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- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
was very successful at growing the business and establishing its leadership position. He was compensated with a mix of salary and options, and he did not own any equity in the company. The options were set so that if Talent Partners... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
to technological race Sometimes content is unreliable (spoof files) Decentralized—makes it hard No anonymity Itunes Strengths Weaknesses Legal Customers must pay for content (relatively expensive at $0.99) Easy to use Restrictions on... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
public, going over investment projects, dividends, and share buybacks, dwelling more on this or that depending on the audience. For road show meetings, the IR group prepares comprehensive descriptions of selected investments and projects to show how difficult,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Good and the Bad.” Rather than just presenting the strengths of its various credit card offerings, they proposed also promoting each credit card’s less-obvious drawbacks. Being transparent with customers might help them make better choices, but would those choices come... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
initiatives will fail. Opening space for a mutually acceptable nuclear deal-that avoids both military conflict and a nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable Iran-requires relentlessly and creatively worsening Iran's no-deal options while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry
So the reality for the advertising industry is that the old model is broken. The most effective advertising medium for decades has been television. But this traditional advertising [vehicle] is getting more expensive while also reaching... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 11
Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract We show that characteristics of stock issuers can be used to forecast important common factors in stocks' returns such as those associated with book-to-market, size, and industry.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
firms. However, once a lawsuit-triggering event like an accounting restatement, missing management guidance, or a sharp stock price decline occurs, there is no difference in the litigation rates between a foreign and comparable U.S. firm.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
isolated and abandoned to the wolves. This happens despite success, and sometimes because of how success was achieved. It happens to results-producing CEOs pushed out of companies; for example, Mark Hurd of Hewlett Packard, who fudged View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
the team. Have key technical skills so you can advise the team. Collaborate across the company. And finally, be a strong decision maker. Plant the greener pastures. Ensure that high-revenue employees have options within the company for... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
expropriation by agents. The principal has three options to address this threat: trust, licensing, and paying agents to stay loyal. We show how the principal can influence the value of these options by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
stock prices had been reached. Despite Fisher's poor prediction on that occasion, he played a neglected, but significant role in the growth of the forecasting industry and in the rise of a class of early business analysts. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
incumbents with complementary assets is common in many industries. In such settings, small new entrants have the additional option to be acquired in a “market for technology.” Using data from the U.S. medical device industry, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Second, the correlation between bond yields and ratings fell. And lastly, negative stock price responses to announced rating downgrades are larger in absolute value (a downgrade in this weaker ratings environment is even worse news).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
backlogs and delays in numerous Patent and Trademarks Offices, and litigation over IP rights is expensive with an uncertain outcome. Moreover, local governments can succeed in transferring value to local firms and influencing global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016
directors manage reputation through disclosure choices in biographies in proxy statements filed with the SEC. Directors are more likely to withhold information about directorships at firms that experienced adverse events. Withholding such information is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
bilateral energy relations with Russia at the expense of a common stance on the continent's dependence on Russian gas, and much to dismay of other EU members. This pattern of international relations carries profound implications for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
Dollar General Corporation's acquisition by private equity sponsor KKR, which took the company private in 2007. Although the proposed merger generated a 30% premium over the stock price at the time, and the enterprise value to EBITDA... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace