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- 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007
firm-size distribution and de jure and de facto measures of international capital integration. We then explore causal channels through which foreign capital may encourage entrepreneurship. We find evidence that entrepreneurial activity in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
time. Book link: http://www.e-elgar-business.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12519 Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues Authors:Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda Publication:In Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
by looking out that far. When you start with a blank page more than a decade hence, you need to analyze how the next Allahabad Kumbh Mela city will be laid out. Will all of the elements be in the same or different locations, depending on the new View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8
isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period. We find that customers defect at a higher rate from the incumbent following increased service quality (price) competition only when the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
new venture, come to terms with YouTube, the leading video-sharing site on the Internet, or maintain a nonexclusive strategy? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709447 Consumer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
should AppDirect find channel partners or create a self-branded platform? The case describes the evolving business app market by analyzing the strategies and business models of competitors for both the marketplace and portal products. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract It is well known that the divergence between control rights and cash-flow rights is associated with firm value. In this paper, we identify an important channel through which the divergence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15
Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the effects of weather shocks on crime and conflict, which has usually assumed that the income View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15
compared to the long-easy philosophy. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20anik%20aknin%20dunn.pdf Deposit Insurance and Subsidized Recapitalizations Authors:Lucy White and Alan Morrison Publication:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals appear to focus more on their work than on alternate outdoor activities. We investigate the proposed relationship between worse weather and higher productivity through four studies: (1) field data on employees'... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007
much more radical change (sacking of Troy / innovation). Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors: William Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
as well as something with enormous social value because a lot of food goes to waste. Q: Can you give us other examples of how this works in practice? A: In Brazil, Banco Real has grown in 10 years from a small behind-the-pack bank to the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016
evidence highlights a novel channel through which uncertainty affects managerial decision making in the presence of agency conflicts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
in our diplomacy but simultaneously promotes a nuanced foreign policy. For example, it does not obligate us to intervene or lend support simply because a country is heading toward majority rule. What we would need to assess in each case... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
investments directly accountable. You tell whether they're working or not. You can shift expenditures from unresponsive marketing methods to more responsive ones. And you improve efficiency, obviously. Most packaged goods manufacturers have been looking for ways to... View Details
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a measure of the exchange rate. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a change in the fundamental... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016
reasons—and revisits the associated implications for investing and corporate finance, examining asset allocation, high leverage in financial firms, low leverage in industrial firms, private equity, venture capital, and bank capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne