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  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

Abstract—Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

relative to the prevailing screening method of colonoscopy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53345 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Temporary Sharing Prompts Unrestrained View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

that preferences for masculinity versus femininity mediated White participants' attraction to Blacks relative to Asians. Analysis of the 2000 United States Census replicated this pattern with interracial marriages. In Study 5, Blacks were more likely and Asians less... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

disclosures with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While many companies have been trying to build more inclusive workplaces, only half of S&P 500 companies had gone as far as naming a chief diversity officer as of 2021,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

Bagley # 6: Negotiating venture capital financing based solely on the valuation. Valuation is not the only thing one should consider when selecting a venture capitalist or when negotiating the deal. There are many other ways for venture... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 24 Feb 2022
  • Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

investors. If these results were replicated in health care, in the short term, patients could select hospitals with more adequate surge capacity arrangements and investors in hospital debt and equity would reward them. In the longer run,... View Details
Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health
  • January 2017
  • Case

The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco... View Details
Keywords: Tyco; Dennis Kozlowski; Edward Breen; Fire Safety; Fire Protection; Security; Packaging; Securities And Exchange Commission; Fraud; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Earnings Management; Financial Statements; Goodwill Accounting; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Crime and Corruption; Engineering; Applied Optics; Chemicals; Construction; Metals and Minerals; Ethics; Finance; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Value; Chemical Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Energy Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland; Switzerland; Bermuda; United States; New Hampshire
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  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

time, managers and corporations seek capital for their ideas, but in doing so they have an inherent conflict of interest about what information to disclose. Therefore, for this complex system to work smoothly requires a governance system where standards setters and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

transparency improves confidence ex ante but impedes regulators' ability to stem panics ex post.   Working Papers Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics By:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

Firms Greenwash? Corporate Visibility, Civil Society Scrutiny, and Environmental Disclosure Authors:Christopher Marquis and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

Consumers are increasingly wary about sharing personal information with firms. Yet when they benefit from providing information in exchange for lower prices or better services, many consumers will gladly make the privacy trade-off. But how does this View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. What deters selective disclosure and leads firms to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/Fall-2014/Fall2014BPEA_Weinzierl.pdf?la=en   Working Papers Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

resources in the ongoing accumulation of scientific knowledge. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2478627 October 2014 Research Policy 'Open' Disclosure of Innovations, Incentives and Follow-on Reuse:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

related to the repeal of these NAS disclosures in 1982 are associated with a small positive stock price reaction suggesting no adverse economic consequences of withdrawing NAS disclosures. Further, following the repeal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2171265 When Do Firms Greenwash? Corporate Visibility, Civil Society Scrutiny, and Environmental Disclosure Authors:Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Under increased pressure to report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

Amit Seru Abstract—We examine whether firms have an informational advantage in selecting arbitrators in consumer arbitration as well as the impact of the arbitrator selection process on outcomes. We collect... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

selective disclosure, constrained the use of direct access to senior management. We find a large effect: pre-Reg FD the return premium from school ties was 9.36% per year, while post-Reg FD the return premium was nearly zero and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53593 Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness By: Grewal, Jody, Clarissa Hauptmann, and George Serafeim Abstract—As part of the SEC’s revision of Regulation S-K, many investors proposed the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

selects among potential SSOs and how the final standard is shaped by the sponsor's and SSO's design. Sara Grant: In your paper, "Certifying New Technologies," it appears that things are becoming a lot more complicated when it... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology

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