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- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
tweaked the website, the overall sales conversion rate for buyers actually went up by as much as 23 percent, meaning that customers weren’t just buying higher-priced items, rather, they were buying more items overall. When Teixeira and Ngwe View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
determine prices and utilization in the short run, as well as how long-run supply is determined in an industry where capacity additions take several years. Also describes how advances in deep-water drilling View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Larry Smarr, the founding director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), reflects on the Institute's past 10 years of successes and challenges. In 2010, more than 700 university...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
paper, Toffel says. Other questions to answer include: What types of responses to incidents are most effective? When should behavioral corrections be implemented? When should technological corrections be made? "I'm excited to look at this...
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- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
for both customers and producers. After pointing out that "Less is more is probably a great way to be a consumer. If you practice it, you will drill down into your purchase thinking and determine real needs versus discretionary...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
"Bank of America is interested in accessing innovative digital technologies that will help it redefine how banking is done," Sato says. "The bank sees this as an opportunity to fuel its continued competitive presence in a...
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- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
areas along coastlines, those attempting to grow crops in rapidly shifting climates, those living along the equator as opposed to temperate climes (being addressed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as this article hits the Internet), and even those...
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- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
than a decade ago, the U.S. shale revolution began transforming the nation's energy outlook. Technological advances in horizontal drilling and "fracking" facilitated access to substantial new...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
execution of their core business needs as well as on how well they supported the needs of the new business." But just as leaders must align behaviors toward common goals, they need to respect the very different paths that core and growth businesses follow. When...
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by Paul Michelman
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
natural gas from coal does not solve the world's climate change problem, but it is a bridge. We need to stop burning all fossil fuels, but in order to do so, the world needs much cheaper dispatchable, zero-carbon alternatives. The trucking of fracking fluids to (and...
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- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
The Mitchell Family and Mitchells/Richards Harvard Business School Case 605-047 Describes a small, luxury retail chain's operational sophistication achieved through the use of technology and "high-touch" customer-service. A...
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Martha Lagace