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- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
company's future. The good news is that in today's hypercompetitive global economy, certain countries offer distinctive advantages to help your business but you need to choose wisely. Understanding the competitive dynamics of the world's...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
competitive solutions from Microsoft and the open-source community threaten to hinder the company's long-term growth potential. Outlines virtualization technology and the dynamics that affect its market; covers the history of VMware;...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
(forthcoming) Abstract There are a large number of cases where corruption has been discovered investigating levels of consumption that appear to be hard to justify. Yet, in the standard moral hazard model withholding of effort by the...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
lead to reduced economic productivity subsequent to exposure to temptation. Using a design inspired by the classic "Marshmallow Test," we report data from a field experiment in which children between the ages of 6 and 13 were exposed (or not) to a View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
greater success in the use of collaboration (reported in this paper). Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator's Dilemma Authors:Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman Abstract How do organizations survive in...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
dynamic glass that can reduce total HVAC energy usage by 25 percent. Rao Mulpuri (AMP 171, 2006) loves talking about Soladigm glass. You can hear it in his voice. Dynamic glass, he says, is ideal for the...
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- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Francesca Gino Abstract—Although religion is a central aspect of life for many people across the globe, there is scant research on how religion affects people’s non-religious routines. In the present research, we identify a frequent View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
seen as best able to exploit technological innovations. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/04/celebrate-innovation-no-matter-where-it-occurs/ar/1 Inviting Consumers to Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Obscurity: An Individual-Level Examination of 'Long Tail' Consumption Author:Anita Elberse Abstract The idea that online channels facilitate the distribution of a vast assortment of products is undisputed, but what consequence the...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
population and per capita consumption growth, the limited nature of resources and sinks, and the responsibility and exposure of firms to ensuing ecological risks and costs. We then discuss how an operations management lens contributes to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals are crucial for understanding...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
-0.27. We also present evidence that consumers increased usage ahead of these announced price changes. Finally, we project that the price elasticity converges to a value between -0.30 and -0.35 after ten years. Our findings highlight the importance of accounting for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan Abstract In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf Publication:NBER Innovation Policy & the Economy (MIT Press) 10 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern09-1 Working PapersInternational Financial Integration and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
brilliantly if a company is lucky enough to be the only one in a market.) Because companies build them without thinking about the competition, they routinely deploy doomed business models. Moreover, many companies ignore the dynamic...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
contribution rates differ between employees hired before versus after the Roth introduction, which means that the amount of retirement consumption being purchased by 401(k) contributions increases after the Roth introduction. A survey...
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- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for Policy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
applications to benefit from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such "core-periphery" structures evolve and become embedded in a firm's innovation routines has been shown to be a major factor in predicting survival, especially in...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
to previous administrations,” he notes. “There is a huge opportunity to reframe the debate.” Part of that debate could argue that support for green technology might jump-start a dynamic new industry to help boost a moribund economy. Says...
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