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- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
embedded in the local network while also having access to global markets. It bridges the two worlds, helping the cluster maintain its competitive advantage. In one Brenta firm, skilled workers translate international designers' sketches... View Details
- 19 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Handicapping the Best Countries for Business
deficit that drives up interest rates. She cares if we have a huge current account deficit and import everything from elsewhere. Her own business might erode to the point of failure. Finally, the American cares because our economic performance affects exchange rates.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Sanwal of CMI's Engineered Products Division are responsible for formulating a strategy for the new product. A key issue is the price to charge for the pads. The case raises issues of analyzing market potential, aligning View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
selling the client firm's stock. This overweighting is not explained by superior information. We quantify a potentially large benefit to the 401(k) sponsor firm of having its price propped up by its trustee fund's more severe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Geradin Abstract—Many of the largest and most successful businesses today rely on providing services at no charge to at least a portion of their users. For consumers, it is easy to celebrate free service. At least in the short term, free services are often high... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
all a matter of trust. How do I know I can trust you?" At first, you think he's questioning your honesty. Then you decide to treat it as a request for further information. You pull your price list out of your briefcase and set it in... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
debt issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the financing costs... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
first refusal, but only a four-month window to raise the capital needed to head off Temasek's bid. Hilmi and Arifin Panigoro are considering a two-stage plan: a Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO) to be followed by a secondary equity offering at a share View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
strong brand, robust growth in international and domestic markets, and premium price and margins, Natura was consistently rated as one of the preferred places to work in Brazil. Its focus on social and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
countries and the future role of technological innovation in international efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, amongst many other issues. Publisher's Link: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=383865 Is Life... 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
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
for auto parts online. Finally, the company is moving its internal processes, such as billing and inventory, online. GM estimates that each of these four undertakings will save an extraordinary amount of money and enable the company to... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
associated with excellence in certain product categories. Venezuelan chocolate maker Chocolates El Rey does little international business because consumers associate premium chocolate more with Belgium or Switzerland than with Venezuela.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
companies operate and how government invests in them. And yet, the business world has been slow to catch up to these changes, says Associate Professor Aldo Musacchio, a member of the Business, Government, and the International Economy... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
serves as a rationale for global brands to charge premiums. Global brands "are expensive, but the price is reasonable when you think of the quality," pointed out a Thai participant. Consumers also believe that transnational... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
international equity markets, with a highly significant average slope coefficient of 1.05. In sharp contrast, standard factor-model-based proxies fail to exhibit predictive power internationally. We show analytically and empirically that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review The High Price of Customer Satisfaction By: Keiningham, Timothy, Sunil Gupta, Lerzan Aksoy, and Alexander Buoye Abstract—Managers often assume that improving customer satisfaction and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
American trade deficit and the price of oil at more than $130 per barrel (at press time) have created an inevitable pool of financial liquidity among oil exporters in the Arabian Gulf. But this era of petrodollar surpluses is markedly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace