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- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
abstract description, can affect their behavior. We examined the role of experience over time in the emergence of the Gambler's Fallacy in binary prediction tasks. Theories of the Gambler's Fallacy and models of binary prediction suggest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22
Compensation and Firm Performance Authors:Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (forthcoming) Abstract Using a sample of 4,278 listed U.K. firms, we construct a social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and micro patterns of multinational activity. We View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
accommodate emergent sources of value. For these firms, competition resembled neither economic rivalry nor collective action but a logic of interaction akin to parallel play. The resultant middle-range theory has implications for research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Economics/Developmental/Regional/?view=usa&ci=9780198075028 Top Executives Need Feedback: Here's How They Can Get It Authors:Robert Steven Kaplan Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 4 (2011) Abstract As executives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
Moreover, it is unclear whether standard theories about organizational strategy, such as planning, hold true in such environments. We explore these issues using a sample of 730 new ventures in Colombia from 1997 to 2001. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
particularly the French, who authored the most important rules promoting the free movement of capital. The United States has been at the center of global finance, but in a very ad hoc way, Abdelal says. In this interview about his research and his book, Capital Rules:... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-048.pdf Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America Author: Gunnar Trumbull Abstract Theories of legitimate regulation have emphasized the role of governments either in fixing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20
http://www.springer.com/economics/development/book/978-1-4614-1878-8?changeHeader Employee Selection as a Control System Authors:Dennis Campbell Publication:Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract Theories from the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
researchers to test and build new theories at a more granular level. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55151 forthcoming American Economic Review Beliefs about Gender By: Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine Baldiga... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
knowledge inflows into the multinational subsidiary, the literature is rooted in how subsidiaries inherit knowledge from the headquarters (HQ). In this paper we take the first step to liberate the construct of “subsidiary knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
Abstract—Theories of status rarely address unearned status gain-an unexpected and unsolicited increase in relative standing, prestige, or worth, attained not through individual effort or achievement, but from a shift in organizationally valued characteristics. We build... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10
PublicationsGlobal, Local, and Contagious Investor Sentiment Authors:Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler, and Yu Yuan Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We construct investor sentiment indices for six major... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7
evidence, we construct firm-level indices of vertical integration for a large set of countries from a unique dataset. Our empirical analysis, which exploits both cross-section and time-series variation in import tariffs, provides strong... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
or services, recruit new business, and provide constructive feedback resulting in product, service or process improvements. Employee/owners recruit talent to an organization while also providing ideas for new or improved products,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008
behavior. We examine the role of experience over time in the emergence of the Gambler's Fallacy in binary prediction tasks. Theories of the Gambler's Fallacy and models of binary prediction suggest that recency bias, elicited by... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
Stakeholder engagement leads to better mutual understanding. Clear and consistent communications about a company's financial and nonfinancial performance will be the basis for a constructive two-way conversation. Q: What challenges do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
emergent online investing market, we construct a theory to explain how a firm becomes a cognitive referent in a nascent market and other firms' failure to do so. Successful firms conceptualize market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
How should he handle other issues like the architectural designs, the construction process, and the legal process? How should he balance all the competing demands on his time? This case serves as an introduction to the multifamily... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace