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- 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26
and David Moss Publication:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 Abstract After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
exiting shareholders receive fair value in MBOs. This article identifies four factors that create an unlevel playing field in that market check: information asymmetries, valuable management, management financial incentives to discourage...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24
argue that this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for reasoning about future prices of IP addresses and then explore the role of rentals in sharing information about the value of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
with higher average information asymmetries. We fail to find evidence consistent with this proposition. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-014.pdf PublicationsLocation Strategies and Knowledge Spillovers Authors:Juan...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
still true today: eBay enables users to trade with other people without regard to time and distance. It makes inefficient markets efficient. What kind of communications devices do you use? I may be the last person on earth who does not...
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- 01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era
inefficiencies of highly hierarchical organizations by having a completely open attitude about what information is available to employees. Our business is changing so rapidly and individual managers are...
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Nancy O. Perry
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
now, the medical record resides with providers, and one provider can request the record from another. That is a very cumbersome and inefficient system, which creates delay and duplication. Health plans should also View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
their own. The state subsidizes residents who have incomes that meet or somewhat exceed federal poverty guidelines. An independent public authority, known informally as the Health Connector, helps individuals and small businesses choose...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
companies to make matches for their students. That sounds like both sides of the marketplace had a big incentive to make it work better, but somehow the market didn’t clear. What do you think explained why this market was so inefficient...
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- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to perform a demanding task while...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
United States, the air-taxi model is a regional play; in Europe, it’s a Continental play,” Leiman notes. “The schedules are so inefficient in Europe that it’s impossible to do day trips, and airfares are also very expensive on a relative...
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- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
more than managerial hierarchies, immigrants and diaspora were critical sources of entrepreneurship, illegal and informal forms of business were commonplace, diversified business groups rather than the M-form became the major form of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
two, and it's a real pain in the ass, and this is one of the things that really is hurting, I think, tourism in Africa and is really hurting commerce in Africa. The borders are extremely inefficient and painstaking. I mean, it took me,...
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- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property (IP) rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect IP. We investigate the impact of...
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Carmen Nobel
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Work podcast was recorded before the coronavirus was widely understood to constitute a public health emergency. As the crisis has unfolded, Catalant has teamed up with MBA students to work with businesses in need. More information is...
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- 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high growth. Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, and B. Ramasubramaniam (Subbu) came together to create BlackBuck, with an aim to reduce View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
acquisitions. An informal cultural institution largely determined a century or more ago, egalitarianism influences international investment via an associated set of consistent policy choices made in recent years. But even after...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21
eight basis point increase in yields. Additional analysis suggests that at least some of this effect is not driven by the risk of the bonds, but instead reflects inefficiency in the underwriting process. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
Analyst Recommendation and Earnings Forecast Anomaly Author:George Serafeim Publication:Chap. 3 in The Handbook of Equity Market Anomalies: Translating Market Inefficiencies into Effective Investment Strategies, 63-91. John Wiley &...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
productivity, how many people they see. They have lousy information systems to back them up. And then they have a public policy establishment that more or less continuously deprecates their ideas and squeezes down their income. Not a...
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