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  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically, they hold substantial amounts of cash, which they use to accommodate inflows and outflows rather than transacting in the underlying portfolio... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to be related to the business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

Information Systems Research Open Content, Linus' Law, and Neutral Point of View By: Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu Abstract—The diffusion of the Internet and digital technologies has enabled many organizations to use the open-content... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

Christie's Inc. Curiously, neither competitor has been able to overtake the other by a notable margin despite the clear network effects of this platform business. As we enter unprecedented economic times, as technology pushes forward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

technology and develop a framework for understanding how software-driven medical devices differ from traditional medical devices. We identify opportunities and challenges for regulators and innovators in three main areas: (1) software... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

stake in a number of portfolio companies at Fair Market Value. As they conside whether to exercise their option to purchase Bain Capital's stake in Artisan Entertainment, the company has an extremely successful launch of "The Blair... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK was selling its Synflorix vaccine (against pediatric pneumonia) at fixed prices even as it transferred View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

Harvard Business School Supplement 310-017 As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

  Working PapersLocal R&D Strategies and Multi-location Firms: The Role of Internal Linkages Authors:Juan Alcácer and Minyuan Zhao Abstract This study looks at the role of firms' internal linkages in highly competitive technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11

models and evaluating their efficacy in standalone fashion—just as engineers test new technologies or products. However, the success or failure of a company's business model depends largely on how it interacts with those of the other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 11, 2007

closed, and the portfolio of businesses reshuffled. A good example of a pure Theory E approach was Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap's attempt to transform Scott Paper (now owned by Kruger Inc.) between 1996 and 1998. CEOs who employ Theory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

these conventions, pension assets and liabilities are not included in balance sheet calculations. The modern risk management tools of derivatives technologies can improve both corporate decision making and external analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

a unique aspect of our research setting allows us to test who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of display promotions in the short run, they can reallocate these promotions within their View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

computational power for model estimation. We overcome computational burden by utilizing an improved simulator for likelihood evaluation and the general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) technology that takes advantage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2020
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The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

even firms with successful funds have struggled to make use of the knowledge gained from start-up investments. Six steps can help companies avoid the pitfalls. Align goals. Corporate venture funds are more successful if the business of the corporate parent and of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

to creating your own model. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52002 January 2017 Journal of Public Economics Innovation Under Regulatory Uncertainty: Evidence from Medical Technology By: Stern, Ariel Dora... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

financial value. Yet scholars have recently shown that entrepreneurial activity by users is more widespread than previously believed. We present data and statistics documenting the prevalence, technological impact, and economic impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

change agendas Plan execution of the strategy—through portfolios of strategic initiatives linked to strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards Put your strategy into action—by integrating operational tools such as process dashboards, rolling... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Hatches Harvard Business School Case 809-072 Facing the downturn in late 2008, the partners in a West-Coast venture capital firm are trying to decide how to manage their portfolio companies and whether to make new investments. Not only... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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