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      • Fourth Quarter 2007
      • Article

      Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk

      By: Dale . F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
      This paper proposes a new approach to measure, analyze, and manage sovereign risk based on the theory and practice of modern contingent claims analysis (CCA). The paper provides a new framework for adapting the CCA model to the sovereign balance sheet in a way that can... View Details
      Keywords: Credit; Investment; Sovereign Finance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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      Gray, Dale . F., Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie. "Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk." Special Issue on Credit Analysis. Journal of Investment Management 5, no. 4 (Fourth Quarter 2007): 5–28.
      • October 2007
      • Article

      The Effectiveness of Pre-Release Advertising for Motion Pictures: An Empirical Investigation Using a Simulated Market

      By: Anita Elberse and Bharat N. Anand
      One of the most visible and publicized trends in the movie industry is the escalation in movie advertising expenditures over time. Yet, the returns to movie advertising are poorly understood. The main reason is that disentangling the causal effect of advertising on... View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Stocks; Investment Return; Price; Revenue; Quality; Mathematical Methods; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Bharat N. Anand. "The Effectiveness of Pre-Release Advertising for Motion Pictures: An Empirical Investigation Using a Simulated Market." Information Economics and Policy 19, nos. 3-4 (October 2007): 319–343. (Special Issue on Economics of the Media.)
      • 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
      • Conference Presentation

      How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics
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      Toffel, Michael W. "How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?" Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 03–08, 2007.
      • June 2007
      • Article

      Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market

      By: A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
      Patients needing kidney transplants may have donors who cannot donate to them because of blood or tissue incompatibility. Incompatible patient-donor pairs can exchange donor kidneys with other pairs only when there is a "double coincidence of wants." Developing... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Structure; Size; Emotions; Human Needs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Infrastructure; Supply Chain Management; Fairness; Performance Improvement; Health Industry
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      Roth, A. E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market." American Economic Review 97, no. 3 (June 2007): 828–851.
      • June 2007
      • Article

      What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland

      By: Josh Lerner and Feng Zhu
      Economists have debated the extent to which strengthening patent protection spurs or detracts from technological innovation. This paper examines the reduction of software copyright protection in the Lotus v. Borland decision. If patent and copyright protections are... View Details
      Keywords: Applications and Software; Patents; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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      Lerner, Josh, and Feng Zhu. "What Is the Impact of Software Patent Shifts? Evidence from Lotus v. Borland." International Journal of Industrial Organization 25, no. 3 (June 2007): 511–529. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 11168.)
      • January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
      Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Latin America; Brazil
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-038, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
      • November–December 2006
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      Customer Metrics and Their Impact on Financial Performance

      By: Sunil Gupta and Valarie Zeithaml
      Keywords: Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Finance; Performance
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      Gupta, Sunil, and Valarie Zeithaml. "Customer Metrics and Their Impact on Financial Performance." Special 25th Anniversary Issue. Marketing Science 25, no. 6 (November–December 2006): 718–739.
      • 09 Jun 2006
      • Keynote Speech

      The Case for Global Business Standards: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy." Keynote speaker. "POLITEIA Annual Forum

      By: Lynn Paine
      Keywords: Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Global Range
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      Paine, Lynn. The Case for Global Business Standards: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy." Keynote speaker. "POLITEIA Annual Forum. Politeia Annual Forum, Politeia, Milan, Italy, June 09, 2006.
      • 2006
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      The Impact of the SIC-NAICS Conversion on Industrial Organization Metrics: Evidence Building from Establishment Data

      By: Glenn Ellison, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
      Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Organizations
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      Ellison, Glenn, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "The Impact of the SIC-NAICS Conversion on Industrial Organization Metrics: Evidence Building from Establishment Data." United States, Bureau of the Census Technical Paper , U.S. Bureau of the Census, January 2006.
      • November 2005
      • Case

      Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)

      By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
      KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that will enable the organization to expand its impact substantially. The board of directors and management are trying... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Design; Construction Industry
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      Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-031, November 2005.
      • June 2005 (Revised January 2007)
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      Equator Principles, The: An Industry Approach to Managing Environmental and Social Risks

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Aldo Sesia
      In June 2003, 10 leading international banks adopted new voluntary guidelines, called the Equator Principles, to promote sustainable development in project finance. In recent years, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) had raised issues about the lenders'... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Project Finance; Standards; Projects; Commercial Banking; Non-Governmental Organizations
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Aldo Sesia. "Equator Principles, The: An Industry Approach to Managing Environmental and Social Risks." Harvard Business School Case 205-114, June 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
      • September 20, 2004
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      How Consumers Value Global Brands

      By: Douglas Holt, John A. Quelch and Earl L. Taylor
      In 2002, we carried out a two-stage research project in partnership with the market research company Research International/USA to find out how consumers in different countries value global brands. First, we conducted a qualitative study in forty-one countries to... View Details
      Keywords: Global Brands; Brand Value; Multi-national Brands; Social Responsibility; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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      Holt, Douglas, John A. Quelch, and Earl L. Taylor. "How Consumers Value Global Brands." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 20, 2004).
      • July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
      • Case

      Timberland: Commerce and Justice

      By: James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard and James Quinn
      When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he pursued a strategy in which commerce and justice were "inextricably linked." Community involvement, environmental management, and global labor standards became not addenda to... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Opportunities; Alignment; Business Strategy; Value
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      Austin, James E., Herman B. Leonard, and James Quinn. "Timberland: Commerce and Justice." Harvard Business School Case 305-002, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
      • June 2004
      • Article

      Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator

      By: Malcolm Baker and Jeremy Stein
      We build a model that helps to explain why increases in liquidity-such as lower bid-ask spreads, a lower price impact of trade, or higher turnover-predict lower subsequent returns in both firm-level and aggregate data. The model features a class of irrational... View Details
      Keywords: Markets; Financial Liquidity; Price; Trade; Sales; Equity; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Accounting Industry
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      Baker, Malcolm, and Jeremy Stein. "Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator." Journal of Financial Markets 7, no. 3 (June 2004): 271–299.
      • May 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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      Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation

      By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
      Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, wanted his organization to grow dramatically to reach thousands of poor and underserved children in Harlem. The agency ran a variety of successful social service programs throughout New York City that were separately... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Valuation
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      Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation." Harvard Business School Case 303-109, May 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
      • 2003
      • Article

      BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
      This article describes preliminary results and ongoing challenges faced by Designworks/USA, an industrial design subsidiary of BMW Group, in its sustainability management efforts since it implemented the world's first certified Sustainability Management System (SMS).... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Systems; Standards; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Auto Industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "BMW Group's Sustainability Management System: Preliminary Results, Ongoing Challenges, and the UN Global Compact." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 3 (2003).
      • April 2002 (Revised May 2003)
      • Case

      Nghe An Tate & Lyle Sugar Company (Vietnam)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman
      In September 1998, Paul Cooper, Tate & Lyle's finance director for international investments, asked the International Finance Corp. (IFC) to consider lending up to $45 million to finance a $90 million sugar mill in northern Vietnam. Ewen Cobban, an IFC agricultural... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam
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      Esty, Benjamin C., Frank J. Lysy, and Carrie Ferman. "Nghe An Tate & Lyle Sugar Company (Vietnam)." Harvard Business School Case 202-054, April 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
      • 2002
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator

      By: Malcolm Baker and Jeremy Stein
      We build a model that helps to explain why increases in liquidity—such as lower bid–ask spreads, a lower price impact of trade, or higher turnover—predict lower subsequent returns in both firm-level and aggregate data. The model features a class of irrational... View Details
      Keywords: Price; Financial Liquidity; Trade; Valuation; Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Equity; Stock Shares; Investment Return
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      Baker, Malcolm, and Jeremy Stein. "Market Liquidity as a Sentiment Indicator." NBER Working Paper Series, 2002. (First draft in 2001.)
      • November 2001
      • Background Note

      Global Approaches to Anti-Corruption

      By: Joseph Hinsey, Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
      In the 1970s, a series of unpleasant revelations about corporate conduct, culminating in the public disclosure about unsavory business practices abroad by more than 400 U.S. corporations, jarred popular perceptions concerning business ethics. Congress responded by... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies; Laws and Statutes; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Information Industry; United States
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      Hinsey, Joseph, Guhan Subramanian, and Michelle Kalka. "Global Approaches to Anti-Corruption." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-062, November 2001.
      • 2001
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      Publicly Funded Science and the Productivity of the Pharmaceutical Industry

      By: Rebecca Henderson and Ian Cockburn
      U.S. taxpayers funded $14.8 billion of health related research last year, four times the amount that was spent in 1970 in real terms. In this paper we evaluate the impact of these huge expenditures on the technological performance of the pharmaceutical industry. While... View Details
      Keywords: Public Sector; Science-Based Business; Research and Development; Sovereign Finance; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Henderson, Rebecca, and Ian Cockburn. "Publicly Funded Science and the Productivity of the Pharmaceutical Industry." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–34. MIT Press, 2001.
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