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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
necessary? How could he keep people engaged as the nature of the work evolved in some instances to become more predictable? What new systems and processes were needed to ensure a steady output of high quality work? Lebowitz was proud that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
this question. These firms constitute significant fractions of economic output and investment in most large economies, suggesting that they could create significant economic linkages. Aggregate measures of rates of return and investment...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
ghostwriter, and there's only one of these six books that's coauthored and that's the casebook, which is Strategic Dynamics. High Output Management is a book that's gone through at least two editions. It's a book people still refer to,...
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- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using detailed US Census micro data on firm-level output, R&D and patenting. The model provides a good fit to the dynamics of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
easing off the growth accelerator, can Chile overcome this loss? A: Not easily. Chilean copper output has fallen over 14 per cent in one year. While Chileans got used to nearly 5 per cent annual growth during the 2000s, the economy hasn’t...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
and output markets are strongly linked to higher establishment entry rates. We also find substantial evidence for the Chinitz effect where small local incumbent suppliers encourage entry. The importance of agglomeration economies for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
database. Conclusions—Major benefits of the model include its basis in expert judgment, its straightforward application, the flexibility of transforming its output ratings to any linear scale, and its ease of interpretation. This metric...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
consumption Euler equation, commonly assumed in New Keynesian models. Estimating the model separately for 1979–2001 and 2001–2011 explains why the exposure of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market changed from positive to negative. A change in the comovement between...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
(2) reason carefully from the ask, through metrics and models and outputs; and (3) evaluate outputs from models to (4) develop a plan for action. In this case students explore data through k-means clustering, evaluate the relevance of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
purchasing life. The CLV formula incorporates metrics that capture the outputs of three key customer strategies that firms employ: asset acquisition (attracting new customers to the firm); asset maximization (maximizing the value the firm...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 06 May 2008
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First Look: May 6, 2008
limited reserves—Sinopec was struggling to increase output rapidly enough to keep pace with the rapid growth of their automobile sector. And it had to make money soon. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Students learn to (1) carefully articulate the business ask; (2) reason carefully from the ask, through metrics and models, and outputs; and (3) evaluate outputs from models to (4) develop a plan for action. This case gets students to...
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Carmen Nobel
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
"lean," capacity-constrained firms. As demand varies, the industry switches between symmetric and asymmetric phases, generating predictions for firm size and costs across the business cycle. Surprisingly, increasing available capacity can cause a reduction in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
industries and exploit cross-section and time-series variation in import tariffs to examine their impact on firm boundaries. Our empirical results provide strong support for the view that output prices are a key determinant of vertical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
traditional in-line or V-oriented 6, 8, or 12 cylinder gas or diesel engine. A two-stroke engine is cheaper to build and has higher power output than a four-stroke engine but historically has been more polluting. At present in the U.S.,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
traditional organizations for coordinating the collective efforts of creative workers. However, it is surprising that they result in any productive output as individuals often work without direct monetary incentives while collaborating...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
time management is a shared responsibility." Frode Hvaring suggested that " in order to enable employees to mange their output in terms of priorities, quality, resources available and best work flows, the company needs to train...
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by James Heskett
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
set on the productivity of technology-based services workers, supervisor effects are estimated and found to be large. Replacing a boss who is in the lower 10% of boss quality with one who is in the upper 10% of boss quality increases a team's total View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
lasting changes in the lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
and output of analysts in emerging-market contexts. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54281 Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship By: Dillon, Eleanor W., and Christopher T....
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Sean Silverthorne