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  • 21 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 21

management. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2400618 October 2014 Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective How Purpose-based Companies Master Change for Sustainability: A Systemic Approach to Global View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

instruments (including price-setting) to implement desired outcomes. Non-price instruments were very much at the core of MSP strategies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-061.pdf Platform Competition, Compatibility, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

Relative Economic Failure since 1982," Maurer examines the trade agreement's impact on the Mexican economy. "In and of itself, NAFTA is pretty successful," he says. "It creates a big wave of foreign direct investment in Mexico, and its manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the BSC can be used in public sector applications, as well as for companies that want to internalize environmental, social,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

a social loss function. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13622 New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2013-winter/54215/how-to-identify-the-best-customers-for-your-business/ Prolonged Thought: Proposing Type 3 Processing Authors:Dijksterhuis, Ap, Madelijn Strick, Maarten W. Bos, and Loran F. Nordgren Publication:Dual Process... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209138 Fighting Malnutrition and Hunger in the Developing World Harvard Business School Note 909-406 The millennium objectives of reducing poverty and malnutrition are not being met. How do the private, public,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Aug 2016
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August 16, 2016

practice. Chi square tests were used to assess the correlations in the data. Among the careers that were tracked (n = 195), there was significant heterogeneity in current primary employment. The most common sectors were clinical (27.7%),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers in host-country labor markets and the use of social benefits by immigrants. The survey then considers the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

counterparts in sectors that were hardest hit by the subsequent crisis. We present a model where higher turbulence benefits decentralized firms because the value of local information and urgent action increases. Since turbulence rises in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

decades. This article provides tools to identify the situations and circumstances that will be most favorable for private sector involvement in consideration of these trends. The first trend is urbanization. Over the next twenty years,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

ownership patterns that help to explain the dispersion. For instance, government-owned organizations tend to receive low management scores across all the sectors and countries in the study. "They are particularly weak at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Jun 2004
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The Big Money for Big Projects

social returns when they succeed. The problem, says Esty, is that many of the largest products have hit financial turbulence. Esty, whose new book Modern Project Finance: A Casebook, was published recently, teaches the "Large-Scale... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 02 Sep 2015
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Explaining China's Crash

Chinese exceptionalism? This concept dovetails with the idea that China must change its development model in order to gain long-term economic and social stability. Economists have been saying this for a long time and the Chinese... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services
  • 22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

liabilities to external "shocks." At the national level, the sectors of an economy are viewed as interconnected portfolios of assets, liabilities, and guarantees—some explicit and others implicit. Traditional approaches have... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

encouraging the growth of good companies that can replace imperial excess with values-based capitalism; (4) restoring respect for government by ending decades of contempt for the public sector and ensuring competence in that vital sector;... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services sector and other settings, such as appliance manufacturing, oil and gas, health care, and education. The article proposes strategies on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

Arabia's development strategy unfolds in the past six years, it is contrasted to social and political pressures within the country, volatility in global oil markets, and severe political problems in the Middle East. Purchase the case: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

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