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- 09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9
Publications September 2014 Cambridge University Press Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare By: Trumbull, Gunnar Abstract—Why did America embrace consumer credit over the course of the twentieth century, when most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13
course developed by the authors over five years (2004-2008) at the University of Rochester Simon School of Business working with students, alumni, executives, and faculty from various academic institutions. It is currently taught at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18
PublicationsBlind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel Publication:Princeton University Press, in press Abstract When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
private university and is a major contributor towards Turkey's higher education. "In the higher education of this country, I think we did make a difference. We brought some new things into higher education which have been now adopted by... View Details
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
productivity of EHR use and delegation. We then explored the interaction between these 2 strategies and the role of practice size. Results: Greater EHR use and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG]) information, including data produced by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), is growing. Using data from Bloomberg we analyze this interest from a variety of different perspectives, and in doing so are able to provide a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
the incentives of brokers, and brokers price discriminate based on a consumer's level of sophistication. The model estimates indicate that costly search is a key friction in retail financial markets, but the effects of search costs are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24
gas regulations are more likely to share greenhouse gas emissions levels and reduction targets. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-026.pdf The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19
Publications May 2015 Cambridge University Press Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School, who wades into the controversy with a new working paper, Enabling Versus Controlling, co-written with National University of Singapore economics professor Julian Wright. Uber may have very... View Details
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela. Video Embed Jim Aisner: What are the most important lessons you learned from your trip to India? John Macomber: I learned things on a personal level as well as lessons relevant to my interests in... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
Increased financial disclosure standards on such issues as executive compensation should provide more useful information for investors, policy makers, and regulators. But do the companies themselves benefit? What researchers are now discovering is that increasing View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
sentiment. One explanation for this discrepancy is that consumers are motivated to use moral disengagement strategies to reduce cognitive dissonance when their desire for a product conflicts with their moral standards. In two studies we show View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
with lower quality ratings from the incumbents: rating levels went up, the correlation between ratings and market-implied yields fell, and the ability of ratings to predict default deteriorated. We offer several possible explanations for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
to donate his or her body to Science Care (a for-profit entrepreneurial venture located in Arizona) or to the University of Arizona's College of Medicine. Why the donor might chose to select one program over another is an empirical... View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
Cole, and Jeremy Tobacman Publication:Journal of Marketing Research 48 (October 2011) Abstract Recent financial liberalization in emerging economies has led to the rapid introduction of new financial products. Lack of experience with financial products, low View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006
Stanford University Press, forthcoming. Abstract This paper explores the question: Do institutions persist over time and determine current economic outcomes? Specifically, does the adoption or inheritance of a legal tradition in the past... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
critical to enable brands to manage this risk.” Toffel’s second study, Monitoring Global Supply Chains with Short and Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Professor (and former HBS doctoral student) Andrea R. Hugill, looks... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008
examine how such changes may affect the accumulation of experience within, and the performance of, teams. We find that the level of team familiarity (i.e., the average number of times that each member has worked with every other member of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace