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- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
particular that involve the largest number of unsupervised or poorly supervised suppliers. First, any advertiser buying pay-per-click ads is subject to the problem of click... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes represents a substantive or merely symbolic approach to governing working conditions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
Are you reaching your customers? The key is knowing who they are and what they want To appeal to retail customers you need to understand what makes them tick. What better way to do that than by studying actual consumer behavior? A great deal View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
or even how much they will pay for an item. But they aren't very good at accessing where that value comes from, or how and when it is influenced by factors like store displays or brands.” Most humans are a little more complicated than... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
to be taken for granted, regardless of their efficiency implications. However, the institutional perspective does not address the fundamental issue of business strategy necessary to explain the persistence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016
The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial organization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
the peak of the market a significant fraction of institutional money was controlled by young managers, thanks in part to rising prices for tech stocks, the researchers say. We... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
consequences of competitive arousal and of wanting to win at any cost." In this interview, Malhotra provides tips for doing just that. Manda Salls: Your paper opens with the unexpected View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
thus subject to the same phenomenon of language. "While we might hope that companies do good for the community because it's the right thing to do, in general they think of it... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
"Instead of an outside regulation, an internal governance on salary structure, which is based on a value that 'Every employee should go home with a smile on his face' will create win-win situations for... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. The trend of mandatory sustainability reporting picked up steam as consumers, investors, and civil society in general increasingly demonstrated that they View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the role of the corporate leader... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
coupled with collaboration between companies is value enhancing. However, collaboration between companies is notoriously difficult and fragile requiring commitment mechanisms. I suggest that a small set of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
it is urgent. What does it mean to make capitalism a subject of historical inquiry? What is its potential across multiple disciplines, alongside different methodologies, and in a range View Details
- 19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006
decision-making on these issues, but many of these tools have been devised primarily with manufacturing industries in mind. These tools may therefore require modifications in order to accommodate the underlying View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Presidential Adviser
6, 2006, Q&A with the Chicago Sun–Times, Hubbard, assistant to the President for economic policy and director of the National Economic Council, championed Bush’s message on taxes. The way to spur more economic growth is to keep taxes low,... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
How to Approach Your Equity Compensation
Equity compensation can be an exciting ownership opportunity — but also one that can feel enormously complicated and confusing. When new hires receive equity grants as part of their compensation package, they often find themselves feeling... View Details