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  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at times characterized by tight... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it contract with the firm for five times this amount in legal fees that might otherwise have gone to another law firm. It is in this way that AG hopes to increase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 14

and society at large. To do that, it has to increase shareholder value while at the same time improving the firm's performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dimensions. This article outlines a process that can be used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

people likely contracted the virus several days (and up to two weeks) before showing symptoms and, thus, would have been in contact with other people (solid line in Figure 1), unknowingly spreading the virus. Quarantining an infected... View Details
Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health
  • 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Supporting Harvard Business School collaborations with other universities, research institutions, government agencies and businesses in France and Europe - Communicating and responding to inquiries about the foregoing and other matters... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Road to Recovery

contracting with some more innovative commercial and Medicaid programs while advocating for federal change in billing codes and seeking FDA approval for the company’s offerings. DynamiCare’s biggest victory came in March 2022, when the... View Details
Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 09 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

individual contracts with each town or city they serve, after bidding against other cable providers for the chance to do so. They then, in turn, receive fees from broadcasters to be included in their limited channel lineup in each area.... View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

farm refers to a complex of rights and duties secured by contract in which a sovereign transferred the temporary exploitation of a holding for rent in advance. It was one of four tenurial complexes under which entitlements fell, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • November 2010
  • Supplement

Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
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  • 24 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

like budgeting, should be part of the annual governance cycle. Whenever plans are changed at the enterprise or business unit level, executives likely need to realign the organization with the new direction. The alignment process, of... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

sheet of paper." Who Is Governing Whom? Executives, Governance, and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms Authors:Christopher Marquis and Matthew Lee Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Lesson from the Fall

question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest that the board itself had approved involving Andrew Fastow’s dual... View Details
Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24

sector and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for reporting on them would significantly improve the ability of companies to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Here's a Tip: Prosocial Gratuities Are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

evidence that the Shield AI team should ask their newest potential customer for a contract 50 to 60 times more than their only two contracts to date? Would asking for what a system of coordinated, exploring... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Sam Hayes

corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies, including the Justice Department, Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He frequently comments in the news media on... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

about 22,000 employees and made about 4.5 billion Swiss Francs (or $4.589 billion USD) in sales in 2015, managed 1.5 million tools under fleet management contracts in 40 countries, resulting in a contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne