Benchmarks - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

(the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. Using the 2002 Benchmark Input-Output Accounts, we introduce a new industry categorization that separates supply chain (SC) industries (i.e., those that sell their goods and services... View Details

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Spring, and years of weak oil prices. Leveraging deep local knowledge, strong relations in the region, and a “PE investment approach in public equity markets,” Ajeej had outperformed its benchmark regional stock indices and attracted... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

institutional client. Q: Your research uncovered that most academic research in the past has benchmarked "affiliated" analysts—or those covering a company that is an existing client—and "unaffiliated" analysts against... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

writing in one of three lanes: the measures of a just political economy; the role of firms; and the roles of institutions and governments. The result is a wholly original and urgent new benchmark for the next stage of our democracy.... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do

2002) to research and fight Parkinson’s, which afflicts some 5 million people worldwide, including 1 million Americans. Not only is the MJFF acknowledged to be the driving force behind Parkinson’s-related R&D, it is a benchmark... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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startup that designs satellite propulsion systems and hybrid fusion power plants. At Google he was a Vice President, and he was the Project Leader of Project Loon. Mike was the CEO and co-founder of several successful companies and served as an Entrepreneur in... View Details

07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7

when the ECB's Governing Council reconvened on April 10, 2008. Given both the market turmoil and the evident inflationary pressure, members of the ECB's Governing Council would have to weigh the available data extremely carefully as they decided whether to raise,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

capital were high compared to benchmark investments, at least in the early years of the nineteenth century. The whaling industry was one of the earliest to grapple with complex issues in relation to the provision of high-risk investment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

10 Jan 2005
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Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

haunting benchmark not only for Exxon-Mobil but for global corporations at large, which have since become keenly aware of their exposure to this type of episode. Shell was also deeply affected by the 1995 dispute with Greenpeace over... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details