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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
show that BNDES's purchases of equity lead to increases in return on assets and investment in fixed assets. Finally, we find that the positive effect of BNDES's equity purchases is reduced when the target firms belong to state-owned and... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
improves financial performance on measures such as profitable investments at the individual portfolio-company level and overall fund returns. And even though associating with similar people can have social benefits for those people, it... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
to their reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of eCW, who treated each other like an extended family, invested years of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
distortions to gain insight into the forces driving these faulty perceptions and, noting how these misperceptions can lead to continued unethical behavior, we provide recommendations for how to reduce them. We also include a call for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
If a team leaves after short period, the company will lose the investment required to integrate the team. If the lift out was praised as a strategic triumph, public humiliation might follow a defection, especially if the departure comes... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
application the right to collect the recipient's Facebook "likes," which are then used to recommend a gift. Thus, if the intended recipient has indicated on Facebook that he likes the Beatles or Apple, Group Gifts then View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17
for systemically risky firms that would take a holistic look at the five systems to identify weaknesses, make recommendations to managers and boards, and set regulatory policies, including assessing charges for insuring against losses.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
Development (TvT) of Amsterdam, Holland, was deeply worried about the status of his largest ongoing project: the Amsterdam World Trade Center (WTC). As the discretionary developer, van Tartwijk needed to present his firm's recommendations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
company’s investment in the online social entertainment world. The researchers started playing Fortnite during the pandemic “to break the monotony of constant Zoom meetings,” Wu says. But soon, they found themselves spending real money on... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17
Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
the unit level." Saravanan introduced the old/new, product-market 2X2 matrix to argue that top-down resource allocation is most appropriate when both products and markets are new. But he reminded us that "The decision on the total spend available and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5
publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
their time considering the implications of a set of global standards. My work, and that of others in the area, shows that global differences in accounting have important economic impacts. For example, in my peer-reviewed research I have examined how global differences... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9
Next, it describes the primary stages or steps in the advising process; each stage is examined from the perspective of both advice seekers and advice givers. The note concludes with recommendations for practice, listing a number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
practice of providing detailed information about the company's "quarterly standings, stock prices, new acquisitions, etc.," concludes that "anyone who has stock or investments in a public company should be privileged to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Do We Tax?
theory recommends substantial "tagging" or tailoring of taxes to personal characteristics (such as height) that are, on average, linked to wages. In the real world, this is seen as a terrible idea, except for some select traits, such as... View Details
- 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007
Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
subsequently appointed to the boards of companies they previously covered. We find that boards appoint overly optimistic analysts who are also poor relative performers. The magnitude of the optimistic bias is large: 82.0% of appointed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
For business executives trying to decide where exactly in the digital realm to invest their advertising dollars, new research indicates that paid search ads on review sites such as Yelp can be a good way to go—at least for small,... View Details