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- 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4
toward less profitable R&D firms. The latter is key to generating higher cash ratios at IPO, necessary for the secular increase, whereas the former mechanism amplifies this effect. The data confirm the prominent role played by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
NAS disclosures. Further, following the repeal of disclosure requirements we find no change in the earnings quality of client firms. In sum, data drawn from an earlier time period suggest that auditors' reputational incentives, possible synergies, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Hybrids and Hybrid Organizing: A Review and Roadmap for Future Research By: Battilana, Julie, Marya Besharov, and Bjoern Mitzinneck Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to advance research on hybrids by bringing together View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
the empirical facts we observe. Our results illustrate how financial innovation can mitigate investor behavioral biases. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53859 Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It argues that there will be a third tier of home mortgages created by the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act establishing special rules for qualified residential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14
Working PapersIndustry Equilibrium with Open Source and Proprietary Firms Authors:Gastón Llanes and Ramiro de Elejalde Abstract We present a model of industry equilibrium to study the coexistence of Open Source (OS) and Proprietary (P)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
psychological consequences of serving in an advisor role to develop a more comprehensive perspective on the psychology of advising. By connecting this work, which spans various methodologies and theoretical foundations, it advances... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007
Working PapersThe Rise of Business Forecasting Agencies in the United States Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract This paper analyzes the rise of business and economic forecasting agencies in the United States. The field was developed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
period. Stock indexes can affect behavior by functioning as a source of prestige. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53030 Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed By: Exley,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2016
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December 6, 2016
same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14
Working PapersThe Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Abstract New industries sparked by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016
America Innovation Network By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and William R. Kerr Abstract— Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
collaboration by making information available when and where it's needed. They routinely capture data on processes to discover how work really happens. Finally, they study these data in an effort to find... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
effect of variation in experience on performance. The problem is that variation in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base but also creates coordination challenges. We hypothesize that team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30
customers in the East, emerging markets, and growing interest in health and beauty care among men all over the world. Employing both traditional and innovative marketing techniques, L'Oréal worked to double its customer base to two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2008
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First Look: May 13, 2008
Working PapersSome Neglected Axioms in Fair Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsBundling the Contracts: TA-Energy Harvard Business School Case 807-075 Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
strategic alliances could be optimal. We expect that, given institutional knowledge about a particular setting, our broad theoretical framework can be specialized to deliver testable predictions for that setting (as has occurred in some... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007
must work together to accomplish challenging goals, psychological safety will facilitate their ability to overcome barriers to communication created by their differences. Although psychological safety may be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace