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- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
explore the use of more distributed institutional forms. In this article, we review the emerging scholarship on the formation and function of self-regulatory institutions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-089.pdf Evolution View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
Foreign Direct Investment, Productivity, and Financial Development: An Empirical Analysis of Complementarities and Channels Authors:Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek Publication:The World Economy (forthcoming). (Special... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
at the IASB. Based on how countries are classified along these dimensions, I offer predictions, ceteris paribus, on countries' IFRS harmonization strategies. The analysis and framework in this paper can help... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
drives auditor lobbying. Broadly, our paper offers the first large-sample descriptive analysis of the role of Big N auditors in the accounting standard-setting process. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2545378 Cashing Out:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 7
managing the operations of companies whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework showing the interplay between the multinational corporation, the countries in which it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements in emerging markets. While the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22
and overly restricting access to credit and consumer choice. Nicolas Retsinas, Eric Belsky, and their colleagues aim to stimulate debate based on analysis of the opportunities and challenges presented by the various components of global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25
simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance, demonstrating that the increase in extra life year gains by relaxing certain fairness constraints can be as high as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors Authors:Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change Abstract Many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3
PublicationsThe Power of Small Wins Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World The Empire of Emulation: A Quantitative Analysis of Economic Translations in the European World, 1500-1849 By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5
at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples from companies of all sizes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007
Supplements the case "Nestle's Milk District Model: Economic Development for a Value-Added Food Chain and Improved Nutrition." Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907402 A Note on Private Equity in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
and German. Government leaders and policymakers in each of these countries were influenced by the Essay's key idea that government should be a dominant player in helping shape economic development. Of particular interest to Reinert is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
Shipbroker's Association, introduced a proposal to value ships using discounted cash flow analysis (to determine a long-term asset value, LTAV) rather than market prices from comparable transactions. Thomas Rehder, the chairman of VHSS,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14
because external capital markets became more costly, but also because the efficiency of internal capital allocation increased significantly during the crisis. Our analysis provides new evidence on how the diversification discount and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—Nominal debt provides consumption-smoothing benefits if it can be inflated away during recessions. However, we document empirically that countries with more countercyclical inflation, where nominal debt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15
identifying the effects of bank credit supply. First, we focus on firms' choice between two close forms of external financing: bank debt and public bonds. By conditioning the sample of firms raising new debt, we can rule out a demand explanation for the drop in bank... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
Moderna to be the leading electronic retailer in 20 countries in and around Central and Eastern Europe, evolving an unusual multi-channel strategy, organizational structure, and IT systems. Serious conflicts cause Cesko to question his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006
reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming constant debt levels does not allow addressing one of the puzzles behind using reserves as a means to avoid the negative effects of crisis: why do sovereign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne