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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
trail. A second experiment shows that the paper trail leads to spillovers that create important multiplier effects in tax enforcement. The impact of a random audit announcement is transmitted up the VAT chain, increasing compliance by firms' suppliers. These findings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
displays) at the fiscal year-end. Firms also engage in similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. Furthermore, our results confirm managers' stated willingness to sacrifice long-term value in order to smooth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
was seriously injured in a car accident was astonished to receive a visit from McArthur in the hospital even before his frantic wife could get there. It is rumored — but not confirmed — that he welcomed premature babies into the world... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
recursion, interaction, and subjective construal between the self concept and the social system. In two lab experiments and a field experiment in a global consulting firm, we tested the hypotheses by offering people reflections on times they were at their best. Results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings. Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 15 years, we confirm that in the early 1990s, analysts issue more pessimistic recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
certainly our research confirms that there's a certain Waiting for Godot element between employers and educators. And employers keep saying, "You're not providing what I need." And the educators keep saying, "You're not telling me what... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
(DA) at North Atlantic Hospital (NAH), faces several significant challenges. Staff satisfaction surveys confirmed her assessment that department faculty morale was low, the tenure and promotion system was perceived as opaque and biased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
education program has modest effects, increasing demand for bank accounts only for those with low levels of education or financial literacy. In contrast, small subsidies greatly increase demand. A follow-up survey confirms these findings,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
agency-theory derived predictions, does not confirm the private information hypothesis. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-106.pdf Cases & Course Materials Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
affecting the global marketplace. As the Bulletin went to press, conference organizers were hopeful that Thabo Mbeki, Mandela's deputy president and designated successor, would give the keynote address. Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Harvard Institute for... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
of the NAM. More and more, businesses are providing completely assembled systems to their customers rather than individual parts, a trend confirmed by Timken. “We’ll continue to move our business out of some of the more commodity-oriented... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
counterparts.” The findings confirm Terry’s experience and she envisions bringing “design thinking workshops” into inner city neighborhoods. “That’s how I came up with the idea of ChargerHelp!” She adds, “We need to spend more time in... View Details
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les droits suivants en ce qui concerne vos données à caractère personnel traitées dans le cadre de cette politique : - accès : le droit d'obtenir la confirmation que des données à caractère personnel vous concernant sont ou non traitées... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
hour-long discussion driving around the city. Young Kapur had just joined the firm Ogilvy & Mather after a brief stint at Citibank, where he’d decided he needed a more creative career. His conversation with Ogilvy confirmed that he’d... View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 15 years, we confirm that in the early 1990s, analysts issue more pessimistic recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings. However, in subsequent years up to 2007, analysts progressively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
called his wife, Breeda, to confirm that they were hosting a dinner party that weekend for some friends from Ireland who were in town for a golf tournament Dubai Duty Free was supporting. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
classes assigned to their patents by the U.S. Patent Office. Inventors whose patents are all in one class, or in just a couple of classes, are said to be more specialized. These results confirmed our initial hunch based on my own... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
AFC. However, a broader set of emerging market countries show weaker liquidity, solvency, and profitability indicators. More countries are also in the Altman Z-score's “grey zone,” that is, at risk for corporate distress. Regression estimates View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Fisher made a fortune selling trendy, inexpensive home furnishings to baby boomers. With that generation beginning to enter its sixties, he sees a huge opportunity in products for aging consumers. Focus groups and surveys confirm strong... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
provided to customers as a consequence of reduced marginal costs for a task. We find that an increase in physicians' capacity for ordering ultrasounds (U/S) resulted in an 11.5 percentage point increase in the probability of an U/S being ordered, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne