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- 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
handle the legal and political queries regarding its governance and finances in an era of increasing scrutiny of big businesses? How would changing Chinese government policies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 1989
- Book
Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran
Jones, Geoffrey. Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah. London: Frank Cass, 1989.
- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
effect of the policy reforms on the entry of startups versus facility expansions by existing firms. We find that the deregulations reduced financing constraints, particularly among small startups, and improved allocative efficiency across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
examine whether it was important that you made the decision to bring the bags as opposed to a store policy that requires it," says Karmarkar, noting that some stores obligate customers to bring their own bags; others charge customers... View Details
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Field Research Out of the classroom, Ashraf has been walking the talk by incorporating co-production into her own field research. In 2010 Ashraf was part of a research team that helped the Zambian government with a nascent national... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
know how companies that use affiliate marketing should set the policies that govern the gray areas where bad practices flourish. They studied three popular models for managing affiliate networks: doing it... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
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March 13, 2018
multidivisional enterprises that have diversified into related product lines. The present book aims to fill in this gap in the literature by adopting a coherent approach to this elusive subject. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54158... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3
Authors:Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari Publication:India Policy Forum (forthcoming). (Also HBS Working Paper 10-030.) Abstract Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or skepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest. This book focuses on professionals in China... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
examination. This book combines insights and lessons from business practice, government policy, and individual decision-making to give voice to data and ideas that should drive the next wave of policy and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
ideas from sellers who face no difficulty in selling at any time, or at least to take into account the lower expected quality when deciding on the price. Finally, stronger IP protection may actually hurt novice sellers whom these policies... View Details
- 11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11
Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull Publication:In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer, edited by K. Bruckweh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Lessons from the Crisis... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
the ownership decisions and financial policies employed for Shanghai General Motors provide an opportunity to discuss the results from "The Costs of Shared Ownership" and "A Multinational Perspective on Capital Structure... View Details
- 29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
non-CEO executives in banks with materialistic CEOs insider trade more aggressively around government intervention during the financial crisis. Finally, we find that banks with materialistic CEOs have significantly more downside tail risk... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
explanation of price rigidity has the advantage of being consistent with the observation that the typical size of price increases is nearly invariant to inflation. Lastly, the paper turns to some government View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016
Political corruption governs the efficiency with which tax revenues are translated into infrastructure. The model predicts an inverted-U relationship between taxation and growth, with corruption reducing the optimal taxation level. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
discussed supporting innovation through a range of additional policy interventions, including tax credits, loan guarantees, IP policy, regulatory mandates, codes, and standards. It is critically important that these kinds of interventions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14
Applied Corporate Finance When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk management (ERM) has become a crucial component of contemporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51989 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments By: Vallée, Boris, and Christophe Perignon... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
scholars who focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task-enhancing port security across the United States. This title considers the challenge of driving change in a complex system involving hundreds of private organizations and scores of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne