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  • 18 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

The Impact of the Entry of Biosimilars: Evidence from Europe By: Scott Morton, Fiona, Ariel Dora Stern, and Scott Stern Abstract—Biologics represent a substantial and growing share of the U.S. drug market. Traditional “small molecule” generics quickly erode the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Blue Haven Initiative: The PEGAfrica Investment

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Amram Migdal
This case examines Blue Haven Initiative (BHI), an impact investing fund and family office, and one of its investments, PEGAfrica (PEG). BHI founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons’ motivations for using her family wealth to start a family office focused on impact investing,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Family Office; Development; International Development; International Development Investing; Development Fund; Sustainability; Solar Energy; Solar; Pay As You Go; PAYG; MFI; Social Venture; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Economics; Development Economics; Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Assets; Asset Pricing; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Venture Capital; Cash; Cash Flow; Currency; Currency Exchange Rate; Equity; Private Equity; Financial Instruments; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Microfinance; International Finance; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Price; Geography; Geographic Location; Emerging Markets; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Private Ownership; Social Enterprise; Value; Valuation; Value Creation; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry; Africa; United States
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  • 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

January 2017 Review of Financial Studies Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns By: Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes Abstract—We present evidence consistent with markets failing to properly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

given year. We provide a partial explanation for this statistic: a foreign aid windfall to poor, non-oil producing Muslim countries during the twin oil crises of the 1970s allowed the recipient states to become more repressive and stave off rebellion. When oil View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising
  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

Authors:Eric J. Van den Steen Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a theory of the firm in which a firm's centralized asset ownership and low-powered incentives give the manager, as an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/chinas_quest_to_adopt_electric_vehicles Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support Authors:Ramanna, Karthik Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract For the past two decades,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

(forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. An open-economy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

via arms-length transactions and contracts. Furthermore, strong or weak complementarity are not innate properties of tasks and assets but can be the result of choices regarding task networks, incentives, and job design. Supermodular... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

inflows predict no change in the discount, but forecast positive changes in both net asset values and closed-end fund prices. This fact also contradicts the price pressure story, which predicts the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

hesitation to treat companies in an unequal fashion. In the cell phone market, the Turkish government sets both minimum and maximum prices. And the prices set for Turkcell are different than those for Turkcell’s competitors. That’s the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

industries in its preferred direction. We find that exogenous price shocks proved particularly helpful in this regard. The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose Authors:Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John, and George... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

of natural gas. With the price of oil doubling every 10 years between 1970 and the 2000s, the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) had enjoyed an era of increasing profitability. Another state-owned firm, Abu Dhabi... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Dynamics By: Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo Abstract—Which managerial skills, traits, and practices matter most for productivity? How does the observability of these features affect how appropriately they are priced... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late February, the company announced that it would convert as much as $50 billion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

pay package despite the industry slump? Or was it “unreasonable and insensitive,” as shareholder Royal London Asset Management claimed? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116063-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

School Note 811-016 This note discusses how some firms (start-ups and established companies) maximize customer value and profits via their pricing processes. It is aimed at companies that compete on the basis of performance initiatives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

exhibit "The Four Spans" provides a summary.) The span of control. The first span defines the range of resources—not only people but also assets and infrastructure—for which a manager is given decision rights. These are also the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016

borrowers likely involve fewer monitoring tools and weaker control rights. We evaluate these explanations of cov-lite contract provisions in a large sample of U.S. loans for the 2001–2014 period. Consistent with creditor-driven explanations for cov-lite issuance, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

a valuation objective, are critical features of an economic GAAP. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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