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  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

1993-termed as High Sustainability companies-exhibit fundamentally different characteristics from a matched sample of firms that adopted almost none of these policies-termed as Low Sustainability companies. In particular, we find that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

School of Business, be sure your competitive position is closer to that of a leading-edge, perpetually paranoid warhorse like Microsoft or Wal-Mart than to a depthless upstart like Netscape or a resting-on-its-laurels Kmart. D'Aveni advocates a systematic... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
  • 26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

Examiner shares are highest for non-US applicants and in electronics, communications, and computer-related fields. However, most of the variation is explained by firm-specific variables, with the largest patent applicants having high... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

the numbers of employers in need of big talent will put pressure on them to become more flexible. There may also be changes as senior decision makers are replaced by younger counterparts who have grown up in a different context. Things... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

economies to land politics. Dalian, benefitting from early access to foreign capital, consolidated control over urban territory through the designation of a development zone, which realigned local economic interests and introduced dual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

52-week high; conversely, bidder shareholders react increasingly negatively as the offer price is pulled upward toward that price. Merger waves occur when high recent returns on the stock market and on likely targets make it easier for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology By: Norton, Michael I., Derek D. Rucker, and Cait Lamberton, eds. Abstract—Why do consumers make the purchases they do, and which ones make them truly happy? Why are consumers willing to spend huge sums of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

Boris Groysberg and communications professional Michael Slind discuss the power of talk as a way to recapture high levels of employee engagement and strategic alignment. This excerpt identifies four elements critical to creating... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
  • 29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912413-PDF-ENG Boston Physicians Devices Marc L. BertonecheHarvard Business School Case 212-070 The case is a very simple, short case based on the author's general experience, to introduce financial analysis and to discuss the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10

three flat panel TV brands, along with Samsung and Sony. Faced with intensifying price pressure from the industry leaders and an unprecedented economic recession, Wang wondered how VIZIO could best sustain its growth and finance its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 12, 2006

foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax burdens hold higher levels of cash, hold this cash abroad, and hold this cash in affiliates that trigger... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

concentrated among firms with high growth opportunities or firms confronting adverse circumstances, consistent with boardroom connections mattering most for firms that stand to benefit most from the information communicated and resources... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

of logic to the problems we see in the economy as a whole. That is, we need individuals who, through their experiences, have learned how to internalize high standards and principles. They in turn need a system of governance—of checks and... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

integration. The reason is that at low prices, increases in revenue resulting from enhanced productivity are too small to justify the cost, whereas at high prices, the revenue benefit exceeds the cost. Trade policy provides a source of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

modernity in the 1920s and 1930s, Chanel's designs wrapped high and low cultural references into beautiful yet practical clothing and jewelry for women of Europe and the Americas. In their articulation of clean, classic lines, her designs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

experiences of several companies, the authors illustrate the dangers of conforming to market pressures for unrealistic growth targets. They argue that an overvalued stock, by encouraging overpriced acquisitions and other risky,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

influences strategic decision-making, little is known about its impact on ascriptive inequality. This study proposes a performance effect on racial bias: higher team performance reduces managers’ performance pressure and, therefore, leads... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and service provider of products... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 08 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

toss—and the pressure of real-world negotiations probably makes our actual performance even worse. Sometimes we don't realize we're being conned; other times, we wrongly suspect people who are telling us nothing but the truth.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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