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- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Wellfleet Bank: All That Glisters Is Not Gold Anette MikesHarvard Business School Case 110-011 Inspired by one of the few banks that successfully weathered the 2007-2009 credit crisis, the case illustrates risk management in the world of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
at the end of the day is all about having a job. So you could say that the drive to sell consumer products to the unemployed and underpaid may be putting the cart before the horse. We are not arguing the fact that, in some cases, much-needed, good-quality consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
associated with taxing foreign-source income. Examples are given of the practical after-tax effects of the major alternatives. Foreign tax credit and "tax haven" based business activities receive special attention. Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
then describe their rituals; in both conditions, being with family and enacting a ritual was associated with the greatest enjoyment, suggesting that it is having enacted rituals—and not merely reflecting on them—that enhances enjoyment.... View Details
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
conflict and enhancement within people on two crucial aspects of resolving problems with others: integrative behavior and openness. The results of two studies support the hypotheses that multiple identity conflict is negatively related to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
early in a relationship. We show that certain kinds of exchange partners can systematically reap differential returns from a common history of interaction. Organizational similarity significantly enhances the ability of exchange partners... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint venture partners. Thus, this paper points out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. Charitable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
to the educational and developmental processes. Through this alliance, HP has enhanced its reputation in the educational community, and participating employees have enjoyed highly motivating and satisfying experiences. Businesses and... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
for the company to initiate regular quarterly dividends, while some other hedge fund investors were eager to see more share repurchases. Other choices being advocated by various parties included reducing leverage to improve HCA's credit... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Additionally, labor quality and the structure of demand and a long tradition of work in organizational behavior suggests that the successful adoption of productivity enhancing managerial practices requires complementary changes in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
portion of their award winning investor relations program, and had previously been used only to enhance communications. The case allows a discussion of the relative merit of more formally including this information in BP's planning and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
results are mainly driven by urban weavers competing aggressively against rural coworkers. Our results highlight the important role of social identity in mitigating or enhancing competition. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
private-labeled digital devices at competitive prices. Yang credited Amazon for the company’s success. In addition to Amazon’s established infrastructure that helped it save on retail and logistics costs, “the key to building high quality... View Details
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
scale of the relationship relative to location-specific and other effects. We find cluster presence to be significantly related to higher wages, with the effect being moderate but meaningful. This suggests that cluster presence enhances... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
and Alexander Ljungqvist Abstract—Financial constraints are not directly observable, so empirical research relies on indirect measures. We evaluate how well five popular measures (paying dividends, having a credit rating, and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
control rights and cash-flow rights in the borrowing firms exacerbates potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders, thereby increasing credit risk and monitoring needs. Consequently, lenders form syndicates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
system of a large federal credit union, we delineate four important constraints likely to affect the lending process: (1) limited attention (or distraction), (2) task-specific human capital, (3) peer perception, and (4) learning over the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Champion International, by contrast, resulted in culture change and some improvements in performance, but negligible enhancement of shareholder value. In the end, Professor Beer notes, neither concept on its own will deliver sustainable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne