States that had set out to buy underperforming companies and turn them around—with the goal of a strong return on investment. They... View Details
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
After creating a sample from Yelp's site, Luca's team compared their restaurant ratings to Yelp's and found that their ratings differed significantly. "A conservative finding is that roughly 25 to 27 percent of restaurants are more than... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
rather than ignore or suppress them. Comparing 450 bank branches of a single organization, a large commercial bank in the northeast U.S., Ely and Thomas discovered that when work groups actively acknowledge and engage with their different... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
brands based upon five ideas about transnational companies that are prominent in today's global discourse: quality, status, country-of-origin, citizenship, and American values. "Hence, managing the transnational brand requires understanding how the brand stacks up... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
extraordinarily reactive in his emotions, in his declarations, in the very heavy hammer that he wields across the board on different subjects as they come up, in real time, using social media. This is unprecedented. There is nothing in American history that View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Restatement Reporting Authors: Suraj Srinivasan, Aida Sijamic Wahid, and Gwen Yu Abstract We study the frequency of restatements by foreign firms listed on the U.S. exchanges. We find that the restatement rate by U.S. listed foreign firms is significantly lower than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Abstract Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
off?" Comparing notes across sectors we identified two factors that were not a surprise to any of us—accelerating market demand and well managed federal support for fundamental research. But the third factor—the thing that appears to have... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
with the results of their study of companies capable of achieving success over long periods. These visionary companies, when compared with their comparison counterparts, employed BHAGS (“Big Hairy Audacious Goals”). As they put it, “Like... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
during the expansion period. Downstream propagation effects are comparable or even larger in magnitude than direct effects. The results corroborate the importance of network effects in quantifying the real effects of credit shocks and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
nonmarket forces that constrain those strategies are largely defined by two features: the delineation of its geographic markets by political boundaries and markets that have natural monopoly characteristics. While the pre-monopoly stage or periods of competition may be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
costs. Using patient stories, care delivery prior to the formation of the ACO is compared to care delivery after the formation of the ACO. Three novel programs that were cornerstones to transformation efforts are highlighted: 1) reducing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
and decisions (chapter 5), and how we are affected by comparing ourselves to others (chapter 6). Finally, forces from the outside are factors that characterize the context in which we operate and make decisions. We will explore the... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
Indian satellite television rights to Star India Private Limited for a record $3.3 million. Iyer saw My Name is Khan, a love story whose autistic lead character is frequently compared to the one in the American film Forrest Gump, as part... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
staff—all of this costs money, Frei said. Commerce Bank pays for it by paying lower rates on deposits compared to the giant banks. "Think about it," she told the group. "Would you trade half a percentage point on your... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
systems are designed to track profitability only at the market and segment levels. Consequently, many managers are often forced to make important customer decisions based on hunches and imprecise information. Systems that enable firms to View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
valuations, those less willing to pay to avoid disclosure. Microsoft attracts high-valuation consumers. Which of these two strategies yields highest profits depends on how consumer valuations compare to disclosure revenues, that is, on... View Details