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- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
"Where was (the) support for manufacturing when it really counted, before much of it escaped offshore? Why should we believe this 'new thinking' now?" Citing " high labor costs and uncooperative unions," Philippe Gouamba pointed to its failing...
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- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
the exclusively domestic orientation of the "hierarchical industry leaders" can entail large missed opportunities for other members of the ecosystem, who are unable to fully exploit their potential in global markets. For example, Japan's advanced mobile...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
novel convertible bond dataset, I find that consumers often purchase dominated bonds—cheap and expensive versions of otherwise identical bonds coexist in the market. The empirical evidence suggests that broker incentives are responsible...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 15
shareholder returns. The Wawa associates (name for employees) have an ESOP that plays a key role in Wawa's culture of ownership. This case explores the role of incentives and levers of control to create a successful retail chain. Purchase...
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Carmen Nobel
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
would lessen the incentive for buying a home. Bottom line, the deduction remained, but with one change. Instead of being unlimited, it was capped at a million dollars. As we look back at what happened with the housing market implosion, I...
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- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
powerful economic incentive to lend to companies in Chapter 11. (Although American did not need such debtor-in-possession financing, United and Delta together raised almost $3.5 billion in DIP financing in their bankruptcies.) Chapter 11...
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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
suppliers that adopt legalization structures (operationalized as management system standards) and worker participation structures (unions) and find that the combination of these structures amplifies improvement. We find less improvement...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CaIPERS)—the largest public pension fund in the U.S.—had adopted a new principles-based approach to investing in emerging market equities in November 2007. Previously, CalPERS internal and...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers greater capacity, but network incentives impede transition. Paid transfers of IP addresses would better allocate resources to those...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For example, a media outlet may have the incentive to provide favorable coverage to certain authors or to slant...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these workers are 1) what guidance to deliver and 2) what kind of training (if any) to provide. We examine these choices in the context of mobile money platforms—systems that allow...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
and costs. I don’t know what our energy system will look like in the future, but the future will be better than we can imagine because technology is going to improve, and the rate of improvement is going to be faster than anything we’ve...
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- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
incentives on education, health, and child care expenses that ultimately limit the uptake of these programs. We have enacted several stealth tax increases that are quite large by phasing out deductions and exemptions. And, broadly...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
changes in incentives for achieving integration. Examining a systemic tradeoff consciously acknowledged by the organization, we further argue that alignment encouraged by this collaborative engagement can be...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
systems throughout the world. Challenges of TDABC Use Q: What is the biggest challenge with TDABC? A: Obtaining support of leaders capable of linking clinical care providers with representatives from finance and other key departments is...
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- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
ED. We propose that the dedicated queuing system yielded shorter throughput times because it provided physicians with greater ability and incentive to manage their patients' flow through the ED from arrival...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
underlying your strategy and analyze how it's implemented through your business processes and structures. Drawing on decades of research into performance management systems and organization design, Seven Strategy Questions is a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
with two shipping companies weighing green fuel options such as ammonia, methanol, and hydrogen. We also heard from a transmission system operator (TSO) that is in the process of expanding pipeline infrastructure for a hydrogen future. A...
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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
production routinely emphasized the defense of the free enterprise system against the perceived threats of communism and socialism. The ultimate aim was to secure favorable attitudes from voting citizens and government representatives....
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade - Course Catalog
behavior (TikTok), the misuse of AI in social contexts such as in the justice system and the industrialization of misinformation and hacking of elections. How can business leaders create great companies that enhance the value to society...
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