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- 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009
Abstract A new instrument (the Mutual Inheritance Fund or MIF) is proposed whose purpose is to help people carry their savings forward from the moment they retire into their old age. Like annuities, this instrument requires an up-front...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
(from the case); analyzing preliminary estimated costs per building trade (from the discussion questions); playing the multiparty real time competitive bid simulation to receive and process market costs; and debriefing on which bids...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
known as the Deep Web (unsearchable) and Dark Web (requiring special software to access)—to exchange tips and hacking tools. “Why are the bad guys so successful?” Bonaparte asked in an essay for the cybersecurity website Infosec Island late last year. “In part because...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
Based on the fact that stores prioritize carrying products for which local demand is high, we test the hypothesis that introducing the STS functionality increased the retailer’s overall sales dispersion. We find that, on average, the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
intrinsic task motivation-and one component outside the individual-the social environment in which the individual is working. The current version of the theory encompasses organizational creativity and innovation, carrying implications...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008
is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2
show that politicians use school ties as a mechanism to engage in vote trading ("logrolling"), and that alumni networks help facilitate the procurement of discretionary earmarks. Publisher's link:...
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Anna Secino
- Web
Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
carried out as part of a JTBD Toolbox initiative that The Forum team is working on for those interested in learning more about the practicalities of conducting Jobs-based consumer research. In this episode, we discuss the six steps...
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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
also more pronounced for the insurance firms for which regulatory capital requirements are more binding. The results hold both at issuance and for trading in the secondary market and are robust to a series of bond and issuer controls,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
business community and among conservative Republicans. But that was just the beginning. APRIL 12, 2006: Governor Mitt Romney (right) and Senator Edward Kennedy follow Paul Morrill, who carries the new health-care reform bill to a Faneuil...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
ability to act on ideas using zero-cost trading tools like Robinhood. On the positive side, Cohen notes, meme stocks signal levels of engagement with the stock market that haven’t been seen in decades. But the valuation of meme stocks is...
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- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
didn’t have a few months prior. One had lost her star software developer to a rival. This, Schultz thought, was the perfect framing: Take all of the historical entrepreneurs he was focusing on for his book and put them in a bar. Let them View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
Transfers usefully move resources from lowest- to highest-valuation networks, but transfers tend to cause socially costly growth in the Internet's routing table. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive trading and comes close to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Print View - Course Catalog
Behavior Ethan Bernstein Fall2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Business, Government & the International Economy Meg Rithmire Fall2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Ryan...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
nurse? Specialized training and skills acquired in other jobs can provide the necessary background. Yet positions that promote upward mobility, many of the middle-skills jobs, often carry degree requirements that exclude otherwise...
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- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
retail trading areas. We hypothesize two effects, cannibalization and complementarity, and conjecture that the magnitude of these effects may change over time and may differ between the catalog and online channels. We find that opening...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
America moving toward building the national future, we can: Create visions for a "Connected America"—corridors with economic impact potential, such as North American trade via north-south rail connecting Canada and Mexico, cross-state...
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Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
that I'm teaching right now." That's what they did. They laughed, and they patted me on the head and they said, "Sure, whatever." And I said, "No, I need it. I'm serious. When we reach points that we have to make trade offs and think...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
the workers to work on all these infrastructure projects that are coming down the pike? Finding people who are skilled trades people and creating and working on bridges and pipe fitters? People who are deploying broadband towers and...
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