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- 11 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
that’s essential for creativity and efficiency. Chopped-up schedules interrupt deep thinking, so people come to work early, stay late, or use weekends for quiet time to concentrate. And dysfunctional meeting behaviors are associated with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10
Abstract—High-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
limited explanatory power. Overall levels of local customers and suppliers are only modestly important, but new entrants seem particularly drawn to areas with many smaller suppliers, as suggested by Chinitz (1961). Abundant workers in...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
determine the types of contracts that firms order and whether workers exert effort. Some workers become criminals, depending on their luck in the labor market, the expected punishment, and an individual...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
in the period following the second Greek bailout in early 2010. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53996 2018 The New Era of the CCO: The Essential Role of Communication in a Volatile World The Trust...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
Over time, however, Japan's economy strengthened. Instead of then opening the economy and unleashing competition in the marketplace, the Japanese government continued limiting and regulating competition in many industries. In Japan, there has been a desire that no...
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016
Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the...
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- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
forget: That business is, at heart, a profoundly human endeavor... which means that an essential requirement for any businessperson—in any market, in any economy—is an acute sensitivity to what makes us all spin. Order this Book:...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
immigration from the perspective of the firm and the open areas that call for more research. Since much of the U.S. immigration process for skilled workers rests in the hands of employer firms, a stronger understanding of these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55504 forthcoming Theoretical Economics Full Substitutability By: Hatfield, John William, Scott Duke Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, Michael Ostrovsky, and Alexander Westkamp Abstract— Various forms of...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
business. Yoffie: Platforms really are double-edged swords. They are some of the most valuable, efficient ways to organize commerce, and they are also a potential source of violence, disinformation, antitrust abuse, worker abuse, racism,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
knowledge reservoirs. Therefore, they are particularly essential to dynamic capabilities and to innovation. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49794 May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14
yields—is a good proxy for the level of term premia. The nominal-real covariance has declined since the early 1980s, driving down term premia. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52370 October–November 2016 Harvard Business Review Let Your...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
should also be invariant when preferences over the null object change. We demonstrate that it is sufficient to require only one of Quesada's (2009) additional independence requirements to reestablish the result of Theorem 1 on the general domain R. Finally, while...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14
list of the most eminent psychological scientists, provide a broad range of insightful perspectives. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and professionals interested in learning about the development of the biggest...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
responsibility for formulating the energy strategy-and thus the Russia policy-for essentially all of Europe? The resolutions of these two puzzles are, I show, interlinked; they also demand theoretical innovation. With several case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
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that arises from merely purchasing a product. Labor increases valuation of completed products not just for consumers who profess an interest in "do-it-yourself" projects, but even for those who express a preference for buying preassembled products. Successful...
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- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
transformations were homologically related to changes in the prevailing mode of governance in the American economy: business schools became essential sites for the development of tools and methods (e.g., input-output approaches, linear...
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