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- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49708 Published first online September 16, 2015 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Incorporating Longitudinal Pediatric Patient-centered Outcome View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 28 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
B2B Branding: Does it Work?
company's stakeholders. Efforts are focused on a single, global corporate brand rather than individual product brands. The payback on marketing expenditures is measured rigorously to the satisfaction of the hard-nosed engineers and... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
trading volume, and more dispersion in analyst forecasts following the calls. Further, the capital market's response to linguistic complexity is limited to firms for which there is greater demand for English-language conference calls. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
question in a new paper, titled Survive Another Day: Using Changes in the Composition of Investments to Measure the Cost of Credit Constraints (forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics). “Firms rely on banks a lot in order to... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
expenditures on teammates lead to better performance in both sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to others-can produce View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
chain that generalizes Antràs and Chor (2013). To assess the evidence, we construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and non-integrated inputs by combining information on the production activities of firms operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
the organization to support One Report in terms of measurement methodologies, processes, policies, structure, compensation, internal reporting, and external reporting. Excerpt From One Report: Integrated Reporting For A Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting empirical regularities. Innovative activity tends to be more concentrated than industrial activity, and we discuss... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price impact hold larger cash buffers... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
experimenter who had made them wait, or not interrupting at all. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44857 Measurement Errors of Expected Returns Proxies and the Implied Cost of Capital By: Wang, Charles C.Y.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
with respect and understanding. The payback is impressive." Several commented on the demands that NSM places on management in an uncertain environment and the need for communication. For example, Amitava commented that NSM is a good... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
financier, a public stock offering, or some other source. But potential investors often greet entrepreneurs' business plans with skepticism, or worse, turn them down entirely. Alternatively, some investors demand a large equity stake in... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
it's not for what can they buy. For women, money is not usually how they measure their success. It's not that they don't want it; but they want it for the things that they can get with it. Of course, there are women—and men—who just love... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
investigate whether government green procurement policies stimulate private-sector demand for similar products and the supply of complementary inputs. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
making sure that these donations actually make a difference in alleviating some of the major ills and inequities of society. What, many ask, are the measures of effectiveness in these operations? Where is the accountability? Would there... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
differences in ownership structure across countries, measured by the difference in sectoral vertical integration indexes, are smaller in sectors with similar levels of protection. Finally, ownership structures are more alike among members... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with his staff and patients and how the provider team focuses on patient care. A key measure of productivity for the surgery center is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace