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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
regimes to meaningful transnational regulation. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2178540 Working Papers The Real Effects of Capital Controls: Financial Constraints, Exporters, and Firm Investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
financial crises (we were lucky to have thought of that over a year ago), and on salesmen. There's been growing interest in the topic of salesmanship over the last several years. In 2008, the University of Reading hosted a conference... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
to favor this experienced view." He cited the example of several meetings in the year 2000, during which the Financial Accounting Standards Board was hashing out rules regarding mergers and acquisitions. At issue was the topic of... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
twenty-first century, social responsibility, social entrepreneurship and hybrid for-profit/nonprofit organizations, the transformation of work, globalization, collective action, and the recent financial crisis. Among the papers presented:... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
degrees of outside influence they will and should tolerate. A Rich founder whose firm is lacking in human capital, experience, and capital may benefit greatly from a VC's experience, contacts, and financial... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
Paul M. Healy, and Yang Gui Periodical:Journal of Financial Transformation (forthcoming) Abstract Since 1949 Lehman Brothers has used an investment committee to select the top ten recommendations made by its analysts each year. We examine... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Synchronicity and Firm Interlocks in an Emerging Market Authors:Tarun Khanna and Catherine Thomas Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Stock price synchronicity has been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
financial services that Washington D.C.-based Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC) had been providing for two years to a growing number of "unbanked" Hispanic nationals in the United States and their home countries.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
that the rest of the countries in the EU are Britain’s largest market – countries to which it needs unimpeded access. Foreign firms and banks invest in Britain because it is a business-friendly platform for accessing that wider market.... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
Ventures. Forces students to grapple with the nature of financial risk in the start-up firm and assess the prospective risks and returns to a lender to such a firm. To reach a perspective on these issues,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Baker, Malcolm, Mathias F. Hoeyer, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract— The well-known weak empirical relationship between beta risk and the cost of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure By: Acharya, Viral, Heitor Almeida, and Malcolm Baker Abstract—The National Bureau of Economic Research held a symposium titled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
http://hbr.org/product/royal-caribbean-cruises-ltd-safety-environment-and-health/an/514069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-072 The Case of the Unidentified Financial Firms No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected within firewalls. HBS assistant professor Karim R. Lakhani,... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
distribution of firms as well as by institutions in labor and financial markets. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711022-PDF-ENG The Case Method of Instruction John DeightonHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
in engineering and infrastructure construction, its challenges in planning and innovation, and the special things that a firm must do to compete successfully in the Chinese market. We conclude with China's approach to the global economy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
failures are likely to spur problem solving. We hypothesize that problem solving activities are especially likely to follow reported operational failures that provoke financial and legal liability risks. We also hypothesize that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace