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  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

consequences. Reduced-form analysis shows that a firm's choice of index-based benchmarking is 1) driven by its compensation consultants' systematic tendencies and governance-related frictions and 2) associated with lower ROA, suggesting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

investors. We find that solo investments by institutions outperform co-investments and a wide range of benchmarks for traditional private equity partnership investments. The outperformance is driven by deals where informational problems... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

are talking with women friends. You have to think strategically about your social network. McGinn: Part of looking at benchmarks is recognizing that both men and women have socio-emotional support networks. It just happens that men's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

covered in Parts 2 and 3 to specific, challenging boardroom conversations: for example, giving critical feedback to the CEO or handling a difficult media conversation. Delivering Alpha: Lessons from 30 Years of Outperforming Investment View Details
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

default. Over the two years preceding default, we find that ratings grow increasingly pessimistic relative to a standard benchmark rating model prediction, while optimism remains for similar firms that do not default. Further, we find... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

important for innovation: they produce specialized inputs, have more downstream links with other industries, and benefit especially from co-locating with their customers creating externalities. Using the 2002 Benchmark Input-Output... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) attributed to corporate financial roots provide a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

the increasingly competitive and cutthroat context in the third phase of the industry's evolution. Founded 10 years before deregulation, Southwest's tightly integrated and aligned operational model established a new benchmark for success... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation
  • 16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

seven large institutions. These direct investments perform better than public market indices, especially buyout investments and those made in the 1990s. Outperformance by the direct investments, however, relative to the corresponding private equity fund View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

institutional client. Q: Your research uncovered that most academic research in the past has benchmarked "affiliated" analysts—or those covering a company that is an existing client—and "unaffiliated" analysts against... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy.... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

2002) to research and fight Parkinson’s, which afflicts some 5 million people worldwide, including 1 million Americans. Not only is the MJFF acknowledged to be the driving force behind Parkinson’s-related R&D, it is a benchmark... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

(the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. Using the 2002 Benchmark Input-Output Accounts, we introduce a new industry categorization that separates supply chain (SC) industries (i.e., those that sell their goods and services... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at least in the early years of the nineteenth century. The whaling industry was one of the earliest to grapple with complex issues in relation to the provision of high-risk investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management
  • 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

Performance Goals and Incentives This module explains how managers use performance goals and incentives to ensure that employee actions align with the strategy of the organization. We demonstrate how to use goals to communicate business strategy, the importance of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

institution’s patient portal. Conclusions. As healthcare costs continue to rise in the United States and around the world, a value-based approach with explicit, transparently reported patient outcomes will not only create opportunities for performance improvement but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

long-standing benchmarking problems in finance. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2171497 Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—The November 2013... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

Barclays plc admitted that it had manipulated LIBOR-a benchmark interest rate that was fundamental to the operation of international financial markets and that was the basis for trillions of dollars of financial transactions. Between 2005... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

transparency over its state-contingent payoffs. The contractual nature of the put options in the benchmark portfolio allows us to evaluate appropriate required rates of return as a function of investor risk preferences and the underlying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne