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  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

larger class of financial and managerial consultants who sought to refine business decision-making through the introduction of statistical data and scientific analysis. The failure of most forecasting agencies to predict the stock market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking devices and the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

management decisions, with consequences for aggregate economic activity. This article discusses the role of investment banking and investment management industry veterans on the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the growth of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

$100 million in total compensation. McClendon received this compensation despite a significant drop in the company's stock price and financial performance during the year. The (A) case addresses the specifics of the compensation and the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

(forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

double-digit drop in stock price overnight. Questions were raised on the company's strategies pursued to meet such targets and on the validity of its three-year planning process. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 10, 2007

of directors of Medtronic, Inc., a company known for its commitment to effective corporate governance, must prepare for the departure of Chairman & CEO Bill George and the retirement of four long-time directors. The company had experienced rapid View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

Demographic Changes By: Bardhan, Pranab, Michael Luca, Dilip Mookherjee, and Francisco Pino Abstract—This paper studies how land reform and population growth affect land inequality and landlessness, focusing particularly on indirect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

base firms' stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted and realized growth rates, research and development expenditures, and various other key financial ratios. Our results highlight the usefulness of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

  Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and that protein may be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for the magnitude of the earnings surprise, operating and stock return performance, and are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

the Spanish superstar for the 2018 tournament after all. What is the best course of action? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518041 Harvard Business School Case 218-033 Tesla Motors (A): Financing Growth The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jul 2002
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How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

continued in the 1960s, fueled by a booming stock market and corporate strategies that were heavily geared toward growth and diversification. In a classic 1960 article, "Marketing Myopia," Theodore... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

directors appointed in response to demands by activists. Using a sample of 1,969 activism events over the period 2004-2012, we identify 824 activist directors. We find that activists are more likely to gain board seats at smaller firms and those with weaker View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Dec 2007
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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... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

52-week high; conversely, bidder shareholders react increasingly negatively as the offer price is pulled upward toward that price. Merger waves occur when high recent returns on the stock market and on likely targets make it easier for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

subjective preferences expressed by the receiving countries themselves. Finally, we use a two-stage least squares methodology to control for measurement error and endogeneity. Exploiting a new comprehensive industry-level data set of 29 countries between 1985 and 2000,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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