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- 08 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Choices Under Strategic Interactions
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by Juan Alcacer
- 17 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions
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by Alvin E. Roth
- 2009
- Working Paper
Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Katherine L Milkman and Markus Noth
We study the framing effects of communication in multiparty bargaining. Communication has been shown to be more truthful and revealing than predicted in equilibrium. Because talk is preference-revealing, it may effectively frame bargaining around a logic of fairness or...
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Equality and Inequality;
Competition;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Types;
Fairness;
Interpersonal Communication;
Game Theory;
Cooperation
McGinn, Kathleen L., Katherine L Milkman, and Markus Noth. "Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-039, November 2009.
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
work and how the parts fit together. We deal with much more complicated games than the game theory usually deals with." In short, Roth has determined that successful...
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- 2008
- Working Paper
On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions
By: Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu and Michael Schwarz
How should players bid in keyword auctions such as those used by Google, Yahoo! and MSN? We model ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider...
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Online Advertising;
Auctions;
Bids and Bidding;
Game Theory;
Mathematical Methods;
Competitive Strategy
Cary, Matthew, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu, and Michael Schwarz. "On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-056, January 2008.
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
architecture and IT agility. In particular, we use modular systems theory to examine how different types of coupling impact the ability to maintain, retire, and commission new software applications. We test our hypotheses with a unique...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2008
- Article
Putting Leadership Back into Strategy
In recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with frameworks and techniques, have stepped forward to help managers analyze their industries and position their companies...
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Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Creativity;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Putting Leadership Back into Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 54–60.
Julian De Freitas
Julian De Freitas is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit, and Director of the Ethical Intelligence Lab, at Harvard Business School. He earned his PhD in psychology from Harvard, masters from... View Details
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video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games;
video games
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.
As Dean, building on... View Details
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accounting industry;
arts;
biotechnology;
emerging market private equity;
energy;
executive search;
financial services;
green technology;
health care;
high technology;
industrial goods;
information technology industry;
infrastructure industry;
investment banking industry;
legal services;
management consulting;
manufacturing;
oil & gas;
petroleum;
pharmaceuticals;
professional services
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
institutional theory, we hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms whose legitimacy is threatened—and thus are shamed—by these ratings. We extend existing theory by drawing on the strategic choice...
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Martha Lagace
- April 1997
- Case
Pricing for Profit: The UK Credit Card Industry in the Late 1980s (A)
Describes the United Kingdom credit card industry in the late 1980s, which was really three businesses: a cashless transaction business for merchants, a cashless transaction business for card holders, and a credit business for card holders. At the time of the case,...
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Stuart, Harborne W., Jr. "Pricing for Profit: The UK Credit Card Industry in the Late 1980s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-168, April 1997.
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
managers will use the discretion given by such estimates to convey private information on future cash flows, while agency theory predicts managers will use the discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Business Economics - Doctoral
Reinhardt Raffaella Sadun Ariel D. Stern Matthew C. Weinzierl Dennis A. Yao Entrepreneurial finance Paul A. Gompers Ramana Nanda William A. Sahlman Experimental economics Alex Chan Game theory Jerry R. Green...
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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Organizational Behavior The Energizing Nature of Work Engagement: Toward a New Need-Based Theory of Work Motivation By: Green, Paul, Eli Finkel, Grainne Fitzsimons, and Francesca Gino Abstract—We present View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Strategy - Doctoral
David J. Collis Cynthia A. Montgomery Clayton S. Rose Economic development Tarun Khanna Sophus A. Reinert Meg Rithmire Economics Laura Alfaro Alex Chan Ebehi Iyoha Raffaella Sadun Dennis A. Yao Emerging markets DJ DiDonna Mattias E. Fibiger Tarun Khanna Meg Rithmire...
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- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
left to round out the team. Then again, there's no point in holding lots of cash with no one worthwhile to spend it on. Conventional negotiation theory doesn't say much about how to craft and execute strategy in such dynamic markets....
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- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-004.pdf What Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis (revised) Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others
- Web
Executive Education - Leadership
across an organization. Explore how to put theory into action, improve colleagues' perceptions and collaborate more effectively. Agribusiness Seminar HBS Campus | 12–15 JAN 2025 Determine the best trajectory for your business in the...
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- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-070 When the Name Is the Game Authors:Marco Bertini, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek Publication:Business Strategy Review 22, no. 3 (2011) Abstract In Romeo and Juliet,...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel