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- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
loans in their portfolio. Specifically, we look at the abnormal returns on stock trades following loan renegotiations. By collecting SEC filings of loan amendments, we are able to identify institutional investors that had access to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
tracking a handful of things, I enjoyed it. And it was entirely a singular thing, I didn't really even share it with friends, I wasn't making public statements of, I promise my Facebook friends I will hit X metric by Y date. But then I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Last Christmas, many of the headlines spelled out trouble in toyland. FAO Schwarz sunk deeper into bankruptcy, KB Toys was having a hard time making ends meet (and filed Chapter 11 in January), and Toys “R” Us, which closed its Kids “R”... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
examine the changes in patent applications by residents of the nation undertaking the policy change. While I tabulate domestic filings by residents and non-residents alike, confounding factors may influence this measure. Thus, I also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
trends for the apparel industry, with J. Crew and Century 21 Stores filing for bankruptcy, while ecommerce sales saw double-digit growth. We set out to compare consumers who already shopped online before the pandemic with those who... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
directors had conflicts of interest because they were involved with the CEO's non-Friendly business activities. In 2003, Blake filed a lawsuit against the CEO and the company. In 2006, Sardar Biglari, a hedge fund manager who had invested... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
in addition to the already competitive mobile communication segment where the company's once dominant market share was heavily eroded. Mao had to decide on the pricing strategies for the company's various product lines, including fixed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
allowances, low bank share prices, and tight monetary policy. The bank-to-bond substitution can only be measured for firms with access to bond markets. However, we show that this substitution behavior has strong predictive power for bank... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
work and get paid, and the growing role of design in management. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607026 eDonkey-Deciding the Future of File Sharing Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Given this assignment protocol, I find that local employees with returnee managers file disproportionately more U.S. patents. I also find some evidence that return migrants act as a "bridge" to transfer knowledge from the MNE... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
and editor. [Image: iStockphoto/nirat] What career advice would you offer to new graduates? Share your advice below in the comments section. Book Excerpt Take Ownership By Gorick Ng Understand what, how and by when Whenever you are... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
selection of a firm for participation meant an increase in filed patents by up to 520%, granted patents by up to 430% and peer-reviewed publications 370%, but the effect of selection was mainly felt in quality of the innovations.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abstract—Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
facilitating transactions in the market for ideas. We do so by analyzing the effects of the American Inventor's Protection Act (AIPA) of 1999, which required, as of November 29, 2000, that U.S. patent applications be published 18 months after their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy... View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
activities increase the monitoring costs and the credit risk faced by banks and, in turn, raise the cost of debt for the borrower. Working Papers A New Model of Integrity: The Missing Factor of Production (PDF file of Keynote and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
spillover effects. In the domain of private politics, shareholder resolutions filed against a firm, and against others in its industry, increase its propensity to acquiesce to these shareholder requests. Similarly, in the realm of public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
what all those employees, who call themselves "athenistas," will be doing: improving health care efficiency and quality by connecting doctors, hospitals, and patients. For decades now, EHRs—computerized versions of those banks of manila View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
positively correlated with the use of e-business practices. However,there is an important distinction between e-buying and e-selling. In e-buying, the likelihood of adoption is increasing in both relative productivity and in market share. By contrast in e-selling, only... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace