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The Importance of the Raw Idea in Innovation: Testing the Sow's Ear Hypothesis by KORNISH, LAURA J., ULRICH, KARL T.

“…How important is the original conception of an idea—the "raw" idea—to an innovation's success? In this article, the authors explore whether raw ideas judged as…”
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Opportunity Spaces in Innovation: Empirical Analysis of Large Samples of Ideas by Kornish, Laura J., Ulrich, Karl T.

“…A common approach to innovation, parallel search , is to identify a large number of opportunities and then to select a subset for further development, with…”
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Smart Agents: When Lower Search Costs for Quality Information Increase Price Sensitivity by Diehl, Kristin, Kornish, Laura J., Lynch, Jr, John G.

“…Recent consumer research suggests that lowering search costs for quality information reduces consumer price sensitivity by creating greater perceived…”
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Raw Ideas in the Fuzzy Front End: Verbosity Increases Perceived Creativity by Kornish, Laura J., Jones, Sharaya M.

“…At the “fuzzy front end” of an innovation process, organizations typically consider dozens, or even hundreds, of raw ideas. Selecting the best ones is a double…”
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Research on Idea Generation and Selection: Implications for Management of Technology by Kornish, Laura J., Hutchison‐Krupat, Jeremy

“…Idea generation and selection are fundamental activities in innovation. Scholars in many disciplines have written about these activities, addressing diverse…”
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Optimal Referral Bonuses with Asymmetric Information: Firm-Offered and Interpersonal Incentives by Kornish, Laura J., Li, Qiuping

“…Referral bonuses, in which an existing customer gets an in-kind or cash reward for referring a new customer, are a popular way to stimulate word of mouth. In…”
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Pricing for a Durable-Goods Monopolist Under Rapid Sequential Innovation by Kornish, Laura J

“…A durable-goods monopolist who will be introducing new and improved versions of his product must decide how to price his products, keeping in mind the relative…”
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Repeated Commit-or-Defer Decisions with a Deadline: The Influenza Vaccine Composition by Kornish, Laura J, Keeney, Ralph L

“…Seasonal products have an effective inventory deadline, a time by which the inventory must be ready to distribute. The deadline creates an incentive to start…”
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Technology choice and timing with positive network effects by Kornish, Laura J.

“…When two competing and incompatible products coexist in a market, potential users face a choice between the two products and the alternative of deferring the…”
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Search and the introduction of improved technologies by Kornish, Laura J., Lippman, Steven A., Mamer, John W.

“…Modeling R&D as standard sequential search, we consider a monopolist who can implement a sequence of technological discoveries during the technology search…”
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Discipline with Common Agency: The Case of Audit and Nonaudit Services by Kornish, Laura J., Levine, Carolyn B.

“…Using a common agency model, we investigate the interactions of a utility- maximizing auditor (the agent) with managers (who hire the agent for nonaudit…”
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On Optimal Replacement Thresholds with Technological Expectations by Kornish, Laura J.

“…Y. Balcer and S. A. Lippman (1984, J. Econ. Theory34, 292–318) develop a model to analyze the “buy or wait” problem under technological change. They show that…”
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