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- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
many "divisional applications" derived from this original 1990 application, in which aspects of the original application were put forward as inventions in their own right. Over the course of the next decade, the PTO granted at... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
different light, present ideas and data in novel ways so as to enhance understanding and spark new branches of discussion, and revisit basic facts and assumptions when the group appears to reach an impasse. Finally, after a decision process ends, leaders should try to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
to recruit the best distributors, and to capture market share from weaker, local competitors. Selling the American dream has paid off handsomely. Eight of the ten most valuable brands in the world, according to the Interbrand consultancy, are American, and each View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
Approach By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—Expected return proxies (ERP) derived from a log-linear present-value (LPV) framework—combining the book value of equity, profitability, and market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
Authors:Eric J. Van den Steen Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper derives two mechanisms through which Bayesian-rational individuals with differing priors will tend to be relatively overconfident about their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
the past few years, or the fantasy that the market for derivatives could somehow regulate itself—the consequences of all we are dealing with this very day. Denial is not merely being wrong. Everybody makes mistakes. Denial is falling into... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
specializing in building and managing prisons. Students must assess the firm's strategy and risks, evaluate key financial reports, derive forecasts of future performance, and use these forecasts to value the firm. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
quality of the search service offered to consumers is more likely to be degraded (i.e. the probability that consumers find their favorite store in the first round of search is less than 1) when the intermediary derives higher revenues... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
complete, and advertisers can extend this delay both to improve detection of improper partner practices and to punish partners who turn out to be rule-breakers. I capture these relationships in a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007
ill-defined. Instead, these measures reflect the arbitrary labeling of underlying fiscal conditions. Analyses based on these and derivative measures, such as disposable income, private assets, and personal saving, represent exercises in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina
By: Mihir A. Desai and Alexandra de Royere
What price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Privatization; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Energy Industry; Argentina
Desai, Mihir A., and Alexandra de Royere. "Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 204-021, November 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
earnings growth by 6%. Consistent with the hypothesis that this effect derives from the local demand channel, we find that consumption is less responsive to local labor demand shocks in counties with more generous benefits. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset pricing model is used to derive the hypothesis that JGTRRA should lead to a portfolio reallocation by U.S. investors towards equities in tax-favored countries. A difference-in-difference... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
time. Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed observation of agents' types. I View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
have preferences over relative outcomes, we derive predictions about the antecedents and consequences of dividing equity equally among all founders. Using proprietary survey data, we empirically test the predictions. Our central finding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
The interests of these "organizationally centered" executives are more likely to be aligned with those of the owners. Stewards identify closely with the organization and thus derive higher satisfaction from behaviors that... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
Systematic Approach to Discussing Active Surveillance with Patients with Low-risk Prostate Cancer By: Ehdaie, Behfar, Melissa Assel, Nicole Benfante, Deepak Malhotra, and Andrew Vickers Abstract—A systematic approach to counseling—using appropriate framing techniques... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
inherently a platform for performing computations as dictated by their programs. I state and prove five propositions about platform systems, which stand in contrast to the propositions derived for step processes in Chapter 8. The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in markets such as California where regulation, derived from a state law designed to manage climate change,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne