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  • 12 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

Characteristics favoring the technology, Dayton said, are the relatively cheap cost (providers can establish a hot spot for about $2,000; users can equip their laptop with a Wi-Fi card for about $50), View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 18 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

commissions, albeit lower, still exist, but they represent a relatively minor source of revenue for the big brokerages compared to investment banking fees. Either way, the cost of sell-side research, estimated at over $8 billion in total,... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

or goods made in response to requests from nonprofits. The level of engagement and resources is relatively low, infrequent, simple, and nonstrategic. It is basically a check-writing relationship. The giver has a charity mindset and the... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

addition, we explore possible second-order effects, examining whether “liking” brands might cause consumers’ friends to view that brand more favorably. When consumers see that a friend has “liked” a brand, they are less likely to buy the brand View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

firm is doing relative to its peers. In essence, the stock price is a very public measure of the performance of the firm and its managers. The situation at private firms is typically very different. First,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 06 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

levels of language skills, communication and performance suffer. Q: You have written about English becoming the primary lingua franca in global businesses. Do you see any dangers in that proliferation? Are there cultural assumptions that... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

behaviors associated with building social capital influence individuals' psychological experiences and work outcomes. August 2014 Child Development Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform By: Chaplin,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

Periodical:Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the effects of mandated disclosure on the design of contracts and induced behavior in the presence of career concerns. We analyze the impact of two key properties of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked to firm social View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

disputes—either idea-theft claims or copyright/patent infringement actions. “These costs and risks make buyers very cautious about whom they choose to meet. And that creates a barrier for relatively inexperienced sellers.” Here, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

firms that historically issued frequent guidance, breaks in guidance following CEO turnovers are relatively permanent and are potentially attributable to firm-initiated changes in guidance policy. Breaks following CFO turnovers, however,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

issue high-headline-rate and more complex products in low-rate environments. Finally, we find that high-headline-rate and more complex products are more profitable for banks, and that their ex post performance is lower. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of each economy, and upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. To better determine when a firm will be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S. private equity transactions from 1980 to 2005. We track 3,200 target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition, comparing outcomes to controls similar in terms of industry, size, age, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 25

http://www.people.hbs.edu/amusacchio/Leviathan/toc.htm 2006 pub Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals By: Swift, S. A., D. Moore, Z. Sharek, and F. Gino Abstract—When explaining others'... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

maximize their people's performance. Publisher's Link: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=79788&R=10106-HBK-ENG&conversationId=323988 Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jun 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

symptom of competent managers than (a) cause of good performance " Another may have been provoked by Kapil Kumar Sopory when he offered the opinion that "NSM is an ideal concept. However, it will work upwards only if it is first... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

in trying to improve the measured dimensions of performance and so has a narrow span of accountability. By contrast, a manager responsible for market share or business profit can make many trade-offs and thus has a View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 09 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Career Advancement Without Experience

do I get there?" For their study, O'Mahony and Bechky surveyed two strikingly different groups: high-tech contractors and film crew members. While roles in the film industry tend to be more fixed—a key grip on one project will most likely View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

risks of consumer-driven health care: Overall, relative to the current system, the risk of consumer-driven health care is low. After all, the current system has led to quality problems, double-digit cost increases, little information, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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