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  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

other contributors to NASA's failed Columbia mission in 2003. Addresses the question of how organizations should deal with "ambiguous threats"-weak signals of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
  • Case

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis ＆ Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
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  • 15 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

strategies—external aids like Internet blockers, nicotine patches, and swear jars. At the same time, studies show that few people use these supportive strategies. Why? “We know these kinds of strategies are helpful, and we know they tend... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

308-038 Still Leading (B3): Gerry House—Impact of a Different Scale Describes how Gerry House made the transition from head of a large school district to leader View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

Students whose investments have fallen below margin requirement levels are being told they have sixty seconds to liquidate part of their portfolio to cover—effectively locking in a loss—or gamble that their investments will recover before... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

  Publications October 2014 Journal of International Economics The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen Abstract—The explosion View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

secular trend for India's manufacturing urbanization has slowed down, the localized importance of education and infrastructure have not. Our results suggest that districts with better education and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

Management Distinguished Fellows Award, given at Columbia University, June 18, 2012. We wrote this article at Paul's request. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2241548 Helping You Help Me: The Role View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

  Working PapersGrowth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

First, Study 1 shows that chronic matchmaking is associated with higher well-being. Studies 2 and 3 show that matching others on the basis of how well they will get along leads to a greater increase in happiness and is more intrinsically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

University of Florida State Anatomical Board. 2004. "Body Donations Programs in the United States." Zelizer, Viviana A. 1979. Morals and Markets. The Development of Life Insurance in the United... View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

In the early 1790s, a flood of newly issued public and private securities sparked an investment boom in the nascent United States. In New York, the bustling commercial district along Wall Street emerged as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

2018 Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism American Capitalism: New Histories By: Beckert, Sven, and Christine Desan, eds. Abstract—The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected. We find no evidence of religious favoritism: Muslim children do not benefit more from Muslim political representation than children... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

at Columbia University, which they had covered together, as all were alumni. They were commiserating about having to submit revised forecasts to their division heads by the end of the week. Alec Hastings,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

expansion for future generations. A rewritten version of an earlier case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=605047 Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a quasi-experiment to address this question because in 1997 the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

ways of promoting them. A rewritten version of an earlier note. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806172 The STAR Schools Initiative at the San Francisco... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

significant loss of benefits and spending,” says Kluender, who coauthored the recent working paper Early Withdrawal of Pandemic Unemployment Insurance: Effects on Employment and Earnings with HBS research... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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