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  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

may inhibit shorter lead times. A so-called "safety stock effect" can be observed when a lower risk of stocking out under short lead times induces the downstream party to alter its order quantity. A second effect, termed as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

the long-run adoption of a new product or technology. The new product under consideration here is the drug-eluting stent: a device which props open a clogged artery to the heart and then releases medication that reduces the risk of artery... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2009
  • Article

Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies

By: Erin Marie Reid and Michael W. Toffel
The challenges associated with climate change will require governments, citizens, and firms to work collaboratively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Shareholder Relations; Management Practices and Processes; Social Issues; Corporate Disclosure; Values and Beliefs; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics
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  • 18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next, responses to climate change are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

as Egyptian and Syrian disengagement accords with Israel following their 1973 war. Along with diverse political leaders, diplomats, and business executives, every U.S. President since John F. Kennedy—including President-elect Donald Trump... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2010
  • Article

Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model and calibrate these arguments to assess their quantitative importance. We use a dynamic equilibrium... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Framework; Problems and Challenges; Interest Rates; Cost; Developing Countries and Economies; Service Operations
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  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

theoretical dichotomy of family and managerial firms is misleading. Instead of interpreting the family firm as a static organization, the focus should shift to the family influence, which evolves with time and with the evolution of business's macroeconomic and View Details
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

effectiveness because people were not accountable to each other for progress, did not have shared understanding of their work, and faced interpersonal risks when reaching out to other roles. The redesign introduced new mesolevel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

Hiatt and Sangchan Park Abstract Little is known about the factors that influence regulatory agencies' decision making. We posit that regulatory agencies are influenced by the firms they regulate but not exclusively via political... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

leaving questions about future procurement. Finally, Amul's farmers form a large vote bank in the state of Gujarat, and its cooperative structure risks being compromised by vested political interests. Should... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

http://howardgardner.com/2014/05/27/mind-work-and-life/ August 2013 Journal of Political Economy Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices By: Antràs, Pol, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract—This paper analyzes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jul 2020
  • Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

trillions of unfunded liabilities, our version of the Public Option would be pay-as-you-go. It would also broaden the risk pool and thus reduce Medicare’s expenses because non-seniors are healthier and consume fewer health services. This... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance
  • 11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006

2 (2005): 7-26 Customers in business-to-business transactions in the Soviet Union were dominated by suppliers who were in such superior positions that the situation facing customers might have been described as "supplier orientation" with customers absorbing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

purpose; managers need to answer not just what the team should or could be doing, but also why doing so matters. All of us, particularly the younger generations in the workforce, want to be in organizations where we can make a difference. If MBAs are to work hard and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008

such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment horizon of investors have small welfare costs. All other choices,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

In his novel I Come as a Thief, Louis Auchincloss introduces us to Tony Lowder, a lawyer in his early forties. Tony and his wife have two children. He works for the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but his job is just a resting spot. Tony has... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

people, any more than telephones or electricity are options. Because the infrastructure is that essential, that's why politics will be involved." The role of regulation in this environment, she said, is to be both flexible and creative:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

the current review integrates multiple streams of research relevant to brokerage and brokering—including those on structural holes, organizational innovation, boundary spanning, social and political skill, workplace gossip, third-party... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

planning, and analysis role for Over-the-Counter in Venezuela, a fast-growing business in a volatile political and economic environment. Examines whether the skills that made these executives successful are portable from one country or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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