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  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

of the variation in industry imports from China and changes in federal spending) and two supply-side ones (TFP shocks and variation in knowledge/ideas coming from foreign patenting). In each case, we find substantial propagation of these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

the GFC, firms with higher leverage have Z-scores that are closer to the financial distress range. The data also corroborate two macro-related hypotheses: first, that leverage interacted with currency depreciation had a statistically... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715432-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-019 A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946-2002 The case describes Argentina's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

Author:Sophus A. Reinert Publication:Harvard University Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=31289 The Return Experience of Hedge Fund Investors Authors:Ilia... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21

with concerns about fashion misses, logistics failures, the departure of senior managers, and increased foreign competition. New fast-fashion competition in the form of Inditex, H&M, and Club Monaco threatened Gap's market share both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

concentration by approximately 18%. With respect to the syndicate composition, a one-standard-deviation increase in the divergence is associated with a 20% decrease in foreign bank participation and an 18% increase in the overall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

could go on as usual were out of sync with reality. Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail in the days ahead. — Laura Alfaro Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at HBS. She has focused extensively on international capital flows, View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1

direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions. Users have been drawn to Bitcoin... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid technological progress in recent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

  PublicationsSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcácer and Paul Ingram Publication:American Journal of Sociology (forthcoming). Abstract Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

coming of Snuggie mean the end of Slanket? Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510034-PDF-ENG Who Broke the Bank of England? Harvard Business School Case 709-026 In the summer of 1992, hedge fund manager George Soros... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

purchase intent while the latter is not. Publisher's link: http://www.affdex.com/assets/Entertainment-effects-on-Purchase-Funnel.pdf August 2013 Columbia FDI Perspectives Government-held Equity in Foreign Investment Projects: Good for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

twentieth century, neither country would see such glory again. “Before 1914, [Argentina] was one of the most dynamic nations in the first global economy, attracting a record amount of foreign investment and massive inflows of immigrants,”... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30

foreign capital may encourage entrepreneurship. We find that entrepreneurial activity is higher in industries that have a large share of foreign firms in vertically linked industries. Second, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

of U.S. Treasury bonds to the stock market has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1960-2011, it was unusually high in the 1980s and negative in the 2000s, a period during which Treasury bonds enabled investors to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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