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  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50191 Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study By: Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry Abstract—Volunteers provide a large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

and Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher T., and Catherine Thomas Abstract—New employers in a global online labor market are less likely to hire and, when they do, pay higher hourly wages than employers with market experience. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

anywhere, anytime. SunriseDomingo Garcia-Huidobro, MBA 2022Solar marketplace for Latin America connecting homeowners, qualified local installers, and banks. Our mission is to offer a hassle-free digital platform to design, quote, and View Details
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

the company puts a premium on new product development and innovation, while providing help and hope to people of all ages with disabilities. Mal Mixon takes his guest on a tour of the product showroom on the first floor of the Elyria,... View Details
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation By: Gartenberg, Claudine, and Julie Wulf Abstract—This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

stages and later in its subsequent growth into a diversified business group. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50341 November 2015 Annual Review of Financial Economics Financing Innovation By: Kerr, William... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2018 (Revised August 2019)
  • Technical Note

A Note on Compensation

By: Ethan Bernstein and Michael Norris
This note provides an overview of the important terms, concepts, and frameworks that a manager should know about compensation—whether it be their own or that of an employee. Because compensation in practice is fraught with pitfalls, this note presents an overview of... View Details
Keywords: Compensation Design; Benefits; Perks; Variable Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Profit Sharing; Job Design and Levels; Labor Unions; Wages; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Prima Datarina

expensive performances,” says Hodges, noting that last year’s new production of Swan Lake by Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen proved the perfect test case for dynamic pricing. “A big takeaway for the team was that people are willing to view the ballet as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

Political and Social Systems. Every country's political system affects its product, labor, and capital markets. In socialist societies like China, for instance, workers cannot form independent trade unions in the labor market, which affects View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha
  • 09 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

(1998) and Mishel, Bernstein and Schmitt (1999) provide a comprehensive picture of wealth inequality in America, while Conley (1999) clearly points out that many Black Americans have been left out of this economic boom. In real terms, Americans in the 90th percentile... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
  • 13 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

forthcoming Journal of Finance Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales By: Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier Abstract—Using trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

leads the loan syndicate (parent-financed deals). Bank-affiliated deals are similar in characteristics and financing to stand-alone deals but have worse outcomes if consummated during the peaks of the credit market. Parent-financed deals... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

T. Pittinsky. Harvard Business School Press, 2009 Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size Authors: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Publication: Journal of the European Economic Association (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2332106 It's Not the Size of the Gift; It's How You Present It: New Evidence on Gift Exchange from a Field Experiment By: Gilchrist, Duncan, Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract—Behavioral economists argue that above-market View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

distribution centers with the goal of improving operational performance and ultimately increasing profits and wages and offering a better work environment. The answer from my heart is that I would like to help improve the working... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

and complementary online studies provide a clear answer: yes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53860 forthcoming Management Science Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

was substantial. We also show that immigrant inventors were more productive than native born inventors; however, they received significantly lower levels of labor income. The immigrant inventor wage gap cannot be explained by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne