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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
suggests that appetitive rather than consummatory activity may best predict future choice and consumption. These findings imply that distinguishing appetite from consumption may improve predictions of future choice and illuminate neural...
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- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
levels of aid. We call these joint phenomena the political transfer problem and argue that the largest windfall of the 20th century, the period from 1973 to 1985 during which oil prices were at all-time highs, produced long-run political View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
when ordering for delivery in the near future than when ordering for delivery in the more distant future. Q: Did you find similarities in other areas where consumers are making choices? A: Our research team has completed 2 other projects that examine the View Details
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey experiment suggests two behavioral factors play a role in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that advertising would produce a positive return on average for restaurants in our sample. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51728 Self-Employment Dynamics and...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
no. 3 (May 2024): 1498–1536. Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight Loss DrugsBy: Joseph L. Badaracco, Tom Quinn and John Schultz April 2024 (Revised April 2024) | Case | Faculty Research Danish pharmaceutical company...
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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy By: Derdenger, Timothy, and Vineet Kumar Abstract—Several key questions in bundling have not been empirically examined: Is mixed bundling more effective than pure bundling or pure...
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Anna Secino
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
growth dynamics and bank lending channels vary across these loan types using credit-registry data for Spain and Peru. The effects of monetary policy propagating through banks’ balance sheets are primarily driven by cash flow loans,...
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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
suggest to some that the impact of excess capacity as a factor in the world economy could increase in the coming decades. Michael C. Jensen, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, is a member of the Organizations and Markets Unit at HBS. He sees...
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Garry Emmons
- 02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009
experience—time spent onsite observing the people, places, and norms of a distant locale—is crucial in globally distributed collaboration, how such experience actually affects interpersonal dynamics is poorly understood. Based on 47...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
They present six basic characteristics that marketing and democracy share: exchanges of value, consumption of goods and services, choice in all decisions, free flow of information, the engagement of most individuals, and inclusion of as...
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- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
into an IRA) to determine and implement a dynamically optimized portfolio strategy that maximizes the chance of achieving your desired retirement income goal. Over the years, that managed portfolio adjusts for factors such as increases or...
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- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
because they want to smooth consumption growth due to the presence of "habits" that made very costly declines in consumption growth. These forces, however, are not a significant explanation for the...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010
offers a compelling explanation for the strong ownership concentration seen in German business and reveals the malleable relationship between family and business. It provides rich empirical evidence that offers a new interpretation of family-influenced businesses as a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
consumption growth by a representative agent with a high elasticity of intertemporal substitution. This paper documents several empirical difficulties for the model as calibrated by Bansal and Yaron (BY, 2004) and Bansal, Kiku, and Yaron...
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Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
culture and religion-and among our participants-our results suggest a common psychological mechanism underlying their effectiveness: regained feelings of control. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20gino.pdf Rituals Enhance View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
rounds of funding. This financial backing underscores the confidence and belief in Log 9's strategic vision, which is steadfastly aligned with creating a future where mobility and energy consumption are clean, efficient, and sustainable....
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- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
competitive solutions from Microsoft and the open-source community threaten to hinder the company's long-term growth potential. Outlines virtualization technology and the dynamics that affect its market; covers the history of VMware;...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high performance in View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
company's future. The good news is that in today's hypercompetitive global economy, certain countries offer distinctive advantages to help your business but you need to choose wisely. Understanding the competitive dynamics of the world's...
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by Sean Silverthorne