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- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
since the 1980s has coincided with a strong revival in interest in local traditions and practices, which is particularly noticeable in some of the fastest growing emerging markets such as China. Working Papers Do View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007
subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
the business. At the same time, they want to know what their bosses think is important and what metrics are being used to measure their contribution to the enterprise. That's a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
bookmarked a particular post—Sun and Zhu found that popular content increased by about 13 percent after the revenue-sharing program took effect, with 50 percent of the increase attributed to three specific topic shifts: the stock market,... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/chinas_quest_to_adopt_electric_vehicles Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support Authors:Ramanna, Karthik Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract For the past two decades,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
the background? How will change be achieved? What could go wrong? Will management save US health care? What do you think? To Read More: Atul Gawande, Big Med, The New Yorker, August 13 & 20, 2012, pp. 52-63. Paul C. Weiler, Howard W. Hiatt, Joseph P. Newhouse,... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and control, and getting everyone to pull in the same direction. How do you accomplish... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
were to their investment opportunities," Farre-Mensa explains. Investment opportunities are usually measured by market-to-book ratio, the relationship between the market value of a company and the book... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
Walmart was such a big deal. But then of course it became the largest firm in the world." Forestalling Risk, Increasing Operational Efficiency, And Targeting A Niche In terms of environmental sustainability, forestalling risk can mean... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
the organizations they studied responded to their post-reform competitive environments in roughly four stages: Stage I: Turnaround and Catch-up. Recognizing that their efficiency and quality levels were far... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009
Finally, the long-run risks model implies extremely low yields and negative-term premia on inflation-indexed bonds. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14788 Measuring the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
get what they wanted. Choices were more limited, delivery time was measured in months, and warehouses were typically piled high with mountains of expensive inventory—often comprised of too many unpopular... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
Statistics Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints By: Garicano, Luis, and Claudia Steinwender Abstract—We introduce a novel empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
do many organizations. But with professional football, for example, we have a much tidier time measuring performance since it can so easily be quantified with widely available, specially detailed, and highly... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
government needs to reach an agreement with creditors as soon as possible. Every day that goes by, it is getting closer to going back to the drachma or striking a worse deal with its creditors. As the economic health of Greece deteriorates, the need for new loans View Details
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
Canadian culture, all Canadian measurements are in hockey rink units, or HRUs.) Social media activity was intense, and consumers even organized Double Down "Bro Downs" where men competed to see who... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
climate, innovativeness and market orientation measures are all below average in Hong Kong," concluded Deshpandé and Farley. Thailand, an industrializing nation with a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
tell." Next Steps In a related line of work, the researchers are studying whether our behavior is affected by how we sleep - curled up in the fetal position, for example, versus limbs sprawled across the bed. Bos and Cuddy also are... View Details
- 05 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 5, 2006
associated with an increased reliance on the other. We find that the firms affected by the diminution of copyright protection disproportionately accelerated their patenting in subsequent years. But little evidence can be found for any harmful effects on firms'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne