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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
of him and his company. But eventually, when sales of his breakthrough, no-frills Model T began to flag because car buyers became interested in style, not just functionality, Ford refused to face facts. He denied that the world had moved...
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- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by providing both enough time...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
difficulty to their struggle to grow and succeed. 3. The impact of intangible assets on economic transactions: I plan to study commercial transactions in which finances are not the sole currency of exchange, and intangibles like status and reputation of the actors in...
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- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
extension product. The quality and demand for a brand extension can be higher if the brand is perceived as caring only for its most quality-conscious consumers rather than for all possible buyers of the good. Not Just for Stereotyping...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
that distance continues to be an important deterrent to trade between geographically separated buyers and sellers, though to a lesser extent than has been observed in studies of non-Internet commerce between business counterparties. We...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
sell the company. Six months have passed since Ligand began soliciting bidders, but no buyer has emerged. With the sale of the company appearing to have stalled, Third Point has to decide whether to restart the bidding process, hold onto...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
heterogeneity across countries and drug classes among all outcomes. While traditional predictors of entry, such as market size, are significant, we also observe that effective buyer institutions (in particular, committed tenders) are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10
demonstrate that supplier factory compliance is associated not only with institutions in the supplier's home country, but also with institutions in the global buyer's home country: suppliers are more compliant with global labor standards when they serve View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
fraud. But the people who decide how to proceed often lack legal experience. They are marketers and advertisers, not legal professionals. There are also serious agency problems within many companies. Often advertising buyers are...
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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
of asymmetric information between buyers and sellers is significant. However, if this difference is below a certain threshold, then even the incumbent platform will distort its quantity downward. Since a monopoly incumbent would set the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016
private equity consortium led by Finansbank's previous owner and founder Husnu Ozyegin. Each of these potential buyers had different motivations for the purchase. NBG's motivations were to obtain the highest price and to close the deal as...
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Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
anonymity of buyers and sellers in order to facilitate trust. We demonstrate that this common market design choice results in an important unintended consequence: racial discrimination. In a field experiment on Airbnb, we find that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207039 Vipp A/S Harvard Business School Case 607-052 Rapidly growing Vipp sells highly differentiated (and expensive) "designer" versions of a product that most View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
the process? Features such as “instant book,” allowing a buyer to sign up for a rental, say, without the seller’s prior approval, can reduce discrimination while increasing convenience; 3) Can we make discrimination policies more top of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
with the latest technological developments in the field, so they could make adequate purchasing decisions. Only a highly educated buyer would appreciate the advantages of a sophisticated product. Therefore, from the outset the company...
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- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like):...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
relative to one-sided markets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-011.pdf Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search? (revised) Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who...
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Martha Lagace