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- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
millions of dollars in the bank, if you keep your business running at a $15 million a month burn rate or something absurd, you can be dead. I'll never forget that from the last day of Entrepreneurial Finance—don't run out of money. Don't... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
described: [B]ecause we are starting fresh, we don't have the collective memory of mistakes. [B]ecause India is booming, because our balance sheet is strong, people don't see risk in the same way they would do if they were working in [a multinational company] where... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
(0.74%). Even after controlling for filers' demographic factors and self-revealed savings intent, the likelihood of tax-site savings was 5.5 percentage points higher at treatment sites as compared with control sites. In contrast to the take up of many financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
observers rate those who reveal even questionable behavior more positively (experiments 4A and 4B). The negative impact of hiding holds whether opting not to disclose unflattering (drug use, poor grades, and sexually transmitted diseases)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service quality (price) competition only when the incumbent offers high (low) quality service relative to existing competitors in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
number of worldwide mobile cellular subscriptions reached 6 billion in 2011, reflecting a penetration rate of 87%. This note provides some industry context for the advent and opportunities associated with mobile broadband. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
that these spillover effects cannot be seamlessly offset, even though issuers are large, highly rated firms. Our results illustrate that instabilities associated with money market funds persist despite recent changes to the regulations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Authors:Ruth Klendauer, Richard Gelvin, and Daniel J. Isenberg Abstract In recent studies, the success rate of software development projects has been found to be low (about 29%). The majority of the challenges can be traced back to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
to study must have had a compounded annual growth rate in revenues, profits, and market capitalization that exceeded the 50th percentile of industry peers between 1997 and 2006 or for the CEO's tenure. Corresponding figures were used for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
several members of the quartet. Time spent rehearsing was time not spent performing and recording. They did eventually record the entire string quartet cycle on Nimbus. Folks who are able to play the way these guys play can get lots of gigs and are paid good View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
eventually, you knew what would happen." Unfortunately, once NASA realized the bar was too high, the pipeline was full of missions that were potentially compromised. It is no surprise that later FBC missions began failing at a much higher View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy carriers that derive 3% to 4% of revenues from cargo). Since a change of ownership in 1994, Lan has grown steadily and quickly at a compound annual growth View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
proposals, and quality evaluations for more than 12,000 evaluator-proposal pairs. The analysis shows that solicitations offering a personal reward for top submissions boost participation rates without affecting submission quality. We show... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
rates for 2,159 infant patients, but only after two years. In the shorter term, using these activities is associated with worse performance. By the third year, the positive impact of using deliberate learning activities is similar to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne