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- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf Publication:NBER Innovation Policy & the Economy (MIT Press) 10 (2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern09-1 Working PapersInternational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12
sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
advertising agency's decision to unbundle its services as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing and maintaining a relationship with an advertising agency and pecuniary economies of scale available in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30
shortage of high quality applicants. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15006 PublicationsPreferential Treatment: The New Face of Protectionism? Author:Regina M. Abrami Publication:Harvard Business Review 87, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2009)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26
particular mechanism to address those voids: minority state ownership. Due to their minority nature, such stakes are less affected by the agency distortions commonly found in full-fledged state-owned firms. Using panel data from publicly View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles By: Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies (EMEs) is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
incumbents do not achieve this objective because they encourage the survival and expansion of low-type firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54520 forthcoming Journal of Political Economy A Theory of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
political economy more generally), there is a danger that historical inferences from theory may infect historical tests of theory. It is imperative, therefore, that historical tests always involve a vigorous search not only for confirming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
technologies, services, and products available through the ecosystem. In doing this, niche strategies trade off risk with productivity. Strong economies can often be found by niche players by leveraging a... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Sokoloff's influential study of trade in invention in the United States, our quantitative and qualitative evidence highlights how inventors and intermediaries in Japan interacted to create a market for new ideas. Paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
the political elite, which integrated Argentina into the trading and financial networks of the first global economy. Provides an opportunity to understand why Argentina was such a successful economy at this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
PublicationsThe Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia Authors:Rawi Abdelal Publication:Review of International Political Economy (forthcoming) Abstract Although the energy trade is the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008
screening ability since the returns were higher than those that earned from investing in analysts' top stock picks that were not selected by the committee. Finally, we find that abnormal announcement returns and trading volume at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008
large-store formats, multiple-store formats and extensive channel blurring in the U.S. retail industry. Our analysis is based on aggregate segment-level data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS), the Monthly Retail View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008
and that challenges mounted against a single firm (and industry) can inspire field-level (and state-level) changes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-019 Liquidity Needs in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007
focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008
are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace